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Admin Dashboard

WP-Next Admin Dashboard is a headless CMS that replaces the traditional WordPress admin UI. Built with React, Next.js, and Material UI, it reads and writes directly to the WordPress database — no PHP layer required.

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Quick demo​

Run a ready-made WP‑Next example using Docker:

docker run --rm --init -it --name wp-next-example -p 3000:3000 -v wp-next-example_public:/app/admin/public -v wp-next-example_db:/var/lib/mysql -v wp-next-example_html:/app/html rnagat/wp-next-example:latest

Visit http://localhost:3000/admin and sign in with:

Username: wp
Password: wp

Features​

The Admin Dashboard covers the full range of WordPress content management:

  • Posts & Pages — create, edit, and manage posts, pages, and custom post types
  • Media — upload and manage media files
  • Comments — moderate and manage comments
  • Revisions — view and restore previous versions of content
  • Terms — manage categories, tags, and custom taxonomies
  • Users & Roles — manage user accounts, roles, and capabilities
  • Settings — configure site-wide options
  • Multisite — manage sites and blogs in a WordPress multisite network

What's not supported​

Since WP-Next is entirely written in TypeScript and React, some WordPress features are not supported, including:

  • Themes and appearance settings (e.g., updating styling)
  • WordPress Block Editor (Gutenberg)
  • WordPress template rendering or theming APIs
  • WordPress plugins

Next steps​

  • Installation — initialize a new Admin Dashboard project
  • Configuration — configure environment variables and wp.json
  • Hooks — extend the Admin Dashboard with frontend and backend hooks