# WP Suite Architecture

WP Suite keeps WordPress as the CMS, editing, and presentation layer while AWS handles runtime concerns such as authentication, static delivery, AI backends, workflows, backend services, and protected APIs. The platform is intentionally modular, so teams can adopt only the parts they need and keep infrastructure in the customer's own AWS account when AWS-backed features are used.

Gatey covers Cognito login, SSO, MFA, and browser-side authentication flows. Static Publisher turns WordPress into the control plane for a static S3 + CloudFront publishing pipeline. AI-Kit adds local-first editorial AI and can optionally connect to an AWS backend for grounded chat and knowledge-base use cases. Flow adds forms, durable submissions, templates, and event-driven automations.

The practical model is WordPress for content and operations, AWS for runtime services, and WP Suite as the integration layer between them. Free product capabilities can run without a WP Suite subscription, while connected Pro features and optional backends let agencies and product teams grow from a normal WordPress site into an AWS-backed application architecture without a big-bang rebuild.