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Using the SPA Editor with AEM Sites

Last update: June 16, 2026
  • Applies to:
  • Experience Manager 6.4
  • Experience Manager 6.5
  • Experience Manager as a Cloud Service

CREATED FOR:

  • Beginner
  • Developer
IMPORTANT
The SPA Editor has been deprecated for new projects. It remains supported by Adobe for existing projects, but should not be used for new projects. The preferred editors for managing headless content in AEM are now:

Video overview of authoring content for a Single Page Application in AEM Sites.

AEM’s SPA Editor provides authors the ability to edit content for a Single Page Application or SPA. Developers using the React framework create a SPA and then map areas of the SPA to AEM components, allowing authors to use familiar AEM Sites editing tools. The below video demonstrates some of the in-context editing features with the WKND SPA sample site. The WKND SPA project includes both a React implementation.

https://video.tv.adobe.com/v/22229?quality=12&learn=on
https://video.tv.adobe.com/vc/22229/eng.json
NOTE
The Single-Page Application (SPA) Editor feature requires AEM 6.4 service pack 2 or newer.
The SPA Editor is the recommended solution for projects that require SPA framework based client-side rendering.

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The WKND SPA implementation only provides support for AEM 6.4.8+, AEM 6.5.5+ and AEM as a Cloud Service.

Download and install the appropriate WKND SPA package based on your version of AEM. There are separate versions for React.

For a detailed tutorial on developing with the SPA Editor see:

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