Everything you need to launch a working Content Management System — prioritized by impact, sequenced by complexity. Built for Digital agencies, content teams, publishers, and SaaS founders needing flexible content management who want to ship fast and own everything.
Not all features are equal. This checklist separates what you must launch with from what can wait — so you ship faster without cutting corners that matter.
Launch blockers — build these first
Define your own content schema with text, rich text, images, references, and custom fields
Block-based editor (like Notion) with images, embeds, code blocks, and custom components
Upload, organize, and serve images and files with automatic WebP conversion and CDN
Authors, editors, and admins with draft/review/publish state machine
High value — ship in week 2
Headless API layer for feeding content to any frontend: Next.js, Vue, mobile apps
Full version history for every content piece with one-click rollback
Manage translations per content item with locale switching
Post-launch polish and extras
Per-content SEO title, description, OG image, and sitemap generation
This checklist follows the 80/20 rule: the "Must Have" features deliver 80% of the user value with 20% of the total effort. Every item in the must-have column was chosen because it:
Solves the core problem Digital agencies, content teams, publishers, and SaaS founders needing flexible content management face every day
Creates a complete user loop from onboarding to core action to outcome
Enables you to charge for the product or validate willingness to pay
Gives you meaningful metrics to improve with in v2
Can be shipped in 1–3 weeks with LaraCopilot
"The goal is not to build a perfect product. The goal is to build the minimum product that proves your assumption and earns your first users."
For a Content Management System, that means shipping authentication, the core data model, one complete user workflow, and a way to collect feedback. Everything else is version 2. LaraCopilot makes this fast.
Use these ready-made prompts to build each must-have feature. Paste them directly into LaraCopilot and get production-ready code.
Build me a headless CMS with custom content types, a WYSIWYG editor, media library, role-based access (editor/admin), REST API output, and webhooks for deployments
Feature: Feature
Add feature to my content management system. Include full CRUD, form validation, policy-based authorization, and a responsive Tailwind UI.
Feature: Feature
Add feature to my content management system. Include full CRUD, form validation, policy-based authorization, and a responsive Tailwind UI.
Feature: Feature
Add feature to my content management system. Include full CRUD, form validation, policy-based authorization, and a responsive Tailwind UI.
Feature: Feature
Add feature to my content management system. Include full CRUD, form validation, policy-based authorization, and a responsive Tailwind UI.
Here's how to sequence your Content Management System build across 1–3 weeks using LaraCopilot. Follow this order and you'll have a shippable product every step of the way.
This checklist tells you what to build. LaraCopilot builds it. Paste any prompt above and get production-ready Laravel code — not a prototype, not a mockup. Real code you own.
Free to start. 100% code ownership. Launch in 1–3 weeks.