Frontend View For Headless CMS WordPress Plugin

Name: Frontend View For Headless CMS
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (5 reviews)
Author: Dropndot Solutions

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About Frontend View For Headless CMS

Frontend View For Headless CMS links backend WordPress articles, pages, custom post types, taxonomies, and categories to the headless CMS site.

Frontend View For Headless CMS is a plugin that seamlessly links your backend WordPress content, including posts, pages, custom post types, taxonomies, categories, and authors to your headless CMS frontend site. This ensures that any content in your WordPress backend are linked with your headless CMS frontend, therefore, you can easily visit the contents using visit links.

Features:

Set your headless frontend base URL in Frontend View Settings.
Optional redirect of public WordPress frontend requests (301) to your headless frontend URL, while leaving admin, REST API, GraphQL, feeds, sitemaps, and similar endpoints untouched.
Rewrite View links on post, page, CPT, taxonomy, and user list screens.
Optional custom preview path (for example /preview/post-slug/) for draft and preview links.
Map author archive paths to your frontend user segment.
Per-taxonomy and per–post-type slug overrides to match your frontend routes.
Empty slug option to remove taxonomy or CPT base segments from generated URLs (for flat routes like /my-post/ instead of /products/my-post/).
Frontend links in wp-admin open in a new tab for safer editing workflows.
Settings shortcut on the Plugins screen for quick access to configuration.
Redesigned settings page with slug mapping UI, quick guide, and helpful resources.

Works with any frontend that consumes WordPress via the REST API, GraphQL, or your own data layer—as long as your frontend URLs follow the paths you configure.

Development

This plugin is developed by Dropndot Solutions. For more information, visit Dropndot Solutions.

Contact

For support or inquiries, please contact us at [email protected].

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Screenshots

Plugin settings page with frontend URL and slug mapping.

View link on a post list row pointing to the headless frontend.

Opened frontend page for the respective content.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I use this plugin with any front-end application?

Yes. It only rewrites admin links to URLs you configure. Your frontend can be built with Next.js, Nuxt, Gatsby, Astro, React, Vue, or any other stack.

How do I configure the plugin?

After activation, open Frontend View Settings and enter your frontend site URL. Optionally enable frontend redirects, a custom preview path, set the author slug, and map taxonomy or CPT path segments to match your frontend routing.

Can WordPress frontend page requests redirect to my headless site?

Yes. Enable Redirect frontend requests to headless frontend in settings. Public page requests are redirected with a 301 to the matching URL on your frontend. Admin, REST API, GraphQL, feeds, sitemaps, previews, login, and similar backend endpoints are never redirected. The option is off by default.

Does this plugin work with custom post types?

Yes. Public custom post types shown in the admin UI appear under Post type / CPT slug overrides, where you can set a custom segment or enable Empty slug to drop the CPT base from links.

What does “Empty slug” do?

When enabled for a taxonomy or post type, the plugin removes that base path segment from generated URLs. For example, /products/my-item/ can become /my-item/ on your frontend if your routes are flat.

Is this plugin compatible with multisite?

Yes, the plugin is compatible with multisite installations. Configure the frontend URL per site as needed.

How do I set the frontend site URL?

Go to Frontend View Settings and enter the full URL of your frontend (for example https://www.example.com).

Does the plugin support HTTPS?

Yes, both HTTP and HTTPS frontend URLs are supported.

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Changelog

2.1

Raise minimum WordPress version to 6.5.
Add optional Redirect frontend requests to headless frontend setting (off by default).
When enabled, public frontend page requests are redirected (301) to the configured headless frontend URL, preserving path, query string, and trailing slash.
Redirects reuse existing frontend URL rewriting (slug overrides, empty slug, author slug).
Admin, REST API, GraphQL, feeds, sitemaps, robots.txt, previews, login, cron, AJAX, and similar backend endpoints are excluded from redirects.

2.0

Fixed redirection issue.
Major release with redesigned Frontend View Settings page.
Rewrite admin View links for posts, pages, custom post types, taxonomies, and users to the configured frontend URL.
Add optional custom preview path segment for preview and draft links.
Add author slug mapping for author archive URLs.
Add per-taxonomy and per–post-type slug overrides for frontend route alignment.
Add Empty slug option to strip taxonomy or CPT base segments from URLs.