Headless WordPress Architecture
We built a decoupled version of our own website: WordPress serves as the content management system, Next.js powers the front end, and Vercel hosts the application. It is a working example of the technology stack we recommend to clients, built and maintained by our team.
Decoupled architecture
Multilingual
Independent deployments
WordPress editing preserved
The Challenge
A modern front end with WordPress behind it
We wanted a faster, more flexible front end without giving up WordPress as the editorial system. Decoupling the two introduced several practical challenges: multilingual routing, contact form handling, coordinated releases across two deployments, and preserving a familiar publishing workflow for editors.
- Multilingual routing with WPML
- Contact forms outside WordPress
- Coordinated releases across two deployments
- Keeping the editorial workflow familiar
Our Approach
WordPress as the CMS, Next.js as the front end
WordPress provides the content through its APIs, while editors continue working in the familiar WordPress admin. Next.js handles the front-end rendering and routing, and the site is deployed independently to Vercel. Environment configuration connects the two systems while allowing WordPress and the front end to be released separately.
- Multilingual routing handled in Next.js
- Contact forms handled through an API endpoint
- Independent WordPress and front-end deployments
- WordPress editorial workflow preserved
Technology Stack
Next.js
WordPress
Vercel
REST API