A very minimal example showing how to use Eleventy as a static front-end for a WordPress website, using the WP API.

It displays a clickable list of posts from Rolling Stone, and generates a static page for each one.

For smaller sites, you might prefer to fully convert your content to markdown and manage it fully with 11ty. For larger sites with non-technical users, that isn't practical.

Using the API lets you benefit from the developer experience and performance improvements of 11ty, but maintain a good experience for content authors.

You need node.js and npm installed:

npm i
npm start

It should be on localhost:8080

Alternatively check it out on CodeSandbox right now.

It's suitable for any static hosting, including Netlify, Vercel, S3, etc.