Rebuilding a 1,000-page website with only one developer
summary
Migrates a 1,000‑page WordPress marketing site to a headless Next.js frontend while keeping WordPress as the CMS, using WP GraphQL and Apollo to fetch and shape content into a single post object abstraction. Over ~14 months a lone developer imports 900+ pages, cuts site build time from ~35 minutes to 2 minute builds, and raises Lighthouse mobile scores from ~20–30 to ~75, prioritizing planning, reuse of open source starters, and an API‑agnostic page layer.
AI-written summary · about
chapters (13)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:38Overview
- 0:50Get your team on board
- 1:40Options
- 2:07Benefits
- 2:41Getting BuyIn
- 3:23Planning
- 4:12Next WordPress Starter
- 4:43Prototype
- 5:11Tools
- 5:44Content Types
- 5:56Architecture
- 8:36Conclusion
