Know more about headless CMS
June 15, 2021
2 min read
What is a headless CMS?
A headless CMS is a content management system that provides a way to author content, but instead of having your content coupled to a particular output (like web page rendering), it provides your content as data over an API.
Why choose headless CMS?
Once a change in the CMS is made, a new build of your site will be triggered and then deployed as static assets.
Here are the main benefits:
Faster performance
- Highly performant websites using a modern tech stack.
More secure
- No need to worry about server or database vulnerabilities.
Less expensive
- Hosting of static files are cheap or even free.
Better developer experience
- Front end developers can focus on the front end, without being tied to a monolithic architecture. This usually means quicker and more focused development.
Scalability, SEO friendly
- If your product suddenly goes viral and has many active users, Your hosting options are unlimited with a headless CMS and deployment environments as well.
Future-proof
- APIs aren’t just ready to talk to any existing software or device, they’re prepared to speak to any new device or channel that emerges. Thus, your content will remain future-proof, no matter what innovative device next hits the market.
Headless options:
- Headless WordPress
- Strapi
- Sanity.io
- Contentful and many more ..
Summary
The future of CMS is quickly moving away from traditional, database-driven systems and toward API-driven headless.