Headless WordPress with WPGraphQL and Next.js: From First Query to Production
Most WPGraphQL tutorials end at the first query. This one goes further: a small Next.js (App Router) blog on top of headless WordPress, taken all the way to a production-ready setup. We'll build a paginated list, a single post page, one custom field, shared fragments, then lock the endpoint down and wire cache revalidation to the Publish button. If you want the "why" first — trade-offs of GraphQL…
This guide walks through building a headless WordPress blog using WPGraphQL and Next.js, from the initial query to a production-ready deployment. The key steps include setting up the WordPress site with WPGraphQL, fetching pagination data via a custom fetch function, and rendering the paginated post list in a Next.js (App Router) blog. Additional features covered are a single post page, shared GraphQL fragments, cache revalidation, and securing the endpoint with revalidation tags.
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