WP SSR

WordPress SSR Poor man's Server Side Rendering This application aims to solve server side rendering of JavaScript applications inside WordPress templates. It runs in two parts. First there is the WordPress plugin which creates new post type for the renders and REST API endpoints to get an array of render objects. Secondly there is Express server which when accessed fetches these render objects and launches puppeteer to render the pages. When the page is rendered and the wanted application part of that page is parsed, it will save the html back to the post through the REST API. Disclaimer This application doesn't provide you real time server side rendering but it's suitable for better SEO accessibility for your content. The puppeteer renders the page always as unauthenticated user and it requires that the state changes are reflected in the url. Setup WordPress You can install the plugin using composer: First you need to navigate to the plugin settings and fill in the required information. You need to provide an API key to be used for authenticating with the REST API. Then you need to give WordPress the Node application url what to ping for renders. Last you can define the i