St Paul's Community Groups (SPCG)
A community platform connecting people to faith-based small groups
Overview
A complete custom WordPress build for St Paul's Community Groups, designed to help people find and join small community groups, browse upcoming events, read member stories, and give group leaders a dedicated portal to manage their groups. Built with Tailwind CSS 4's CSS-first pipeline and ACF for structured content, the site includes custom post types for groups, events, and stories, an interactive Leaflet.js map for locating nearby groups, gated access for group leaders, and a full events and resource system all without relying on a page builder.
The Pain Point
The organisation had no digital way for people to discover and join community groups, no system for on-boarding and managing group leaders, and no central place to share events or member stories.
Problem Statement
Build a multi-page WordPress site that lets visitors find a group through an interactive map, gives group leaders their own gated portal, and centralizes events, stories, and resources, all on a fast, custom theme rather than a page-builder template.
Key Features
- Group finder with interactive map
- Group leader registration and gated login portal
- Custom post types for groups, events, and stories
- Upcoming events calendar with individual event pages
- Community stories and testimonials section
- Resource centre for members
- Newsletter signup
Process
- 1Discovery & Research
- 2Content modeling with ACF
- 3Design & Prototyping
- 4Development (custom post types, Leaflet map, gated portal)
- 5Testing & Deployment
The Outcome
A single platform where members can discover groups by location, leaders have a dedicated management portal, and the organization can publish events and stories without developer help going forward built to scale as more groups are added.
My Role
Solo Developer
Timeline
2026
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