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Thom Krupa shares a case study of how Bejamas moved Backlinko to Headless WordPress and Next.js.
WPGraphQL was used in the new site, replacing the Advanced Custom Fields plugin it used for many years.
Laura Coronado asks “why Headless WordPress is trending” and shares some articles to help one get a handle on the basics. Useful reading if you haven’t been keeping up on the past year, but I’ve heard “headless” enough to know some people are excited by it — and using it. Right now, as a developer,…
Upcoming Events 📆 WordSesh 2021 was announced with sessions on May 25 – 27 and workshops from May 28 – June 1. Registration is free. 🆓 WPCampus 2021 Online is a free online conference for web accessibility and WordPress in higher education. It is happening on September 21-22. There is a call for speakers. 👩🎓…
Gatsby has announced that its new source plugin for WordPress has launched in beta. Hashim Warren explains it delivers improvements to their headless WordPress integration with Gatsby Cloud and promises “near-instant publishing and live content preview.” 💨 There’s also a tutorial for the plugin. 👈
The decoupled or “headless” CMS is rising in popularity. Alyssa Cuda breaks down what that means for WordPress and showcases some examples of headless WordPress. Some of these sites were mentioned by Phil Crumm and Weston Ruter during the 2017 WP Engine Summit.
So they say. Specifically, David Mainayar said in Woo Weekly #399 that it’s the fastest he’s seen, and I imagine he’s seen a lot.
WPEngine hosted its DE{CODE} 2020 virtual conference this week in a pre-recorded talks format but with speakers taking live questions. There’s a nice selection of speakers — particularly Jason Cohen and Matt Landers on headless WordPress. There is video footage of the event, and it looks like WPEngine will be organizing it for quicker consumption…
