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Headless CMS: explained in 5 Mins

The headless CMS term has gained significant traction over the past year. So what is headless CMS?

Headless CMS is a platform that divides the front-end and back-end layers. Thereby movies the freedom to developers to choose the technology and frameworks of their choice.

According to the World Metrics Report of 2024, It is predicted that 20.6% of new websites will be built using a Headless CMS by 2025.

Concept of Headless CMS

The concept of Headless CMS is a bit like the structure of a worm, in that it decouples the content layer from the backend complex, independent in both form and function. This means creation, publication, and management of content can be done independently. Developers have a lot to gain from this separation; it makes them faster builders and deployers of content with added flexibility.

Headless CMS decouples the content management or content repository from the front-end layer. The content creation, management, and publication can be done independently, also this decoupled architecture makes the development process faster and gives flexibility.

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