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Total downloads: 60,637
Active installs: 1,000
Total reviews: 7
Average rating: 5
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 21
Last updated: 3/3/2025 (302 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 12/2/2021 (4 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 5.7
Tested up to WordPress version: 6.7.4
Minimum PHP version: 7.4

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Stale • Last updated 302 days ago • 7 reviews

40/100

Is Faust.js abandoned?

Likely maintained (last update 302 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 5.7
Tested up to: 6.7.4
Requires PHP: 7.4

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Developers

Nick C (Owner)1Chris Wiegman (Owner)1Anthony Burchell (Owner)1Joseph Fusco (Owner)5WP Engine (Owner)9WP Engine10Chris Wiegman9John Parris9Nick C8Anthony Burchell4rfmeier4markkelnar4Matthew Wright2Andrew Matthews2claygriffiths2Jason Konen2Joseph Fusco1Teresa Gobble1Theo1blakewpe1Colin Murphy1

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Description

In conjunction with the Faust.js™ NPM packages, the Faust.js™ WordPress plugin enables a decoupled front-end to authenticate with WordPress through GraphQL mutations and REST API endpoints. It is the bridge between a Faust.js™ powered front-end application, and a WordPress backend.

The plugin also provides useful options for headless sites, such as the ability to:

  • Hide “theme” admin pages.
  • Redirect public route requests to the front-end application.
  • Rewrite WordPress URLs to front-end URLs in queried content.

Installation

  1. Search for the plugin in WordPress under “Plugins -> Add New”.
  2. Click the “Install Now” button, followed by “Activate”.

That’s it! For more information on getting started with headless WordPress, see Getting Started with Faust.js.

Frequently Asked Questions

If I need more support, where should I ask questions?

Use one of the channels below to contact the Faust.js team for support.
GitHub – Faust.js GitHub documentation and codebase.
Discord – Interactive chat support on Discord.

Where can I find more information about development and future features for this plugin?

Great question! The development team posts weekly summaries of sprints related to Faust.js, here.

Why the name “Faust.js”?

Johann Faust was a German printer and was instrumental in the invention of the printing press, along with his partner Johann Gutenberg. In the same way the printing press democratized the spread of information, the mission of Faust.js is to support and further the vision of WordPress to democratize publishing on the web.

Review feed

Chris Wiegman
12/3/2021

The future of headless WP

The future of headless WP
Teresa Gobble
7/26/2023

Comprehensive

Reduces the complexity of building headless WordPress frontends for the web tenfold. Addition of Apollo helps the user flexibly perform declarative queries to manipulate and structure data too.

Screenshots

  1. The settings page

    The settings page

  2. Portfolio, blog, and basic blueprints for headless sites built with Faust.js

    Portfolio, blog, and basic blueprints for headless sites built with Faust.js

  3. A code snippet

    A code snippet

Changelog

1.8.0

Minor Changes

  • aedd100: chore: Updated FaustWP to create a preview link for all draft post types.

    Removed actions rest_prepare_post and rest_prepare_page from the callback functions.
    Added a new action for rest_api_init to add rest_prepare_{$post_type} action for all publicably queryable post types including custom post types.

1.7.5

Patch Changes

  • 413fe9a: Added tested up to WordPress 6.7.2 for the FaustWP plugin.

1.7.4

Patch Changes

  • 3bf8104: Added author for FaustWP plugin.

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