Headless WordPress Development Services
Our development team includes experienced WordPress developers as well as expert developers of Progressive Web Apps (PWAs), Web Apps, Mobile Apps and front-end frameworks including Vue, React, Angular and Gatsby.
Our Headless WordPress Development Services include workshopping, content architecture, API development and integration, WordPress development and interface development. We also offer UX design, web design and branding services to ensure that the front-end interface and user experience is high quality and faithfully represents your business.
Headless WordPress Agency
Clients choose our Headless WordPress Development team to achieve a number of goals:
– Omni-channel content distribution and management
– Content management flexibility and enablement of the marketing team
– Robust and secure user experiences
– High performance interfaces with fast load times
– Easy management of content to mobile apps and other applications
Headless WordPress London
Our Headless WordPress Agency is based in London and Guildford and we work with clients throughout the UK and internationally. We’re available for face to face meeting, online calls and workshops.
Headless WordPress with front-end frameworks
Headless WordPress React and React Native
Using React or React Native is popular for content distribution to mobile apps but can be used for most interface types. We utilised WordPress headlessly for Powerleague to enable them to send content from WordPress to their mobile application.
Headless WordPress Vue
Vue can be used to deliver the front end presentation layer where WordPress sends information, data and content over the API to populate the interface.
Headless WordPress Angular
Angular is a front end framework that can be used in combination with Headless WordPress to deliver a secure headless architecture.
Headless WordPress Gatsby
Gatsby is a popular front-end framework that can be used to deliver the user interface or ‘head’ in a headless WordPress setup.
FAQs
Is headless WordPress suitable for my business?
Headless WordPress development isn’t suitable for every business. Typically it is suitable for large organisations with multiple user interfaces and products where they need to distribute content to multiple places. These could include mobile apps, web applications, websites and micro-sites. It can also be useful if businesses require additional security. By de-coupling the frontend and backend interfaces, it makes it extremely difficult for a hacker to access the content management system as it is entirely separate and information is passed over an API.
Headless architecture adds complexity to the digital ecosystem, can be more costly to maintain and has larger implementation costs. While it can be a great tool, we recommend assessing the return on investment and business case for undertaking this development work.
For small businesses with simple websites, we would recommend using traditional WordPress.
How much technical knowledge is needed to set up headless WordPress?
Headless development requires greater technical expertise than standard WordPress development. Not only does a development team need to be proficient in WordPress, they also need to be adept at front-end development, API development and integrations.
We recommend working with an experienced Headless WordPress agency that has delivered projects like yours before.
How is content managed with Headless WordPress?
From a content management perspective, the user experience of an admin editing content is very similar to the experience of editing a traditional WordPress site. The key difference is that the developers will have hooked up the WordPress content fields to the equivalent fields in the front-end interface using an API to pass the data to the user interface.
How much does Headless WordPress cost?
Headless WordPress website costs vary depending on the scale, complexity and the functionality required. The front-end selected for the user interface will also impact the final cost. Headless WordPress will cost more than a traditional WordPress development process due to the increased complexity and development requirements.
The ongoing hosting, support and maintenance costs of Headless WordPress will also be greater than a traditional WordPress implementation.
How long does Headless WordPress implementation take?
The development time for headless WordPress depends on the scope and requirements. Typically we’d expect 4-12 months depending on the project, however very complex projects with multiple interfaces may take longer.
What is the difference between headless WordPress and traditional WordPress?
Both use the same WordPress CMS to manage content, but a headless WordPress setup does not use the WordPress frontend. Instead, it replaces it with an alternate front-end framework. In contrast, a traditional WordPress website used WordPress to create and edit the content, and to create the presentation layer that the user sees when they access the website online.
