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Dries Buytaert: State of Drupal presentation (September 2026)

Drupal is now light-years ahead of its reputation. Closing that gap is our #1 challenge, and it was the main message of my DrupalCon Rotterdam keynote.

Just over two years ago, I launched Drupal Starshot. I did it because I wasn't sure we could still innovate like we used to. It turns out we can.

Starshot became Drupal CMS, which brings together Site Templates, Recipes, Drupal AI, Drupal Canvas and more to make building websites easier.

Alongside that work, Drupal Core has become a faster and better framework for developers. A stronger Drupal Core helps us build a better Drupal CMS, while building Drupal CMS has driven further improvements in Drupal Core.

Unfortunately, many people outside the Drupal community haven't seen what Drupal can do today. In Rotterdam, I showed how far we have come and where we're going next, and we launched an advocacy program to help more people see how great Drupal has become.

If you missed the keynote, you can watch the video below or download my slides (86 MB).

More ways to reach more people

The first part of my keynote showed improvements for multilingual sites, JavaScript front-ends, headless Canvas, and Drupal AI.

Drupal has long had strong multilingual capabilities, but Drupal Canvas, our powerful new page builder, didn't yet support multilingual sites. Not only did we add multilingual support to Canvas, but we made all multilingual sites easier to set up.

React has one of the world's largest developer communities. Drupal Canvas code components are written in React, and we designed the developer experience around the tools, patterns, and workflows front-end JavaScript developers already know. They can use their preferred development tools, including modern AI-assisted workflows, without having to learn Drupal-specific concepts or conventions. We've continued to make that experience better, lowering the barrier for a much larger community of developers to build with Drupal.

At DrupalCon, we extended that same model with Drupal Canvas Headless. Developers can now use Drupal to manage content while building the front-end separately with frameworks like Next.js, Astro, TanStack, Angular, or Nuxt. Editors still get the visual experience of Drupal Canvas: they can build pages in Drupal and preview exactly how those pages will appear on the front-end.

This changes an important trade-off. Teams no longer have to choose between a modern JavaScript front-end and Drupal Canvas' visual authoring experience. They can have both. That opens Drupal to more developers, more front-end architectures, and more types of projects.

Drupal AI is moving so fast that I could have filled a whole keynote with it. Instead, we launched a new Drupal AI demo where people can experience Drupal AI for themselves. It comes preconfigured, making it easy to explore what Drupal AI can do or even show it to customers.

With the latest Drupal AI, you can ask questions and get answers grounded in your site's content. You can audit your content against brand guidelines, translate content, classify content, build pages and React components with AI, and more. Through MCP, AI assistants can work with Drupal content from outside Drupal.

What excites me most is the foundation underneath all of this. Drupal AI turns Drupal into an AI harness: organizations can connect AI models to structured content, tools, and workflows, while keeping control through permissions, guardrails, observability, metering, and a choice of AI models.

Opening Drupal's capabilities to other software

The second part of my keynote looked at another important shift: AI assistants can give people a new way to work with Drupal.

In one demo, an editor simply asked an AI assistant to unpublish a page. They didn't need to know where to click or understand Drupal's revisions, moderation workflows, or permissions. The assistant translated their intent into action, but Drupal remained in control: it checked whether the editor was allowed to unpublish the page and applied the site's publishing rules, just as it would if they had done it by hand.

If you want to see the demo in more detail, Scott Falconer, who worked on it, recorded a behind-the-scenes walkthrough showing how to set it up yourself, what happens under the hood, and how to get involved.

That demo was built on the Tool module, which I believe is one of the most important modules for Drupal developers to watch. Drupal modules already contain thousands of useful capabilities: publishing content, managing users, processing media, changing configuration, and much more. The Tool module gives developers a standard way to expose those capabilities so AI assistants and other software can discover and use them.

Today, exposing existing capabilities as tools can still require too much code. My own album module didn't expose tools, and making its existing capabilities available to an AI assistant took about 1,000 additional lines of code.

But once those tools were available, the value became obvious. Adding MCP support has already changed how I manage the more than 10,000 photos on my site. Tasks that used to take a lot of time can now be done much faster and more accurately with an AI assistant, while Drupal still manages the content, permissions, and workflows underneath.

