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WordPress your editors love, on a Next.js front end Google loves.
Headless is the setup where nobody compromises: your content team keeps the WordPress admin they already know, and your visitors get a React front end with instant navigation and Core Web Vitals that theme-based WordPress physically can't match. This very site runs on it.
- Starting at
- $4,200
- Typical timeline
- 4–8 weeks
- Support
- 30 days included
The approach
Filed under Engineering. The deeper stack: plugins, applications, APIs and AI features.
I handle the whole pipeline, WPGraphQL or REST schema design, Next.js App Router with ISR, editor previews, forms, redirects and deployment on Vercel, and I'm equally at home on both sides of the API, which is rare among the people selling this service.
One senior developer, no hand-offs · Remote, all US timezones
What the engagement includes
05 deliverables · all in the quoted price
01The headline deliverable
Architecture & migration plan
An honest assessment of whether headless pays off for your case, sometimes it doesn't.
Next.js front end
App Router, server components, ISR and image optimization tuned for green vitals.
WordPress as clean API
WPGraphQL/REST with custom types, secured endpoints and a decluttered admin.
Editor previews & workflows
Draft preview on the real front end, so headless doesn't mean editing blind.
Deployment & CI
Vercel or your infrastructure, with on-demand revalidation when editors hit publish.
How it runs
Same four beats on every engagement, this one included. No discovery-call theater.
01
Brief in plain language
Describe the project the way you'd say it out loud. Links, deadlines and a rough budget all help.
02
Written quote in one business day
A fixed range and a recommendation, plus an honest note if this service isn't the right fit for it.
03
Build on a private staging link
You watch progress live and give feedback in plain words. No ticket system required.
04
Launch, then 30 days of support
Fixes and tweaks are included while the site settles in. After that, you choose what ongoing care looks like.
Honest answers first
Anything missing? Ask directly and get a reply within 24 hours.
Q1Is headless WordPress worth it for my site?
If your site is a brochure with light traffic, probably not, and I'll say so. It pays off when performance is a revenue lever, when you need app-like interfaces, or when one CMS must feed several front ends.
Q2Does headless hurt SEO?
Done right it helps: server-rendered HTML, faster vitals and cleaner markup. The risks (broken metadata, missing redirects) are implementation mistakes, and avoiding them is exactly what you're hiring for.
Q3Can editors still preview posts?
Yes, I wire WordPress preview links to render draft content on the Next.js front end, so the editorial workflow stays identical.
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