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Discussion on: What non-CMS tools would you use to make a small but growing website?

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Td Baylis

Speaking of Netlify, I was gonna ask: how about combining headless with WordPress? I stumbled upon this article on Netlify benchmarking a WP site pre/post-headless switch and the results are pretty impressive.

Netlify WP headless CMS article

Have you thought about a headless multisite (not sure if you are planning on servicing different companies, but this could add merit to something like WP if you go the headless route)?

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drmikecrowe

One of the downsides with headless WordPress is where you host WordPress so you can access the posts via API. I've looked at Gatsby + WordPress, and it's pretty slick. However, a free WordPress.com account doesn't let you get the posts via API as best I can tell. I suppose you could run it locally, though

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Monica Macomber

Someone else suggested a headless CMS too, I am considering it now 👍