Best headless plugins for WordPress

WPGraphQL

Down in the last 7 days:2#929

by Jason Bahl4 days ago

WPGraphQL adds a flexible and powerful GraphQL API to WordPress, enabling efficient querying and interaction with your site's data.

WPGraphQL for ACF

Up in the last 7 days:5#1,826

by Jason Bahl4 days ago

WPGraphQL for ACF seamlessly integrates Advanced Custom Fields with WPGraphQL.

Headless Mode

Up in the last 7 days:3#4,544

by Ben Meredith2 years 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.

BabyLoveGrowth Integration

Up in the last 7 days:76#4,771

by BabyLoveGrowth1 month ago

Secure REST endpoint to publish posts from BabyLoveGrowth.ai backend via API key.

WPGraphQL IDE

Up in the last 7 days:40#5,215

by Joe Fusco7 days ago

Modern GraphQL IDE for WPGraphQL — schema-aware editor, execution history, saved queries, and a public endpoint mode.

Faust.js

Up in the last 7 days:45#6,159

by WP Engine14 days ago

Faust.js™ transforms your traditional WordPress installation into a flexible headless CMS.

CoCart

Down in the last 7 days:73#7,140

by CoCart Headless1 month ago

Ship your headless WooCommerce storefront faster. CoCart is the REST API built for Next.js, React, Vue, and any modern frontend — developer-first.

LLM Markdown

Up in the last 7 days:103#7,691

by Michael Sablone14 days ago

Serve clean Markdown versions of WordPress posts, pages, and custom post types for AI agents, LLM tools, and content pipelines.

WPGraphQL Blocks

Down in the last 7 days:13#10,056

by Tom Phillips1 year ago

Get gutenberg blocks as JSON through wp-graphql

CoCart CORS Support

Down in the last 7 days:12#10,175

by CoCart Headless2 years ago

Enables support for CORS to allow CoCart to work across multiple domains.

Sticklight

Down in the last 7 days:6#10,398

by Elementor2 months ago

Use WordPress authentication and permissions in external React applications via secure REST API endpoints.

WP Headless

Up in the last 7 days:34#10,589

by Joe Bailey-Roberts7 years ago

A lightweight plugin to disable the WP frontend experience.

CoCart JWT Authentication

Up in the last 7 days:11#12,582

by CoCart Headless7 months ago

JWT Authentication for CoCart API.

CoCart

Up in the last 7 days:60#12,909

by CoCart Headless2 years ago

Enhances CoCart's cart REST API response.

Publish to Netlify

Up in the last 7 days:37#14,934

by Rogério Moreira6 years ago

Easily deploy static sites to Netlify using WordPress as backend. This plugin builds your static website using Netlify webhooks to trigger the deploy …

ContentGecko Connector

Up in the last 7 days:191#19,733

by ristorehemagi4 months ago

ContentGecko Connector syncs ContentGecko posts, products, and translations with WordPress securely.

Headless REST API Security

Up in the last 7 days:387#20,424

by Md. Rakib Ullah8 months ago

Manage access to the WordPress REST API by restricting public endpoints, enabling specific route allow-listing, and handling API key authentication.

WUXT Headless WordPress API Extensions

Down in the last 7 days:88#21,971

by danielauener7 years ago

Extensions for the Rest API to provide endpoints that support a more convenient use of headless WordPress as back-end CMS.

Redirect Front-end to Login

Up in the last 7 days:40#23,594

by Benjamin Intal9 years ago

Redirects all front-end pages to the login page, best for building a headless WP REST API backend

Overedge Connector

Down in the last 7 days:90#24,129

by timothyolu3 months ago

Connect your WordPress site to any React or Lovable-built frontend as a headless CMS — in minutes.

datanephew SEO Bridge

#24,179

by datanephew3 months ago

Makes Yoast SEO and Rank Math title, meta description and focus keyword fields writable through the core WordPress REST API.

GrowthSEO

Up in the last 7 days:7,062#24,219

by meetcpatel9071 month ago

Secure REST endpoint to publish posts from GrowthSEO backend via API key.

Static Snap

Down in the last 7 days:259#24,320

by staticsnap1 year ago

Static Snap converts your WordPress site into a static website, boosting performance, security, scalability, and SEO.

Invizo Headless Mode

#24,369

by Invizo4 months ago

Turn WordPress into a headless CMS backend with frontend redirects, CORS controls, draft previews, login branding, and security hardening.

Aomark Writer

Up in the last 7 days:6,893#26,967

by alex270323 days ago

Securely publish or schedule Aomark-generated content on your WordPress site.

