Alternatives to WP Headless

A lightweight plugin to disable the WP frontend experience.

Snapshot
Rating: 5.0/5 (2 reviews)
Downloads: 8,423
Active installs: 300
Maintenance score: 22/100
Compatibility
Requires WordPress: 4.6
Tested up to: 5.1.22
Requires PHP: 5.2.4

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WPGraphQL
WPGraphQL
WPGraphQL adds a flexible and powerful GraphQL API to WordPress, enabling efficient querying and interaction with your site's data.
(48)
Updated 22d ago
30,000 installs1,529,871 downloads74/100 • Actively maintained
WPGraphQL for ACF
WPGraphQL for ACF
WPGraphQL for ACF seamlessly integrates Advanced Custom Fields with WPGraphQL.
(1)
Updated 21d ago
10,000 installs137,801 downloads70/100 • Actively maintained
Headless Mode
Headless Mode
Once you take the head off of WordPress, nobody needs to see it. This plugin hides the front end by redirecting to the shiny static (etc) site.
(6)
Updated 714d ago
2,000 installs34,362 downloads28/100 • Possibly abandoned
CoCart – Headless REST API for WooCommerce
CoCart – Headless REST API for WooCommerce
A developer-first REST API to decouple WooCommerce on the frontend to help build modern and scalable storefronts. Fast, secure, customizable, easy.
(21)
Updated 72d ago
1,000 installs96,566 downloads63/100 • Actively maintained
Faust.js
Faust.js
Faust.js™ transforms your traditional WordPress installation into a flexible headless CMS.
(7)
Updated 15d ago
1,000 installs67,931 downloads70/100 • Actively maintained
WPGraphQL IDE
WPGraphQL IDE
Modern GraphQL IDE for WPGraphQL — schema-aware editor, execution history, saved queries, and a public endpoint mode.
(0)
Updated 22d ago
1,000 installs28,374 downloads68/100 • Actively maintained
BabyLoveGrowth Integration
BabyLoveGrowth Integration
Secure REST endpoint to publish posts from BabyLoveGrowth.ai backend via API key.
(0)
Updated 29d ago
1,000 installs6,684 downloads68/100 • Actively maintained
WPGraphQL Blocks
WPGraphQL Blocks
Get gutenberg blocks as JSON through wp-graphql
(0)
Updated 491d ago
400 installs10,618 downloads26/100 • Possibly abandoned
CoCart CORS Support
CoCart CORS Support
Enables support for CORS to allow CoCart to work across multiple domains.
(0)
Updated 706d ago
400 installs7,865 downloads26/100 • Possibly abandoned
LLM Markdown – Expose Content as .md
LLM Markdown – Expose Content as .md
Expose WordPress posts and pages as real .md URLs with YAML front matter for LLMs, AI ingestion, and headless workflows.
(5)
Updated 35d ago
200 installs908 downloads64/100 • Actively maintained
CoCart – Cart API Enhanced
CoCart – Cart API Enhanced
Enhances CoCart's cart REST API response.
(1)
Updated 665d ago
200 installs10,394 downloads28/100 • Possibly abandoned
CoCart JWT Authentication
CoCart JWT Authentication
JWT Authentication for CoCart API.
(0)
Updated 86d ago
200 installs9,766 downloads59/100 • Actively maintained
Publish to Netlify
Publish to Netlify
Easily deploy static sites to Netlify using WordPress as backend. This plugin builds your static website using Netlify webhooks to trigger the deploy …
(0)
Updated 2041d ago
100 installs3,393 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
Sticklight
Sticklight
Use WordPress authentication and permissions in external React applications via secure REST API endpoints.
(0)
Updated 29d ago
90 installs320 downloads68/100 • Actively maintained
Gato GraphQL
Gato GraphQL
Powerful and flexible GraphQL server for WordPress. Access any piece of data (posts, users, comments, tags, etc) from your app via a GraphQL API.
(36)
Updated 43d ago
80 installs10,102 downloads65/100 • Actively maintained
WP Headless CMS Framework
WP Headless CMS Framework
Plugin provides a framework sets up WordPress as a headless CMS.
(2)
Updated 2278d ago
70 installs3,755 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Headless Pages
Headless Pages
Disable the default Wordpress page editor when using custom fields.
(0)
Updated 2022d ago
0 installs7,678 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
Static Cache Wrangler – Headless Assistant
Static Cache Wrangler – Headless Assistant
Convert Static Cache Wrangler HTML output to headless CMS import formats with pluggable architecture.
(0)
Updated 46d ago
0 installs290 downloads59/100 • Actively maintained
Nonfig
Nonfig
Manage Configuration Changes from a single platform. Nonfig is a Software Configuration Hub and you store Your Software Changes in a Centralize Hub.
(0)
Updated 2038d ago
0 installs264 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
Headless Portfolio CMS
Headless Portfolio CMS
API-first headless portfolio CMS for WordPress. Seamlessly power modern frontends like Next.js, React, and Astro via a lightning-fast REST API.
(0)
Updated 17d ago
0 installs163 downloads68/100 • Actively maintained