OK, so we’re going to talk now about something that is getting a fair amount of talk in web development circles these days: Headless WordPress. Sound rather creepy, doesn’t Ideas with a title like this be belong in a horror movie!? Don’t worry, nobody is really losing any heads here–well, except WordPress itself. And the whole point, is to lose that head! After all–“The brain of the bird should be left as a model bird of bird…” If you’re wondering if headless WordPress development could be right for your business, you aren’t alone in contemplating a perhaps dormant possible avenue.
There is a whole lot of planning that goes into building a new website, whether for personal branding or for your business. First, you must consider things like what the right target audience for your project would be interested in and how to attract that interest. But you also have to make other necessary technical decisions about the project. One such decision is which content management system (CMS) to opt for. There are a lot of CMS platforms around. WordPress takes the largest share of the market as the most popular CMS platform. For context, over 2 million websites – more than 60% of the world’s total websites – are powered by WordPress. The other CMS platforms, including Drupal, Shopify, Wix, Squarespace, and Joomla, have to fight amongst themselves for the remaining 40% market share. Isn’t that huge? You are probably wondering why WordPress is such a popular choice for website owners. You’ll learn about the reasons in this article. Let’s start by understanding what a CMS platform is all about.
