Prestashop with Wordpress homepage - Bad idea?

[bnadauld]

I was thinking of doing a new site. My plan was PS 1.7 with a fancy wordpress homepage. So i started reading on how to combine the two and i stumbled upon information about this being a security risk. While i knew that WP can a bit of a security nightmare i did'nt realise that having WP on the same prestashop server was also a risk. I was wondering if anyone had any experience pulling off WP with PS. If they had a good guide on how to pull it off - best practices sorta thing - or tell me if its a terrible idea.

Thanks

Edited June 21, 2020 by bnadauld (see edit history)

[Verlonimo]

Hi,

So what wordpress home page can have that prestashop cant? This def bad idea and there is no reason to do it....

[bnadauld]

I can't code and adjusting Ps is hard if you don't know html, css, smarty, java. I like all the fancy sliders on wp. The blog. There's lots of modules for wp like scrapers etc

Edited June 21, 2020 by bnadauld (see edit history)

[Verlonimo]

If you cant code it then you should find who can. Everything is possible with some knowledge. It will be easier and cheaper then doing what you want to do....

Those fancy sliders usually are powered with unite revolution slider which can be easy done on prestashop.

[STS]

I have used Prestashop for 10+ years.  I am very happy with it, but find I spend most of my time and money on modules to assist with page design.  Wordpress does page design well out of the box.  It is extremely easy especially with Elementor to make incredible themes that score well on gtmetrix with no coding.  I am currently working on a website which will include Prestashop for the store and Wordpress for the landing, CMS and Blog pages.  This will allow me to get rid of modules PrestaBlog, Form Builder Pro, PopUp Pro, Call for Price, Apollo Page Builder, etc.  

I saw the post you speak of.  Since I am not a security expert, and had the luxury of having virtual servers available, I had set Prestashop and Wordpress up on different Servers.  I am using PrestaShop-WordPress two-way integration to place a shopping cart in my Wordpress header, and Products on my CMS and Blog Pages to entice customers to visit the store (Most of my traffic arrives on these information pages) and put Wordpress blog pages on Prestashop.   I use WorpPress/Elementor for my forms, and pass customer name, address, company, product from the logged in customer From PrestaShop through as variables in a link via HTMLBox.  

As far as cheaper goes, I spent around $50 on Elementor Pro for Wordpress, $80 for PrestaShop-WordPress two-way integration, and $40 for HTMLBox Pro.  I am closer to $500 for the list of modules I am no longer using, not to mention ALL the issues I had with troubleshooting multiple modules.  

I would like tighter integration.  The API allow access to prestashop info, BUT not the logged user (As Far as I can tell).  I wrote a small php file that can give me this.  It works when called directly from the browser, but when called from another php on WordPress server via cURL or file_get_contents, the current context is lost and data is blank.  So while I can pre-populate forms on Wordpress when launched from PrestaShop, I cannot if launched from WordPress directly.  The forms popup in a new window sized to the contents, I added a small html code smippet to close the form 4 seconds after the submit.  

I have not gone live with this revision yet but am very close, waiting on PS 1.7.