Is headless CMS better than WordPress?

It depends. For content-heavy sites without e-commerce or complex integrations, a dedicated headless CMS (Sanity, Contentful) is often better: faster, easier to maintain, free from plugin dependencies. For online stores and sites with complex Norwegian integrations, WordPress with WooCommerce is still hard to beat.

Can WordPress be used headless?

Yes. WordPress has a REST API and supports WPGraphQL. You can use WordPress as a backend and deliver content to a React or Next.js frontend. But you lose Gutenberg preview, easy plugin support and much of the usability. For most projects, a dedicated headless CMS is better than headless WordPress.

Yes. We build WordPress with WPFluent and FrankenPHP, and we build Sanity with Next.js. The recommendation depends on the project. We have no agenda to sell one platform over the other.

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