Magento 2 Headless and PWA: when the investment makes sense and when it is overkill
Headless commerce and PWA (Progressive Web App) are fashionable terms in e-commerce. Agencies are happy to recommend them – often regardless of whether they actually solve the client’s problem. Below is an attempt to answer when headless makes sense and when it is overkill.
- Published in E-commerce
Magento 2 headless – CORS errors when calling REST API from React/Vue
A new React frontend could not communicate with the Magento REST API. Every AJAX request ended with a CORS error in the browser console. The backend worked correctly when tested through Postman or curl. Fix time: 2 hours.
- Published in Magento / Adobe Commerce
Magento 2 REST API slow – missing pageSize and wrong filtering
An ERP integration with the shop via REST API was getting slower over time. Fetching the orders list via API took 45 seconds. The endpoint was returning the entire order history instead of the last 24 hours. Fix time: 3 hours.
- Published in Magento / Adobe Commerce
Magento 2 missing product images after server migration
After migrating the shop to a new server, product images were not displaying – grey placeholders instead. The database had file paths, but the files did not exist on disk. Fix time: 5 hours.
- Published in Magento / Adobe Commerce