Headless WordPress
Status: 🚧 Stub
When and how we build headless / decoupled WordPress sites.
Topics to cover​
- When headless is the right call (and when it isn't)
- API layer choices: REST vs. WPGraphQL
- Preferred frontend frameworks (Next.js, Astro, etc.) and when to use each
- Authentication patterns
- Preview handling
- Editor experience considerations (the "what does the client see" problem)
- Caching and revalidation strategies
- Hosting topology (where the WP backend lives, where the frontend lives)
- Sitemaps, redirects, and SEO across decoupled stacks
Related​
- Theme Development — the alternative for traditional WP sites
- Infrastructure → Hosting
- Performance
Owner: TBD | Last reviewed: TBD