WordPress is a popular content management system (CMS) used by over ⅓ of the web, but its traditional monolithic approach has low developer satisfaction scores. Headless WordPress, on the other hand, offers a decoupled architecture that separates frontend UI management from backend services, allowing developers to use different languages and frameworks while giving content editors the same familiar WordPress user interface. This setup enables a win-win situation for everyone involved. Traditional WordPress benefits include ease of building fully functional websites in little time, a rich plugin ecosystem, baked-in preview functionality, but it has drawbacks such as hard customization, slow builds, and site performance issues. Headless WordPress architecture separates frontend and backend services, giving developers flexibility, control, cross-platform publishing, and improved performance and security. With headless WordPress, content editors can use the same familiar interface they know and love, while developers get to build using their preferred frameworks and workflows, resulting in a better balance between ease of use for non-technical teams and customization options for development teams.