Ugh, sorry Darius,
I should have said Wikibase client (not Wikidata) extension. Showcases: https://wikiba.se/
Besides PHP, there is Lua available which you might try your hand at (given you have some knowledge of Javascript as well for client side UI customization) 1. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Wikibase_Client 2. https://doc.wikimedia.org/Wikibase/master/php/namespaceWikibase_1_1Client_1_... 3. https://doc.wikimedia.org/Wikibase/master/php/md_docs_components_client-data...
Thad https://www.linkedin.com/in/thadguidry/ https://calendly.com/thadguidry/