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(48)•Updated 135d ago
WPGraphQL adds a flexible and powerful GraphQL API to WordPress, enabling efficient querying and interaction with your site's data.
30,000 installs1,529,871 downloads56/100 • Maintained
WPGraphQL for ACF(1)•Updated 134d ago
WPGraphQL for ACF seamlessly integrates Advanced Custom Fields with WPGraphQL.
10,000 installs137,801 downloads52/100 • Maintained
Headless Mode(6)•Updated 827d ago
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.
2,000 installs34,362 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
CoCart – Headless REST API for WooCommerce(21)•Updated 185d ago
A developer-first REST API to decouple WooCommerce on the frontend to help build modern and scalable storefronts. Fast, secure, customizable, easy.
1,000 installs96,566 downloads42/100 • Stale
Faust.js(7)•Updated 128d ago
Faust.js™ transforms your traditional WordPress installation into a flexible headless CMS.
1,000 installs67,931 downloads52/100 • Maintained
WPGraphQL IDE(0)•Updated 135d ago
Modern GraphQL IDE for WPGraphQL — schema-aware editor, execution history, saved queries, and a public endpoint mode.
1,000 installs28,374 downloads50/100 • Maintained
BabyLoveGrowth Integration(0)•Updated 142d ago
Secure REST endpoint to publish posts from BabyLoveGrowth.ai backend via API key.
1,000 installs6,684 downloads50/100 • Maintained
400 installs10,618 downloads26/100 • Possibly abandoned
CoCart CORS Support(0)•Updated 819d ago
Enables support for CORS to allow CoCart to work across multiple domains.
400 installs7,865 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
LLM Markdown – Expose Content as .md(5)•Updated 149d ago
Expose WordPress posts and pages as real .md URLs with YAML front matter for LLMs, AI ingestion, and headless workflows.
200 installs908 downloads55/100 • Maintained
200 installs10,394 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
200 installs9,766 downloads38/100 • Stale
Publish to Netlify(0)•Updated 2154d ago
Easily deploy static sites to Netlify using WordPress as backend. This plugin builds your static website using Netlify webhooks to trigger the deploy …
100 installs3,393 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
Sticklight(0)•Updated 142d ago
Use WordPress authentication and permissions in external React applications via secure REST API endpoints.
90 installs320 downloads50/100 • Maintained
Gato GraphQL(36)•Updated 156d ago
Powerful and flexible GraphQL server for WordPress. Access any piece of data (posts, users, comments, tags, etc) from your app via a GraphQL API.
80 installs10,102 downloads56/100 • Maintained
WP Headless CMS Framework(2)•Updated 2391d ago
Plugin provides a framework sets up WordPress as a headless CMS.
70 installs3,755 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Headless Pages(0)•Updated 2135d ago
Disable the default Wordpress page editor when using custom fields.
0 installs7,678 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
Static Cache Wrangler – Headless Assistant(0)•Updated 159d ago
Convert Static Cache Wrangler HTML output to headless CMS import formats with pluggable architecture.
0 installs290 downloads50/100 • Maintained
Nonfig(0)•Updated 2151d ago
Manage Configuration Changes from a single platform. Nonfig is a Software Configuration Hub and you store Your Software Changes in a Centralize Hub.
0 installs264 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
Headless Portfolio CMS(0)•Updated 130d ago
API-first headless portfolio CMS for WordPress. Seamlessly power modern frontends like Next.js, React, and Astro via a lightning-fast REST API.
0 installs163 downloads50/100 • Maintained