Next.js & React

Next.js & React
Website Development

Modern JavaScript websites built with Next.js and React, usually paired with a headless CMS. Whether this is the right choice for you depends on your project - and it often isn't, which is worth saying up front.

Powerful, But Not Always the Right Answer

Next.js renders pages on the server or ahead of time, so a browser receives finished HTML rather than having to build the page itself. For sites where responsiveness and scale genuinely matter, that architectural difference is meaningful.

It also comes with real trade-offs. Hosting works differently, your team edits content in a headless CMS rather than a familiar admin panel, and the build is more involved than a conventional site. For a straightforward business website that gets updated occasionally, WordPress is usually the more sensible choice - and I'd rather tell you that than sell you something heavier than you need.

The honest version of this decision depends on how your site will be used, who maintains it, and what you're planning. Easier to work out on a call than from a page.

What This Usually Involves

A general outline. What actually applies to your project is worked out together, before anything is agreed.

01

Working out if it fits

An honest look at whether this approach suits your project, or whether something simpler would serve you better.

02

Planning the structure

Deciding how pages are generated and how content flows through the site.

03

Building the front end

Developing the interface and connecting it to whichever content system makes sense for your team.

04

Deployment and handover

Getting it live, connecting analytics, and making sure the code and accounts are in your hands.

Next.js & React FAQs

Neither is universally better - they suit different situations. WordPress tends to be the more practical choice for content-driven business sites, particularly where a non-technical team publishes regularly. Next.js becomes worth considering when responsiveness, scale or a custom front end are genuinely central. Tell me how the site will be used and I'll give you a straight recommendation.
Yes - content sits in a headless CMS your team logs into, separate from the code. It works differently from a traditional admin panel, so it's worth discussing who'll be doing the editing and how comfortable they are with new tools before deciding on this route.
Because pages are rendered before reaching the browser, search engines receive complete content without needing to run JavaScript, which removes a common technical obstacle. How much difference that makes for your particular site depends on where you're starting from - worth looking at your current setup first.
Sometimes that's a good idea and sometimes it isn't. It depends on what's actually wrong with the current site - a rebuild is a large step when the underlying issue might be something narrower. Send me the URL and I'll give you an honest view before recommending anything.

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Not Sure Which
Approach You Need?

That's the most common question here, and it's easiest to answer on a call. Tell me what the site has to do and I'll be straight with you about whether this is overkill.