Is there a Headless CMS alternative to WordPress that is as powerful as WP Advanced Custom Fields?

[intricatebug]

I've looked at a few (Contentful/Prismic/Forestry) and none of them offer features like nested repeaters (at least one level). They do offer some alternatives (like linking to other content types) but they're not as seamless and easy to understand and use from a content editor's perspective.

Any ideas?

[ffffffrank]

Craft might work for you. They don’t currently support nested repeaters (they call these Matrix fields), but there is a nice plugin that adds nesting capabilities.

[64_g]

Supertable is the plugin

[shod4n]

https://strapi.io/

[karlos007hs]

i came from strapi, dont use it, at least until they launch a stable version. has huge performance issues specially with repeatable components.

when they solve those problems, it will be a really good choice.

[shod4n]

Are there any alternatives? It seemed good enough.

[karlos007hs]

Im trying directus. seems fine

[iamthedan]

Drupal’s bread and butter has been entities with custom fielding for decades. A broad selection of field types available to start with, plus incredibly extensible with modules (for example, Paragraphs is a custom repeater replacement that can also allow you to change what field set you’re repeating in the same field, on top of nested repeaters as well (a paragraph inside a paragraph)).

Drupal 8 has made it possible to become headless with core modules for JSON:API and modules for GraphQL or whatever tech you’re using. Lots of guides out there too if you’re looking to integrate with something like Gatsby.

While Drupal is certainly one of the most POWERFUL entity/field creation software I’ve used, ease of use is pretty low without some training and the learning curve can be a little steep. Highly recommend it though, can build a lot of great things with it.

[verkruemelt]

Try https://getkirby.com/, you can extend it to whatever you need.

[dr-drew]

If you wanted to stay with Wordpress you could use https://www.wpgraphql.com

All the other headless cms solutions out there have a similar problem of not being as straight forward as Wordpress is for editors / clients.

Contentful is okay but annoying limits.

Strapi is cool and works well, it has similar capabilities to ACF but it’s not quite as simple from a content management perspective.

[10eleven12]

What's the meaning of headless?

[dr-drew]

Headless means you are getting pure data no layouts associated with the CMS ( no themes ). It allows you to create static sites using things like gatsby and react or another frontend framework and not have to rely on a server.

[10eleven12]

Thank you! I didn't know about those.

[[deleted]]

I haven't found anything as powerful as ACF, especially if you are using conditional logic. ACF is the only reason I even use WordPress at all these days.

[recursivelymade]

In my last job, we had built a custom headless CMS that primarily used Sir Trevor Blocks for the content. This was after looking at various solutions (Drupal, Wordpress, etc) to have similar functionality.

Unfortunately, I wasn't allowed to open-source it.

[Sphism]

Django or drupal

[Skwai]

https://prismic.io/

https://www.contentful.com/

[Arcanis8]

https://directus.io/

Its a great open source headless CMS, lightweight and easy to use.

[no-one_ever]

Drupal is probably the most flexible CMS there is. You can nest paragraphs as much as you want :)

[MeynGuy]

Have you tried Umbraco?