I would like to know if there is a simple way to convert an existing membership framework from CakePHP to WordPress. I am fine doing this through a plugin or hiring someone to hard code it – I just was not sure of the process.
Thanks!
CakePHP Membership Framework – Convert to WordPress?
Assuming you are looking to bin Cake, and do the site in wordpress using a plugin, then yes thats possible but be very careful. WordPress plugins can be great* if they perfectly match your requirements, but if they don’t, you hit “the wall” – the unmagical place where you are no longer able to make changes to your app.
*Wordpress plugins can also be terrible. Be very careful who made it.
One good one is: http://pippinsplugins.com/tag/restrict-content-pro/
Pippin makes great plugins & if this matches your requirements now & in the future go for it. If you need the flexibility to make any changes your business needs, stick with cake.
In terms of migrating your data – you would have to write something bespoke to extract the data from the cake app – maybe in the WP xml format to do that.