That experience reinforced something I wrote about in AI and the great CMS unbundling: AI can take on more of the execution work while Drupal remains the control layer. I expect more organizations will want to manage parts of their sites through AI assistants. AI can make complex tasks much faster and easier without giving up the structure, governance, and safeguards that Drupal provides.

I believe thousands of module developers will eventually want to expose their capabilities in the same way, so I've been working with Matt Glaman to make it much easier. Matt has been developing a change to the Tool API that lets developers expose existing PHP methods as tools using attributes.

The idea is simple: add PHP attributes to an existing method to describe its name, purpose, inputs and outputs. In my album module, roughly 1,000 lines of integration code became about 20 attributes. My site already uses the experimental branch, and we're working to get it merged into the Tool module proper.

And this isn't only about AI. The same tools can be called by AI assistants over MCP, by other applications over HTTP, or used to generate schemas for JavaScript components and connect Drupal modules to workflow systems like ECA, FlowDrop, and Maestro. The video below shows FlowDrop using capabilities exposed by my album module:

Talk louder about Drupal

In the last part of my keynote, I came back to Drupal's reputation gap. We can make enormous progress with Drupal, but that doesn't automatically change what people or AI agents think of it. For example, an AI coding agent I tested in June didn't even mention Drupal CMS or Site Templates when it evaluated Drupal.

Over the past few years, much of my personal focus has been on accelerating innovation in Drupal. That work is paying off, and we have real product momentum. I'm now shifting more of my attention to the other side of the equation: making sure people see what we've built, understand what has changed, and know why it matters.

So I announced the Drupal Advocacy Program, led by the Drupal Association.

Drupal already has a contribution credit system. It recognizes the people who contribute to Drupal and the organizations that support their work. For businesses, those credits also help determine visibility in the Drupal marketplace. Until now, we've been much better at recognizing technical contributions and financial support than advocacy work.

The new Drupal Advocacy Program will change that. Advocacy work can now earn contribution credit, and work that reaches people outside the existing Drupal community can earn more weight.

If we want to close Drupal's reputation gap, we can't only talk to people who already know Drupal well. We need more talks at external events, articles in broader publications, customer stories, demos, tutorials, and other work that helps people see what Drupal can do today.

Blue Drop Labs is a good example of what I mean. The day after the DriesNote, they published a post on building a website with Drupal CMS and Canvas Headless. The project itself was already live, but they quickly turned that work into a story others could learn from, with demos showing how editors and developers work with Drupal today.

That is exactly what I mean by "talking louder". There is already a lot of impressive Drupal work happening. We need to do a better job of showing it to the world.

I was a little nervous about announcing the Advocacy Program. We've wrestled with Drupal's reputation gap for a long time, and I felt we needed to do more than acknowledge it. Using contribution credit to reward advocacy was a concrete way to change the incentives, but I wasn't sure how the community would react.

It turned out to be one of the best-received announcements of the keynote. That response gave me confidence that people were ready to act on the reputation gap, not just recognize it.

You can learn how to earn Drupal advocacy credit and submit your advocacy work.

My ask is simple: talk louder about Drupal, especially to people outside our community. Drupal doesn't need hype, but we do need a better public record. We need more people showing, with real examples, what Drupal can do today.

I want to extend my gratitude to everyone who contributed to making my presentation and demos a success. A special thank you to Bálint Kléri, Christoph Breidert, Gábor Hojtsy, Lauri Timmanee, Matt Glaman, Michael Lander, Pamela Barone, Shibin Das, and the Drupal AI partners. Many others contributed indirectly to make this possible. If I've inadvertently omitted anyone, please reach out.

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The Drop Times: AI Neuron Connects Drupal AI With PHP Agents and Workflows

Drupal AI can keep control of providers and model settings while Neuron handles agents and workflows. The new bridge also brings Neuron objects into Drupal's plugin system. read more

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Gspikes: Drupal Multilingual: Migrating Translations Without Losing Them

One node, many translations: how Drupal's translation model works, why Drupal 7 migrations break it, and the configuration that has to be right afterwards. read more

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webchick: The October #DrupalOffTheIsland challenge

During the Driesnote at DrupalCon Rotterdam, one of the closing points was that Drupal has evolved light years beyond its reputation. And that's true. But it's also true that there is a whole world of people out there who've never heard of Drupal, and we need to talk about it differently to them than we do when talking amongst the Drupal-aware.

Enter The October "Off the Drupal Island" challenge.

