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Guides for building with Externa

Practical tutorials for the Public CMS API, official starters, Live Preview, and more (English for now).

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  • 5 min

    PHP emergency security releases — Oct 2026

    PHP CVEs 2026-109618 and 2026-109619 (CVSS 9.2 RCE). Update to 8.4.27 or 8.5.12; what Externa users must do.

    • Security
    • Laravel
    • Headless CMS

  • 5 min

    Externa Core 1.2.1 — field rename drafts & deps

    Patch for draft/revision field renames, npm audit clean-up, and the repair-renamed-field-drafts artisan command.

    • Release notes
    • Laravel
    • Headless CMS
    • Content versioning

  • 6 min

    Nuxt starter 1.1.1 — NuxtPage and Node 22.13+

    Why 1.1.1 matters: NuxtPage instead of slot, h3 pin for getQuery, engines ≥22.13.0 — plus what 1.1.0 tooling bumps included.

    • Release notes
    • Starter
    • Nuxt
    • Headless CMS
    • i18n

  • 13 min

    Build a blog with Next.js and Externa in 20 minutes

    Turn the official Externa Next.js starter into a blog: Articles pack, public role Read, and Public CMS API list/post pages.

    • Next.js
    • Headless CMS
    • Laravel
    • Public CMS API
    • Starter
    • Tutorial

  • 11 min

    Multilingual landing page with Nuxt and Externa

    EN/IT landing page with the Externa Nuxt starter: content languages, Translation workspace, and locale-aware Nitro API calls.

    • Nuxt
    • i18n
    • Headless CMS
    • Laravel
    • Translations
    • Tutorial

  • 9 min

    Live Preview in practice with a Next starter

    Open Externa drafts in your Next.js app: Live Preview URL, GET /api/v1/preview, same components as production.

    • Next.js
    • Live Preview
    • Content versioning
    • Headless CMS
    • Laravel
    • Tutorial

  • 5 min

    Starter security patches — Oct 2026

    Next starter 1.0.1–1.0.2 and Nuxt starter 1.0.1: patched Next, React, and Nuxt tooling deps. Who should update and how.

    • Release notes
    • Starter
    • Next.js
    • Nuxt
    • Headless CMS

  • 8 min

    Externa Core 1.2.0 — editorial and integrations

    Approvals, translation workspace, kanban/calendar, SSO, Meilisearch, git export, Slack/Telegram, and the Nuxt starter — all opt-in.

    • Release notes
    • Laravel
    • Headless CMS
    • i18n
    • Translations
    • Nuxt

  • 5 min

    Official Next.js starter 1.0.0

    First stable externa-next-starter: App Router, server-only API key, collection auto-discovery, Node 24 — paired with Core 1.1.0.

    • Release notes
    • Starter
    • Next.js
    • Public CMS API
    • Headless CMS

  • 7 min

    Externa Core 1.1.0 — Live Preview and Public API

    Post-GA cut: Live Preview tokens, draft/publish UX, scheduled publish, OpenAPI, webhooks UI, Next starter, and AI tool approval.

    • Release notes
    • Laravel
    • Headless CMS
    • Live Preview
    • Public CMS API
    • Next.js

  • 6 min

    Externa Core 1.0.0 — first stable GA

    What GA means for operators: Packagist install, Docker quick-deploy, webhook secret enforcement, and how to upgrade from beta.4.

    • Release notes
    • Laravel
    • Headless CMS