Explain to a non coder

Hi there, I would like to ask the following questions for this scenario.

Let's say i have a single page application website in React Js, and you want to turn it into what is called a "Headless CMS" which means that the backend is in WordPress using its API.

1)Does this mean that I will be able to use WP plugins , or themes ? or no?

2) Besides not being in PHP anymore , what are the additional benefits to going from plain react Js to a Headless CMS ?

3) What are the best tips for such a website to have full search engine optimization capabilities?


thank you in advance, I hope some knowledgeable brothers here can help me out with answers or direct me to useful resources about the above, I really couldn't find answers on Google because every result was so overly technical, I had no idea what I was looking at.

What are you trying to accomplish exactly? It seems as if you're trying to overly complicate things. If you have a single page application, why would you want to use Wordpress? Its main purpose is to give you a database and publishing features. Anyhow, here is what I think I can answer:

1) No.

2) Depends. Does your site need a database? If not, then your plain JS react page i probably the best option out of any other language.

3) Data organization and site speed are best for seo. You can achieve no matter what CMS or language you use.

What kind of features do you intend for the single page application? The main benefit of a headless CMS is that you can access the content from multiple websites or applications you decide to create. There's not really a benefit if you're just planning to create one website/application. Well, we'd need more context to what you're building to be able to decide what's best for you.