Headless CMS: Flexible Content Delivery for Modern Sites

Headless CMS: Flexible Content Delivery for Modern Sites In modern web projects, teams need content that can travel far beyond a single site. A headless CMS stores text, images, and metadata in a structured way and serves it through an API. Editors update content in one place; developers build front ends with any framework or tool, from static site generators to mobile apps. How it works: Content models define fields like title, body, author, and publish date. The API (usually REST or GraphQL) delivers content on demand. Preview and draft modes show how a change will look before it goes live. Webhooks trigger workflows when content changes. Delivery often uses a CDN to load content quickly around the world. Benefits: ...

September 22, 2025 · 2 min · 313 words