# Local headless

**URL:** <https://community.localwp.com/t/local-headless/49171>\
**Category:** WordPress Questions\
**Created:** [March 24, 2025, 4:56pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/local-headless/49171 "2025-03-24T16:56:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![SRD](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/srd/32/8704_2.png) [@SRD](https://community.localwp.com/u/SRD)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 4:56pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/local-headless/49171/1 "2025-03-24T16:56:12Z")

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Hi,

Is it possible to use a headless local WP for local development?

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**Author:** ![Nick-B](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/nick-b/32/16140_2.png) [@Nick-B](https://community.localwp.com/u/Nick-B)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 5:12pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/local-headless/49171/2 "2025-03-24T17:12:19Z")

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Hi @SRD - Yes we have an add on for that. More information here:

> **[Atlas: Headless WP Add-on](https://localwp.com/help-docs/local-features/using-the-atlas-headless-wp-add-on/)**
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> The “Atlas: Headless WP” add-on helps you quickly get working on a Headless WordPress site using WP Engine’s Headless WordPress platform. That’s a lot of jargon, so let’s get you oriented in terms of…

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**Author:** ![SRD](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/srd/32/8704_2.png) [@SRD](https://community.localwp.com/u/SRD)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 10:41pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/local-headless/49171/3 "2025-03-24T22:41:24Z")

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Hey Nick,

Yeah, I’ve heard of Atlas, it sounds neat.

What I was hoping was for a local (to your computer) way to use a headless setup for WordPress (as part of LocalWP).

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**Author:** ![nickc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/nickc/32/21209_2.png) [@nickc](https://community.localwp.com/u/nickc)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2025, 7:45am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/local-headless/49171/4 "2025-03-25T07:45:55Z")

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@SRD The Atlas add-on Nick linked to does what you ask — it runs a headless setup locally. It starts a Node.js/Next server for the frontend and configures WP to talk to that. There’s no dependency on WP Engine’s hosted headless infrastructure.

If you don’t want to use that, though, you could alternatively run a local frontend server yourself and configure it to talk to a WordPress site running in Local manually. The WP site’s backend will be accessible locally, so you can use the WP REST API or WPGraphQL with Local and your frontend.