Andrew Wilkinson

<p>A lightweight plugin that <strong>forces login for backend access</strong> in a headless WordPress setup. Keeps your WordPress dashboard private while allowing your front end (e.g. Astro, Next.js) to pull content via GraphQL/REST.</p>
<h4>What it does</h4>
<ul>
<li>Requires authentication for <code>/wp-admin/</code> and other backend pages</li>
<li>Always allows the login page to avoid redirect loops</li>
<li>Leaves key endpoints open for headless use:
<ul>
<li><code>/wp-json/</code> (REST API)</li>
<li><code>/graphql</code> (WPGraphQL)</li>
<li><code>/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php</code> (AJAX)</li>
<li><code>/wp-cron.php</code> (cron)</li>
<li><code>/robots.txt</code></li>
<li><code>/sitemap*.xml</code> (sitemaps and indexes)</li>
<li><code>/wp-content/uploads/*</code> (media)</li>
<li><code>/favicon.ico</code></li>
<li><code>/newrelic</code> (New Relic monitoring)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Logged-in users visiting the backend root get redirected to the dashboard</li>
<li>Works with Bedrock layouts (handles root path vs <code>/wp/</code>)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Use case</h4>
<ul>
<li>WordPress is the content backend</li>
<li>Public site is built with Astro/Next.js/etc</li>
<li>Editors log in to WordPress. Visitors never see the backend</li>
<li>Front end builds and live pages can still query GraphQL/REST without authentication</li>
</ul>
<h4>Customization</h4>
<p>Developers can customize allowed endpoints using the <code>force_login_allowed_patterns</code> filter:</p>
<pre><code>add_filter('force_login_allowed_patterns', function($patterns) {
    $patterns[] = '#^/healthz$#';           // custom health check
    $patterns[] = '#^/status$#';            // uptime checks
    $patterns[] = '#^/wp-json/acf/v3/.*#';  // specific REST namespace
    return $patterns;
});
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Headless Login Guard

Forces login for backend access in headless WordPress setups while allowing GraphQL/REST API endpoints and essential paths.

Vitalii Kiiko

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vdenchyk

Builderius

<p>Drag-and-drop page builder for WordPress website creators who want to <strong>build visually with professional results</strong>. Create landing pages, dynamic templates, and custom designs with clean code output. Visual building that doesn’t compromise on quality.</p>
<h4>Why Choose Builderius</h4>
<p>Tired of choosing between easy visual building and professional code quality? Builderius eliminates that compromise. Our page builder combines <strong>intuitive drag-and-drop</strong> functionality with <strong>clean, semantic HTML and CSS output</strong> that performs well and follows web standards. Unlike other builders that create bloated markup, Builderius generates lean code that loads fast and ranks well in search engines. You get the efficiency of <strong>visual building with the quality</strong> you’d expect from hand-coded websites.</p>
<h4>Perfect for Landing Pages and Content Templates</h4>
<p>Builderius excels at creating high-converting <strong>landing pages and templates</strong> that control how your content displays. Build standalone landing pages with precision and no limits, or create templates that automatically style your blog posts, pages, and archives with consistent design while pulling from WordPress content and custom fields.</p>
<p>Whether you’re building individual landing pages or creating templates that style hundreds of posts consistently, <strong>Builderius saves time while maintaining quality</strong> across your entire site.</p>
<h4>Professional Features That Scale</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Template System</strong>: Create templates that control how your posts, pages, and archives display. Design once and apply consistent styling to unlimited content, use built in header and footer components with the ability to customize through properties and conditions.</li>
<li><strong>Clean Code Architecture</strong>: Every element generates semantic HTML with clean CSS. No shortcode bloat, no unnecessary wrapper divs, no inline styles cluttering your markup.</li>
<li><strong>Built-in Staging Environment</strong>: Test changes safely before going live. Make updates in your staging environment, preview the results, then deploy when ready.</li>
<li><strong>Dynamic Data Integration</strong>: Connect to Advanced Custom Fields, Meta Box, and WordPress queries visually. Display dynamic content without writing code.</li>
<li><strong>Visual CSS Control</strong>: Style elements using visual controls that correspond directly to CSS properties. Access selectors and create CSS variables through the visual interface.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Free Version Capabilities</h4>
<p>The free version provides everything needed for professional landing pages and basic template building:</p>
<ul>
<li>Unlimited landing pages and content templates</li>
<li>Global header and footer components</li>
<li>Basic dynamic data (ACF and Meta Box simple fields)</li>
<li>WordPress main query integration for post loops</li>
<li>Built-in staging environment with Releases for import and export between websites</li>
<li>Clean code output with visual CSS controls</li>
<li>Responsive design tools</li>
</ul>


Builderius – Landing Page Builder + Dynamic Templates

This is a great plugin. It's clearly made for developers, some technical know-how is recommended. 

Very clean code

Builderius is an amazing tool! Recently I finally took some time to explore it, and I am blown away. Builderius is not trying to dazzle you with cheep tricks, but really focuses on real dev problems to solve.

Once you figure out the logic of the tool it is amazing what it can do, it allowes complete control of any aspect of the markup, it is fast and flexible and utterly fun to work with. Its powefull GraphQl queries open up the world of data querying and transforming.

I absolutely recomend it to anyone who wants to build real custom solutions with WP.

Powerhouse tool that deserves waaaay more attention


I like the approach they have taken. I quickly got the hang of it after playing with it for about an hour. Can't wait for the release of the 1.0 Pro 


Amazing Builder

Complete drag & drop page builder for landing pages, dynamic templates & custom designs. Clean code output. SEO-friendly. No coding required.

Headless Login Guard vs Builderius – Landing Page Builder + Dynamic Templates