Glossary Terms

Faust.js

Faust.js is an open-source toolkit from WP Engine that removes most of the repetitive setup work in running WordPress as a behind-the-scenes content store for a separately built front end, an arrangement known as headless. It handles the plumbing every headless project needs: signing in to WordPress, matching its URL structure so links behave, supporting draft previews so editors can see work before it's live, connecting the front end to WordPress through GraphQL (a way to ask WordPress for exactly the content a page needs), and giving developers ready-made shortcuts that mirror familiar WordPress template checks. The payoff is going from nothing to a working headless prototype in hours instead of days. It fits best when you've already committed to the Next.js plus WordPress combination and the conventions Faust enforces match how you want to build.