Are we headless yet?

👍 Yes!

But there’s plenty we could improve for Wagtail’s developers

News

27 February 2024

How to use Wagtail within a MACH architecture

An in-depth analysis of how Wagtail aligns with MACH architectures and the changes required to run it headlessly.

1 April 2022

Believing is seeing: Why a world-class museum of visual culture chose headless Wagtail

Meet Nicolas Leung from M+ in Hong Kong and discover how they used headless Wagtail to build the perfect digital foundation for their brand new museum.

Topics

REST API

REST is one API option for Headless Wagtail

GraphQL

GraphQL is one API option for Headless Wagtail

Page Preview

Previews need a separate package currently

Images

Additional image considerations are needed for Headless Wagtail

Page URL Routing

Headless Wagtail requires different routing

Rich Text

There are currently two approaches for managing Rich Text

Multi-site support

Multi-site works differently in Headless Wagtail

Form submissions

Wagtail forms are currently unsupported in Headless

Documentation

Documentation support is in the developer docs

Private pages

Password-protected pages are currently excluded from the API

Internationalisation

This page is still TODO.

Next.js

Next.js is a frontend option for Headless Wagtail

Nuxt.js

Nuxt.js is a frontend option for Headless Wagtail

StreamField

StreamField data is available in the API

Gatsby

Gatsby is a frontend option for Headless Wagtail

OpenAPI (Swagger)

Not currently supported.

Netlify

Netlify is a frontend option for Headless Wagtail

Vercel

Vercel is a hosting option for Headless Wagtail

Decisionmaker guide: Do you need Headless Wagtail?

Not sure if Headless Wagtail is for you? Use this guide to weigh the pros and cons

Headless Wagtail vs. Traditional

Background information on headless Wagtail vs. traditional Wagtail

Issues

Github issues tagged #headless

About

This headless site was inspired by the Rust community, and is built using Wagtail and Next.js.