CoCart

Up in the last 7 days:97#28,790

by CoCart Headless2 years ago

Enables the rate limiting feature for CoCart.

Deploy Trigger for GitHub

#33,159

by Facundo1 year ago

Trigger GitHub Actions workflows from WordPress when content changes. Perfect for headless WordPress setups.

Odiseo SEO Bridge

#33,802

by odiseohelp27 days ago

Registers your SEO plugin's fields in the REST API so title and meta description can be written via API.

Content Revalidation Tracker

Down in the last 7 days:108#34,536

by Dropndot Solutions1 month ago

Auto-triggers frontend revalidation on post, page, user, or taxonomy updates. Ideal for Next.js and headless WordPress setups.

Reachu Export

#39,484

by reachu2 years ago

Export products easily from your WooCommerce to Reachu.

Ardatech Bridgehead

Down in the last 7 days:2,487#40,921

by mexzyrx6 months ago

Connect your WordPress site to AI-built frontends. Ardatech Bridgehead exposes your content as clean REST API endpoints that any AI tool can build on.

Guillotheme

Up in the last 7 days:2,161#41,098

by David Matthew5 years ago

Guillotheme chops the front-end (i.e. the head) right off your theme by restricting access to the front-end (specifically, the WordPress-generated fro …

SapientSEO

#41,489

by Gal Ben-Chanoch1 year ago

Adds secured custom REST API endpoints to integrate WordPress with the SapientSEO app.

Fix API URL

Down in the last 7 days:646#43,577

by Ederson Peka11 days ago

Uses site_url() instead of home_url() to build the API URL. Useful for having WordPress as a Headless CMS.

Migratik

#44,938

by Hossam Hamdy3 months ago

Migrate & export any WordPress site (content, SEO, media, custom fields) into clean JSON. Works with any page builder. Markdown, WXR & CSV in Pro.

AppNatively

Up in the last 7 days:6,346#45,176

by Crafium1 day ago

Turn your WordPress site into a native iOS and Android app. Syncs WooCommerce, FluentCart, SureCart, form and directory plugins.

AISignal Markdown Converter

Down in the last 7 days:9,794#46,835

by Rareview®1 month ago

Expose WordPress content as clean Markdown, including ACF-backed content fallbacks, through .md URLs, query parameters, and REST endpoints.

HeadlessWC

#49,146

by App4You1 year ago

The ultimate solution for integrating headless checkout functionalities into your WooCommerce store

LUKDEV Custom Data Tables

#50,142

by lukdev1 month ago

Define custom data structures (fields) and manage rows of data exposed through the REST API.

HeadlessKey

Up in the last 7 days:5,816#51,325

by Hidayat Mahetar9 months ago

A complete authentication solution for Headless WordPress applications using JWT, supporting Registration, SSO, RBAC, and advanced Security features.

Headless Login Guard

Up in the last 7 days:4,701#51,672

by Andrew Wilkinson3 months ago

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

Parkstatic

Up in the last 7 days:16,485#52,285

by parkstatic3 months ago

Static site hosting for WordPress: serve a React, Vite or headless static front end on your domain while wp-admin stays on WordPress.

Routemark

#52,400

by ClearanceClarence10 days ago

Browse every REST API route on your site and send test requests to it from wp-admin.

SubmitDock

Down in the last 7 days:1,218#52,758

by Ali Nawaz8 days ago

Headless form backend for Next.js, React, and static sites: receive form submissions via REST API, saved in WordPress and emailed to you.

Kozec SEO

Up in the last 7 days:6,170#52,815

by tyvanroy10 months ago

The official companion plugin for the Kozec platform. Connects WordPress to your Kozec account to sync SEO metadata and content settings.

Headless Pages

#52,872

by johnmmackey5 years ago

Disable the default Wordpress page editor when using custom fields.

Static Cache Wrangler

#53,754

by derickschaefer2 months ago

Convert Static Cache Wrangler HTML output to headless CMS import formats with pluggable architecture.

RKX API Studio

#54,437

by RKXBeta2 days ago

Build clean, read-only REST API endpoints for your content visually.

SyncDock

Up in the last 7 days:5,791#54,808

by RAKIBUZZAMAN1 month ago

Generate, rewrite and publish WordPress posts with AI, across every site you run. The WordPress half of SyncDock, paired with its free client.

StaticQ Headless

Up in the last 7 days:11,959#55,577

by goonydev1 month ago

Headless WordPress on a Cloudflare + Astro frontend, with automatic per-URL cache updates on every edit. No rebuilds, no manual purges.