How to Use WordPress as a Headless CMS
If you’re looking to create a modern website or application and want to use WordPress as your content management system (CMS), you may want to consider using it as a headless CMS. This approach allows you to utilize WordPress to manage and create content, while using a separate frontend framework or static site generator to display that content.
Step 1: Set up WordPress
First, you’ll need to set up your WordPress site as you normally would. Choose a hosting provider, install WordPress, and set up your site with the necessary plugins and themes.
Step 2: Install the REST API plugin
In order to use WordPress as a headless CMS, you’ll need to install the WordPress REST API plugin. This plugin allows you to access your WordPress content using a RESTful API, making it easy to retrieve and display your content in a separate frontend.
Step 3: Create and manage content
With the REST API plugin installed, you can now create and manage your content within WordPress as you normally would. You can create posts, pages, custom post types, and more, and use the WordPress admin interface to manage your content.
Step 4: Use a frontend framework or static site generator
Now that your content is stored in WordPress, you can use a separate frontend framework or static site generator to display that content. You can use frameworks like React, Vue.js, or Angular to build your frontend, or use a static site generator like Gatsby or Next.js to generate a static site based on your WordPress content.
Step 5: Fetch and display WordPress content
Using the REST API, you can fetch your WordPress content and display it in your frontend. You can use JavaScript to make requests to the WordPress API and render your content on the frontend, allowing you to create a modern, dynamic website or application.
Using WordPress as a headless CMS gives you the flexibility to create dynamic, modern websites and applications while still leveraging the power and convenience of WordPress as a content management system. By following these steps, you can take advantage of WordPress’s robust content management capabilities while using a separate frontend to display your content.
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Nice video! It would be great if you shared the git starter files so its possible to follow along from there.
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Thank you for the video! For custom pages like the about page you created, what is better for performance and SEO, having it rendered server-side or SSG? And when using generateStaticParams for the products, would it be best to use revalidate with the fetch function to get fresh data in case of any edits to the products?