This is my first time building a directory AND using WordPress with hosting. I was using a really flexible theme, Voxel, together with using Elementor, and was working on a couple of new features when suddenly my website was full of bugs or something that was causing a lot of security issues on my host.

I am just good at editing some html, understanding basic coding, but full-on things like these are where I just couldn't deal with it.

I still have about half a year on my paid Voxel, so it would be a pity to not use such a good theme. I really love the flexibility of Voxel + Elementor; I managed to make some good-looking pages!

But I can no longer deal with the problems that come with using WordPress and am thinking of using an Saas. It's less flexible, but it gets the work done. I do need some minor customisation, but I believe the provider may be able to ship the customs?

I once tried DirectoryEasy before, but there was too much custom needed on my end.

I am thinking of using Directify. Been trying it out, and it seems promising, just need some simple customs.

Before using WordPress, I was just using a simple SpreadSimple but literally it was too simple plus the design is too old school.

Any gurus able to give advise before I throw in another 39 bucks monthly compared to the 7 bucks monthly for only hosting etc?

(I have spent an amount I don't really have trying out different providers just to either make my directory work or find something that's flexible enough.. Just for context, it's a local directory gathering general businesses for my area)

[Manual repost from r/directorymakers ]