corcel VS frontity

It's here, but you may prefer Composer, the package manager for PHP:

Or alternatively - there are php packages for working directly with a wp database outside of wordpress: https://github.com/williarin/wordpress-interop, https://github.com/corcel/corcel

If you go this route, Corcel https://github.com/corcel/corcel is great.

You could also try something like Corcel for heavier emphasis on Laravel usage.

Another thing you may want to keep up your sleeve to transition between the two is Corcel, which lets you use WP for the backend/body, and Laravel to render the frontend/head of an application.

There are "bridges" like https://github.com/corcel/corcel

- https://github.com/corcel/corcel

Honestly I wish they just offered an officially supported framework-agnostic headless solution on par with Block Themes. I was kinda hopeful when Automattic bought Frontify[1] some time ago, but for some reason apparently that went nowhere.

[1]https://frontity.org

You may want to start with frontity, the headless solution from...automattic. https://frontity.org/

I've done a bit of googling around, it seems there's a framework called Frontity which was used for this. Apparently it's no longer being maintained, so I was wondering if this is still the gold standard or if there's a better way?

Wordpress recently bought this company. That should indicate the direction WP is heading: https://frontity.org/

Check here - https://frontity.org/

(for more info https://github.com/frontity/frontity)

have you played with https://frontity.org/ at all?

Frotinity

Frontity is an open-source framework based on React. It uses your WordPress site as a headless CMS and renders it in a React framework. It enables you to build a fast headless WordPress static website quickly.