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Astro Content Collections for Migrating WordPress Content
How to use Astro Content Collections as a structured landing zone for WordPress content migrations, with schemas, import scripts, and a safer path from CMS to static front end
Astro, WordPress, and AI workflows.
Building hybrid WordPress + Astro front ends and AI-assisted workflows
Practical notes on converting heavy WordPress sites into faster Astro front ends, using Valet for local development, and testing new ways to work with Claude, Codex, Fireworks, Kimi, MiniMax, and local models.
Built for modern migration work
Sharing the patterns, tradeoffs, and practical decisions behind hybrid WordPress and Astro builds, plus the AI tools that actually help day to day.
Hybrid front ends
Astro as the fast layer on top of WordPress
AI-assisted development
Claude, Codex, and model comparisons that inform real work
Practical workflows
Valet, Zed, Ghostty, and tools that keep the loop fast
// Astro fetching WordPress content for a hybrid front end
---
const WORDPRESS_API = 'https://example.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts';
const posts = await fetch(WORDPRESS_API).then((res) => res.json());
---
<div class="grid gap-6">
{posts.slice(0, 5).map((post) => (
<a href={`/blog/${post.slug}`} class="rounded-lg border p-4">
<h3>{post.title.rendered}</h3>
<p>{post.excerpt.rendered}</p>
</a>
))}
</div>
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AI tooling and stack experiments
Notes from trying new coding assistants, local models, prompt patterns, and orchestration tools. Some experiments stick, some don’t, but the useful ones end up here.
- LLM comparisons that matter
- Practical migration patterns
- Useful local workflows
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// Claude-generated article draft workflow
name: Draft article with Claude
on:
workflow_dispatch:
jobs:
draft:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
- name: Generate outline
run: node scripts/generate-blog.js
- name: Review and refine
run: echo "Edit the draft, then publish once the structure and examples are solid."
→ AI-assisted drafting before manual review and publication