Wagtail CMS: flexible content management
We implement Wagtail CMS on Django: a powerful CMS that fits your processes, scalable, secure, and usable in traditional or headless setups.
Why Wagtail CMS with Turing 42?
Why Wagtail CMS with Turing 42?
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Tailored delivery
CMS work aligned with your processes and business requirements.
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Technology integration
Wagtail brings content and data together and integrates well with other systems.
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Scalability and longevity
Solutions that grow with your business, however fast requirements change.
Wagtail: a hybrid CMS
Wagtail is a strong choice when you need a hybrid CMS: server-rendered pages or headless delivery for other channels.
Wagtail offers an intuitive editor, a flexible content model (including StreamField) and solid security defaults.
Traditional CMS
Wagtail was first built to render content with Django templates. Editors manage content and pages through a user-friendly admin UI.
Headless capabilities
Wagtail supports REST and GraphQL APIs for headless use, ideal for SPAs, mobile apps and multi-channel publishing.
Typical content-management challenges
- Rigid CMS: the tool does not match your business processes.
- Limited scale: growth hits technical or editorial limits.
- Hard integration: ERP, CRM or other systems are painful to connect.
- High licence cost: proprietary stacks drain budget.
- Vendor lock-in: you want control over code and data.
- Security gaps: outdated practices or missing updates.
Wagtail vs other systems
| Other systems | Wagtail |
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| Standardised CMS | Tailored solutions with high flexibility |
| High licence fees | Open-source core without licence cost for Wagtail itself |
| Limited scalability | Architectures that can grow with you |
| Vendor dependency | Control over code and data |
| Security risk | Strong baseline through Django |
Wagtail: feature selection
| Feature | Description |
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| Editor-friendly UI | Fast content creation and editing for editorial teams. |
| Headless capabilities | REST and GraphQL APIs for SPAs, apps and more. |
| StreamField | Flexible page building blocks. |
| Full-text search | Built-in, extensible search. |
| Media management | Drag-and-drop, image scaling and more. |
| Workflows & approvals | Roles, permissions, editorial workflows. |
| Multilingual | Translation workflows for multi-language sites. |
| Performance | Lean architecture for large projects. |
| Scheduled publishing | Plan releases in advance. |
| SEO | Metadata, URLs, image handling. |
| Open source | No licence fee for Wagtail; active community. |
| Security | Django’s security track record. |
| Content reuse | Reuse across channels and surfaces. |
Why Wagtail can be the right choice
- Editor experience: update content without deep engineering skills.
- Flexible structure: StreamField for bespoke layouts.
- Performance: architecture suited to demanding sites.
- Open source: no Wagtail licence fees.
- Security: solid foundation on Django.
As a headless CMS
- Flexible delivery via REST or GraphQL to web, apps, IoT and more.
- Developer-friendly: control over APIs and data models.
- Reuse content across multiple frontends.
- Performance: APIs return only what each client needs.
Together with Oscar Commerce
Wagtail and Oscar Commerce share a Django foundation: one platform for content and commerce.