Building a best selling eBook with Next.js and WordPress
summary
Built a live ebook called Writy.io "Content for Developers" using Next.js + WordPress + Vercel, with content fetched from WordPress REST API, automated light/dark PDFs, and a video course. Claims include average page loads of 0.8–1.5s, Core Web Vitals–friendly Lighthouse scores, and over 1,300 developers enrolled with >60% organic traffic. The stack solves formatting headaches, provides componentized React layouts, plugin-backed backend features like auth and analytics, and the site actually delivers the performance and SEO gains stated.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction to speaker
- 1:30The book project
- 2:44Headless CMS architecture
- 3:47Benefits of Next.js
- 5:09Performance results
- 5:59SEO and Core Web Vitals
- 8:00Development and styling
- 9:38Conclusion and Q&A
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