Headless CMS Development

Content systems with modern frontends.

WordPress, REST APIs, Next.js, Astro, and React-based frontends for content-heavy and product-led websites.

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Service scope

What I can build.

Clear implementation, clean code, and delivery that fits the business goal.

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Core delivery

The practical work this service usually includes.

  • WordPress as a structured content API
  • Next.js or Astro frontend build
  • Custom REST or GraphQL layer
  • Content modeling and taxonomy design
  • Preview/draft workflows for editors
  • ISR/SSG rendering strategy
WordPress RESTNext.jsAstroReact
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How it ships

Built with production standards, staging validation, and readable handoff.

  • Discovery and technical plan
  • Milestone-based development
  • Staging previews
  • Performance and security checks
  • Launch support and documentation
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Who this is for

Built for teams outgrowing a plain WordPress theme.

Headless CMS work usually comes from one of these situations.

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Marketing teams wanting a modern frontend

Editors want to keep the familiar WordPress admin, but the public site needs the speed and flexibility of a React/Next.js frontend.

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Product teams with a content-heavy app

Your app's UI is custom-built, but the content behind it — blog, docs, marketing pages — should be editable without a developer for every change.

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Agencies delivering multi-brand sites

One CMS backend needs to power multiple frontend experiences with different designs and domains.

Common problems solved

The headless CMS requests I actually get.

"WordPress theming is too limiting for our design"

WordPress kept purely as a content API — the frontend built freely in Next.js or Astro without fighting theme templates or page builders.

"Editors need to preview changes before they go live"

Draft/preview workflows wired up so editors see exactly what a change will look like on the live frontend before publishing.

"Our site is slow because it's rendering everything on request"

Static generation or incremental static regeneration set up so pages are fast by default, rebuilding only when content actually changes.

Frequently asked

Questions before you reach out.

Do we keep using the WordPress admin our editors know?

Yes — that's usually the whole point. WordPress stays as the content backend; only the public-facing frontend changes.

Next.js or Astro — which is right for us?

Depends on the site: Next.js suits apps with more interactivity, Astro suits content-heavy sites that want maximum speed. Recommended after understanding your content and traffic patterns.

Can this be done incrementally, not as a full rebuild?

Yes — a headless frontend can be rolled out section by section rather than replacing the entire site at once.

Do you handle hosting and deployment too?

Yes — deployment setup (Vercel, Netlify, or a VPS) is part of delivery, along with documentation for your team to deploy future changes.

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Work with me

Ready to build it properly?

Tell me what you are building. I will help shape the technical plan and ship the first clean version fast.