Building the Headless PHP Frontend: Turning WordPress Data Into a Fast Website

In the first article, we looked at the architecture behind the project. In the second, we moved into the WordPress backend and built a custom plugin that exposes our content and applications through an API. Now we arrive at the part visitors actually see. The frontend. Our objective was not to build another WordPress theme. […]

Building the WordPress API Plugin: Turning WordPress Into an Application Backend

In the previous article, we looked at the architecture behind the new sanjibsinha.in and the reason for separating WordPress from the public-facing application. The idea was straightforward: WordPress manages the content. A custom PHP application manages the presentation. An API connects the two. That sounds simple when reduced to one sentence. The interesting part begins […]

From WordPress Website to a Full-Stack PHP Application: Designing the Architecture

When we began building the new version of sanjibsinha.in, the obvious solution would have been to install WordPress, choose a theme, add some plugins, and start publishing. That would have worked. But it would not have been particularly interesting. The goal of this project was different. I wanted to explore what happens when WordPress is […]