Frontend View For Headless CMS
by Dropndot Solutions · WordPress.org page · Website
Frontend View For Headless CMS has 100+ active installs on WordPress.org and 3,101 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on July 20, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.0.4.
Frontend View For Headless CMS at a glance
Is Frontend View For Headless CMS well maintained?
Features
The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.
- Set your headless frontend base URL in Frontend View Settings
- Optional redirect of public WordPress frontend requests (301) to your headless frontend URL, while leaving admin, REST API, GraphQL, feeds, sitemaps, and…
- Rewrite View links on post, page, CPT, taxonomy, and user list screens
- Optional custom preview path (for example /preview/post-slug/) for draft and preview links
- Map author archive paths to your frontend user segment
- Per-taxonomy and per–post-type slug overrides to match your frontend routes
- Empty slug option to remove taxonomy or CPT base segments from generated URLs (for flat routes like /my-post/ instead of /products/my-post/)
- Frontend links in wp-admin open in a new tab for safer editing workflows
- Settings shortcut on the Plugins screen for quick access to configuration
- Redesigned settings page with slug mapping UI, quick guide, and helpful resources
Frontend View For Headless CMS reviews and ratings
5 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.
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Excellent Plugin
Intuitive and incredibly user-friendly plugin
faisalakbarny -
Awesome plugin
It is an awesome plugin, It works faster on all post types perfectly based on my React website
Masud Rana -
Great plugin, it works for all the post types and even for users as well.
Great plugin, it works for all the post types and even for users as well. I've used it in my React Project. The backend is Headless WordPress.
Nisaurl Amin Naim -
Awesome plugin
It's really awesome plugin.
devnetrep -
Super simple to set up and looks great
Perfect plugin to my needs, it does even more than I looked for.
Quibria
Details
Frontend View For Headless CMS links backend WordPress articles, pages, custom post types, taxonomies, and categories to the headless CMS site.
The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.
Tags
- headless CMS WordPress
- headless frontend
- next.js
- react
- WordPress to Next.js
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- Version
- 2.1
- Last updated
- Jul 20, 2026
- First published
- Jun 27, 2024
- Requires WordPress
- 6.5
- Tested up to
- 7.0.4
- Requires PHP
- 7.2
- Pricing
- Free on WordPress.org
Frontend View For Headless CMS FAQ
What does Frontend View For Headless CMS do?
According to its WordPress.org readme, Frontend View For Headless CMS offers Set your headless frontend base URL in Frontend View Settings, Optional redirect of public WordPress frontend requests (301) to your headless frontend URL, while leaving admin, REST API, GraphQL, feeds, sitemaps, and, Rewrite View links on post, page, CPT, taxonomy, and user list screens, Optional custom preview path (for example /preview/post-slug/) for draft and preview links and Map author archive paths to your frontend user segment.
How many active installs does Frontend View For Headless CMS have?
WordPress.org reports 100+ active installs for Frontend View For Headless CMS as of September 7, 2026.
Is Frontend View For Headless CMS still maintained?
Yes. The last release was on July 20, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.0.4.
Is Frontend View For Headless CMS free?
Frontend View For Headless CMS is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.