Rapid App Development for WordPress©
What is Monza?
Monza is a WordPress plugin that allows you to use any WordPress installation as a powerful app development environment.Monza allows you to create both full-blown standalone apps as well as app-snippets that can be embedded into new or existing WordPress pages.Standalone apps created using Monza can run natively on practically any device or platform, including Web browsers, Windows desktop, Mac desktop, iOS and Android.Monza is based on WordPress which means means you can develop and host your apps using any WordPress hosting facility.Everything that Monza needs in terms of infrastructure is provided by a standard WordPress installation. This means that developing apps using Monza is both easy to setup and very cost effective.
Key Monza Features
Monza comes packed with features that make developing apps fun and easy. It provides everything you need to develop powerful standalone apps.In additiona, Monza also comes which a range of features that allow you to easily integrate the data being created via your WordPress website into your custom built apps, for example online-sales orders.The full range of features can be seen on Monza's documentation and help portal , but to give you a flavor, here are some of the key features supported by Monza:
Visual (WYSIWYG) UI creation
Simple, powerful data modeling and usage in the UI
An extensive range of UI widgets
Auth2.0 pattern login protection
Responsive adaptation of UI based on screen size
Native app support on desktop and mobile
Pre-built high-level components to speed-up app development
Licensing and Costs
As well as making app development super-easy, Monza also makes app development super cost-effective.The Monza plugin for WordPress is free to download and start using.Once you decide to publish your fantastic app to the world, it's simple to sign up to a Monza subscription.There are 2 subscription levels to choose from, Standard or Pro.The Standard subscription provides a huge array of functionality. The Pro subscription brings a little more to the party, such as additional 2-factor authentication options, more database performance features and additional support channels.You can start at Standard and then bump-up to Pro if you need to.The Monza documentation and help portal contains a full list of the extra features provided by the Pro subscription.
Monza in Action
Below are a few examples of how you might use Monza :