Why we run headless WordPress with Astro

8 June 2026 1 min read onlineitbd team

Sample post — authored in WordPress once connected.

We author content in WordPress and publish a fast, static Astro frontend. WordPress is headless: visitors never hit it directly.

How it works

Astro fetches posts from WPGraphQL at build time and renders static HTML. On publish, WordPress pings a Vercel deploy hook and the site rebuilds.

Why it is fast

Because the frontend is static, the WordPress backend speed never affects visitors.