How to convert WordPress to headless WordPress

A headless WordPress website is one that displays content to users using a different custom frontend stack and utilizes WordPress for content management. Because it can be integrated with nearly any language or framework without compromising the robust editing features that most users are used to, WordPress as a headless CMS is an inventive idea that is drawing more users into the WordPress ecosystem. While the developer team may use their preferred technologies, such as React and GraphQL, in a recognizable Git workflow with headless WordPress, the marketing and content teams can utilize the WordPress interface. To find out more about the headless WordPress website, see this blog.

Turning WordPress to headless WordPress

To set up WordPress as a headless CMS, follow these steps:

1. Log in to your WordPress site with an administrator account.
2. On the Dashboard in the left sidebar, click Plugins, and then click Add New:
3. Search for “headless mode” and then Install and activate the Headless Modeplugin:
   
4. Log in to cPanel on a separate tab.
   
5. In the FILESsection of the cPanel home screen, click File Manager:
   
6. In the left sidebar, click on the directory where the WordPress is installed, and then look for the wp-config. php file. Right click on the wp-config. php file, and click Edit:
   
7. Insert the following line at the beginning of the file ( after the first set of comments), and the click save:
   define( ‘HEADLESS_MODE_CLIENT_URL’, ‘REPLACE-WITH-YOUR-URL/wp-admin/’ ); Note: Be sure to change the URL to the actual URL for the front end of your site.It has to be at the beginning in order for it to work.
8. On the WordPress Administration Dashboard, click on the Settings, and then click Permalinks:
   
9. To redirect any request to the login page, set the Permalinks setting to Plain, and save the changes:
   

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