In this post Paul explains how you can make use of Gatsby’s useStaticQuery hook to query different kinds of Contentful data to use around your site!

If you’re looking to build a website using Gatsby and Contentful you’ve come to the right place. In this guide you’ll mainly be focusing on the sourcing of data and learning how gatsby-source-contentful works rather than how to make a pretty looking website.

Here's a guide to some of the most useful content that can either help you get up and running with a Gatsby and Contentful project quickly, or help you get the most out of an existing project. 

Contentful’s Rich Text Editor provides content creators with powerful text editing capabilities via the use of Contentful’s "What you see is what you get" (wysiwyg) editor.

Gatsby's plugins, starters, and themes let you assemble websites like Lego models, without ever touching React. But you can learn React deeply with Gatsby! Start with this Gatsby + WordPress mobile photoblog project (no prior React knowledge needed), then remix and expand it as your knowledge of React, GraphQL, and the Gatsby ecosystem grows!

Hashim Warren • February 18th, 2021