◆ Case study · Operational Data · Search · Publishing
A partner ecosystem built around structured data, search, maps, and publishing.
Cass & York helped build and maintain the WordPress technology behind Taste the Local Difference's partner and directory ecosystem.
- Client
- Taste the Local Difference
- Sector
- Partner Networks
- Services
- WordPress Development, Data Platforms, Systems Integration, Directories & Maps
- Stack
- Strategy · Design · Engineering
[01] The operation
Structured organizational data and public discovery.
Taste the Local Difference manages a network of businesses and partners that needs to function both as structured organizational data and as a public discovery experience.
That requires considerably more than standard page publishing.
[02] The existing systems
WordPress supported a partner and publishing ecosystem.
Taste the Local Difference uses WordPress for partner listings, directories, and publishing. Partner information also supports imports, exports, subscriptions, orders, and reporting.
[03] The gap
Partner information had to serve operations and discovery.
The organization needed to maintain structured partner records internally and make them useful through public search, maps, and publishing.
[04] What we built
Custom WordPress functionality across the ecosystem.
- 01Partner listings
- 02Directory experiences
- 03REST APIs
- 04Custom taxonomies
- 05Partner forms
- 06Data synchronization
- 07Maps
- 08Advertising
- 09Subscriptions
- 10Orders
- 11Galleries
- 12Imports and exports
- 13Administrative settings
- 14Reporting
[05] Directory and maps
Partner records feed the public experience.
The system also exposes structured data through custom REST endpoints.
- 01Structured categories
- 02Filtering
- 03Map markers
- 04Popup content
- 05List/map switching
- 06Individual listing data
[06] Operational tooling
More than a publishing website.
The installation supports internal workflows around partners, listings, subscriptions, orders, imports, exports, reporting, and site configuration.
That is why this project is better understood as a custom platform built on WordPress rather than simply a website.
[07] Systems involved
The tools and records connected by the work.
- 01WordPress
- 02Custom plugins and taxonomies
- 03REST APIs
- 04Partner forms
- 05Import and export workflows
- 06Directory and maps
[08] The resulting workflow
From partner information to public discovery.
Partner information
Import / synchronization
WordPress data model
Custom plugins & APIs
Directory · Search · Maps · Publishing
Public experience
[09] Capabilities used