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New in Drupal 11.2 The second feature release of Drupal 11 improves backend and frontend performance and scalability, completes the introduction of OOP support of hooks, adds JSON Schema support, includes AVIF image format capability, supports SDC variants, and more. Extension and site installation is three to four times as fast as Drupal 11.1.0 Thanks to various optimizations to container r…

This blog has been re-posted and edited with permission from Dries Buytaert's blog. Drupal launches its AI Initiative with more than $100,000 in funding and a dedicated team to build AI tools for website creation and content management.   Imagine a marketer opening Drupal and with a clear goal in mind: launch a campaign for an upcoming event. They start by uploading a brand kit to Drupal …

This blog has been re-posted and edited with permission from Dries Buytaert's blog. This post looks at the idea of a Drupal Site Template marketplace and whether it should support both open source and commercial templates. This is an unusual post for my blog, but I'm sharing it to start a broader conversation about an idea we're exploring: a marketplace for Drupal Site Templates. Both the …

This blog has been re-posted and edited with permission from Dries Buytaert's blog. DrupalCon North America 2025 Driesnote presentation Three months ago, we launched Drupal CMS 1.0, our biggest step forward in years. Our goal is ambitious: to reimagine Drupal as both radically easier to use and a platform for faster innovation. In my DrupalCon Atlanta keynote last week, I reflected on the jo…

We're excited to announce updates to the Drupal Drupal CMS leadership team that will enhance our product, marketing, and user experience capabilities. Nick Koger becomes Marketing Lead Nick Koger will take over as Drupal CMS's Marketing Lead, replacing Suzanne Dergacheva. Since joining the Drupal Association as a Product Marketer seven months ago, Nick has assisted in launching Drupal CMS by c…

We’re excited to share that Drupal CMS 1.0 has officially launched! This new platform is designed to make it easier than ever for marketers and content teams to create amazing digital experiences, all while staying true to Drupal’s open-source roots. Drupal CMS 1.0 is packed with features to make your life easier: Quick setup with smart defaults for common tasks to get you up and running …

New in Drupal 11.1 The first feature release of Drupal 11 improves the recipe system, introduces support for hooks written as classes, makes Workspaces more flexible and enhances performance. Recipe system improvements The Recipe system allows packages to be configured with dependencies in a repeatable way. Drupal 11.1 now allows recipes to take user input (for example, API keys for remote s…

This blog has been re-posted and edited with permission from Dries Buytaert's blog. DrupalCon Barcelona 2024 Driesnote presentation Approximately 1,100 Drupal enthusiasts gathered in Barcelona, Spain, last week for DrupalCon Europe. As per tradition, I delivered my State of Drupal keynote, often referred to as the "DriesNote". If you missed it, you can watch the video or download my slides (…

This blog has been re-posted and edited with permission from Dries Buytaert's blog. We're excited to announce that "Drupal CMS" will be the official name for the product developed by the Drupal Starshot Initiative. The name "Drupal CMS" was chosen after user testing with both newcomers and experienced users. This name consistently scored highest across all tested groups, including marketer…

This blog has been re-posted and edited with permission from Dries Buytaert's blog. Drupal Starshot aims to attract mid-market marketers by offering out-of-the-box marketing best practices, user-friendly tools, AI-driven site building features, all while maintaining the many advantages of Drupal Core. I'm excited to share the first version of Drupal Starshot's product strategy, a document …

This blog has been re-posted and edited with permission from Dries Buytaert's blog. Today is a big day for Drupal as we officially released Drupal 11! In recent years, we've seen an uptick in innovation in Drupal. Drupal 11 continues this trend with many new and exciting features. You can see an overview of these improvements in the video below: Drupal 11 has been out for less than six …