Believe it or not, it is actually possible to use WordPress for the front end and Laravel for the back end of a web-based application. WordPress is a popular content management system (CMS) that is commonly used for building websites, while Laravel is a PHP framework that is often used for building web applications with complex business logic.
The reason to even think about using WP on the front and Laravel on the back is because of the combined power. Laravel was built for high-performance server-side applications. WordPress was built to make it easy for non-tech admins to manage site content themselves. Companies from Disney in Florida to BBC America use similar architecture and this same strategy can be applied to your project as well.
In this architecture, WordPress would handle the front end, including the user interface and the presentation of data, while Laravel would handle the back end, including business logic, database operations, and other server-side tasks.
One common approach to integrating WordPress and Laravel is to use WordPress as a headless CMS, which means that it is used to manage content but not to generate HTML pages. Instead, Laravel would be responsible for generating the HTML pages and serving them to the client. This can be done by using WordPress’s REST API to retrieve content from the WordPress database and then using Laravel to render that content into HTML pages.
Another approach is to use WordPress as a sub-application within Laravel. This involves installing WordPress within a Laravel subdirectory and then using WordPress to handle certain aspects of the application, such as user authentication or content management.
The point is, while WordPress and Laravel are different tools with different strengths, they can be used together to create a powerful web-based application.