Headless + Jamstack Development

I'm a freelance headless CMS and Jamstack developer based in Bristol, UK. I build fast, secure websites that combine a CMS your team loves with a modern front end your visitors will love.

A headless website separates where your content lives from how it's shown. Your team edits content in a CMS like WordPress, Craft CMS or Sanity, and the front end is built separately with a modern framework, then pre-rendered and served from a global network. The result is a website that's faster, more secure and much more flexible.

Why go headless?

• Speed: pages are pre-built and served from the edge, so they load almost instantly.
• Security: with no public-facing CMS or database, there's far less to attack.
• Flexibility: the same content can power your website, apps, microsites and more.
• Lower environmental impact: serving static files uses far less energy than rendering every page on a server.
• Keep your CMS: your editors can keep using the CMS they already know.

What I can help with

Headless WordPress

Keep the WordPress admin your team knows, with a fast modern front end. I built the FutureKings website with an Astro front end, pulling content from a headless WordPress install and served from Netlify.

Headless Craft CMS

Craft's flexible content modelling makes it a great headless CMS. For Beeston Media, I paired headless Craft CMS with a Next.js and Tailwind CSS front end, deployed on Vercel.

Jamstack websites from scratch

For new projects, I build Jamstack websites from the ground up with tools like Eleventy, Astro and Sanity. This website is built with Eleventy and hosted on Netlify.

Migrating to headless

Already have a traditional WordPress or Craft site? I can help you move to a headless setup step by step, keeping your existing content and editing workflow while rebuilding the front end.

How I work

Every project is different, but my headless builds usually include:

• Choosing the right CMS and front-end framework for your team and content.
• Content modelling designed around how your team works.
• Accessibility built in from the start, not bolted on at the end.
• Pre-rendering, image optimisation and minimal client-side JavaScript.
• Preview builds for every change and automatic deploys when content is published.
• Handover documentation and training, so your team is confident editing the site.