Add a Next.js blog at /blog
without building one
Keep your Next.js app focused on product. Add two rewrites and Superblog serves your blog at yoursite.com/blog, with an editor, hosting, automatic SEO, and 90+ Lighthouse guaranteed. No blog code to maintain.
Next.js handles the app. Superblog handles the blog, CMS, hosting, speed, and SEO layer.
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From YC startups to established enterprises
The Next.js blog trap
Building a blog looks small. Then you discover everything it actually requires.
MDX posts need code deploys
Every post is a file in the repo, so every post needs a PR, a review, and a deploy. Marketing waits on developers.
SEO infrastructure takes weeks
JSON-LD, XML sitemaps, IndexNow, Open Graph, image optimization. You build and test each one yourself.
Ongoing maintenance burden
Blog dependencies need updates, and a Next.js upgrade means retesting the blog routes along with the app.
Proof this blog setup works in the real world
Relevant Superblog customers have already used the same managed blog stack to grow traffic, move faster, and avoid maintenance work.
Read all case studies
Three ways to run a Next.js blog
Pick by who writes the posts and how often you publish.
1. MDX in your repo. Posts are .mdx files next to your code, rendered by your own routes and components. Choose this when developers write the posts, you publish a few a month, and you want full control of every pixel. The cost: each post is a commit and a deploy, and you build the sitemap, metadata, and structured data yourself.
2. A managed blog engine at /blog. The blog runs outside your app, and Next.js rewrites proxy /blog to it on your own domain. Choose this when marketers write the posts and you do not want blog code in the repo. Superblog works this way: editor, hosting, and SEO in one product. The trade-off is design control. You customize Superblog templates with colors, fonts, layout, and custom CSS, not your React components.
3. A headless CMS plus your own templates. Writers get an editor, and your app fetches posts from the CMS API. Choose this when the blog must reuse your design system component for component and you have frontend time for it. Your team still builds and maintains the templates, metadata, sitemap, and rendering.
Next.js stays your app. Superblog becomes your blog.
Add these two rewrites to next.config.js and redeploy once. The Superblog dashboard generates them with your blog's address filled in. They sit in beforeFiles, so Next.js checks them before your own pages and dynamic routes.
const nextConfig = {
async rewrites() {
return {
beforeFiles: [
{
source: '/blog',
destination: 'https://yourblog.superblog.click/',
},
{
source: '/blog/:slug*',
destination: 'https://yourblog.superblog.click/:slug*',
},
],
};
},
};
module.exports = nextConfig;Your blog now serves at yoursite.com/blog. If your app sets trailingSlash: true, add the trailing slash to each source, as the Next.js rewrites docs require. Subdirectory hosting is on every paid plan.
MDX build vs. Superblog
What changes when you stop building blog infrastructure
| Aspect | Build with MDX | Superblog |
|---|---|---|
| Initial setup | Build routes, templates, and metadata | Two rewrites, one redeploy |
| Publishing workflow | PR, review, deploy | Click publish |
| SEO infrastructure | Build it yourself | Automatic |
| Lead generation | Third-party integration | Built-in forms |
| Multilingual support | Custom implementation | 41 languages on Super and above |
| Performance | Depends on your config | 90+ guaranteed |
You can focus on writing
instead of fixing
Superblog provides optimized UI, CMS, hosting, SEO, security, marketing tools, and performance out of the box.
Everything you need, nothing to build
Production-ready blog infrastructure for Next.js teams
Two Rewrite Rules
Add two rewrites to next.config.js and redeploy once. Your blog serves at yoursite.com/blog, on your own domain.
Automatic SEO Engine
JSON-LD schemas, XML sitemaps, IndexNow, Open Graph tags, canonical URLs, and llms.txt are generated automatically on every deploy.
90+ Lighthouse Guaranteed
Every post is pre-built static HTML served from 200+ CDN edge locations. No ISR or caching setup on your side.
Built-in Lead Generation
Email capture forms and newsletter signups on every plan, plus Zapier webhooks on Super and above. Turn blog readers into product signups without third-party tools.
Multilingual SEO on Super and Above
Auto-translation to 41 languages with hreflang tags and per-language sitemaps, on Super and above. No per-language charge.
Marketing Independence
Writers draft and publish in the Superblog editor, with role-based publishing permissions. No PRs for blog posts.
Teams shipping faster
Engineers focused on product, not blog infrastructure
Rewrite rules to add
Lighthouse score guaranteed
Blog templates to build
CDN edge locations
Loved by
growth teams
Growth teams choose Superblog for speed, SEO, and zero maintenance. Then they publish content that ranks.
Read Case Studies“Was looking for a tool which could optimize SEO from a technical standpoint, so we could focus our efforts on writing good content. Superblog is perfect for this.”
“Just found Superblog looking for a quick SEO optimized, fast loading alternative to WordPress. Looks super awesome!”
“If you want top of class optimization for SEO and performance, I would suggest Superblog.”
“Just got Superblog up and running. Simple, yes. But so fast. Love that the editor is SEO focused.”
“Really impressed with how fast it was to get a blog running on my domain. Which meant more time for writing.”
“Superblog has made it easy for us to launch and run a blog. It does most of the heavy lifting that can supercharge your blog.”
Ready to connect Superblog to your Next.js app?
Keep your engineers on product work. Give marketing a managed blog platform that publishes at yoursite.com/blog.
Related guides for Next.js teams
Setup and SEO guides for running a blog alongside a Next.js app.
How to Add a Blog to Next.js
Step-by-step setup for /blog on Next.js, including Vercel and Cloudflare.
Next.js SEO
Metadata, sitemaps, and structured data for the rest of your Next.js app.
Blog API Guide
See when an API-driven, headless blog makes sense for product teams.
Subdomain vs Subdirectory for SEO
Why /blog builds authority for your main domain and a subdomain does not.
Common questions from Next.js teams
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