The gist: During this, the spoooookiest month, go out to a local event (meetup, hackathon, etc.) where Drupal isn't, and no one has ever heard of "Drush" or a render array. ;) And ideally, where their local community presence is larger than ours.

For example:

AI events
JavaScript events
WordPress events
...

NOT to pitch Drupal! To learn, quickly, and at scale. Be curious. Talk to people. Find out more about what they're building, where they're struggling, and what they wish was better.

Then, post a mini "field report" about your journey to this issue (there's a handy template there if you like).

We'll circle back on these learnings in a November AI Learners Club meeting, and strategize what kind of demo(s) we think would resonate best with these audiences, reflecting back their words and their use cases and pain points.

Then, we get louder about Drupal to them. ;) #DevRel at global scale.

Note: If you need extra incentive, perhaps because the idea of talking to strangers is slightly terrifying to you ;) note that this community research work qualifies you for credits under the new Drupal Advocacy program. \m/

For discussion, see LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7513498359781826560/

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rachel_norfolk: DrupalCon brings love in every drop

DrupalCon brings love in every drop

So, last week was quite a big week, really. Both for me personally, more of that in a moment, and for the Drupal project as a whole, I think.

Rachel Tue, 10/06/2026 - 21:19

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Aten Design Group: Freedom with the form Attribute: More Flexible Drupal Views Exposed Filters

Freedom with the form Attribute: More Flexible Drupal Views Exposed Filters

Joel Steidl Tue, 10/06/2026 - 13:19 Drupal

Drupal Views exposed filters tend to accumulate controls.

A basic search form may start with a keyword field and a few filters. Add sorting and an items-per-page selector, and Drupal naturally renders everything as part of the same exposed form.

That makes sense structurally. It does not always make sense visually.

Sorting often belongs above the results. Items per page may belong next to pagination. Filters might live in a sidebar or drawer.

The HTML form attribute gives us a simple way to separate those concerns.

Form controls do not have to live inside the form

Most of the time, an input belongs to the <form> that contains it.

But HTML allows controls to explicitly reference a form by ID:

<form id="search-form">
  <input name="keywords">
  <button type="submit">Search</button>
</form>
 
<select name="sort" form="search-form">
  <option value="date">Date</option>
  <option value="title">Title</option>
</select>

The <select> can live anywhere in the document and will still participate in search-form when it is submitted.

That is particularly useful with Drupal Views exposed filters.

Instead of forcing every exposed control into one visual group, Twig can put them where they make sense:

{{ exposed|without('sort_by', 'items_per_page') }}
 
<div class="results-sort">
  {{ exposed.sort_by }}
</div>
 
{{ rows }}
 
<div class="results-footer">
  {{ pager }}
  {{ exposed.items_per_page }}
</div>

Then a form alter can associate those controls with the original exposed form:

/**
 * Implements hook_form_views_exposed_form_alter().
 */
function example_form_views_exposed_form_alter(
  array &$form,
  FormStateInterface $form_state,
  string $form_id,
): void {
  foreach (['sort_by', 'items_per_page'] as $key) {
    if (isset($form[$key])) {
      $form[$key]['#attributes']['form'] = $form['#id'];
    }
  }
}

Drupal still owns the form. The browser still understands which controls belong to it. The template gets considerably more freedom.

The same technique can help with controls in sticky toolbars, dialog footers, complex search layouts, or other interfaces where form controls need to appear outside their natural DOM container.

There are a few tradeoffs

Moving controls outside the form changes more than layout.

JavaScript that relies on closest('form') will no longer work. CSS such as form select will not match detached controls. Events from those controls also do not bubble through the form element because the form is no longer their DOM ancestor.

The form ID also becomes part of the implementation contract, which matters when multiple Views or exposed forms appear on the same page.

These are manageable constraints, but they are worth documenting.

The form attribute gives us form ownership, not DOM nesting.

Maybe this should be contrib

There is also a small but interesting Drupal contrib opportunity here.

A module could allow site builders to configure which exposed Views elements should receive a form attribute and which should autosubmit.

The theme would remain responsible for placement. The module would simply provide the form association and optional behavior.

That could eliminate a recurring bit of project-specific PHP and JavaScript while relying primarily on native browser behavior.

For a relatively obscure HTML attribute, form opens up a useful amount of flexibility in Drupal Views. It lets the markup follow the interface instead of forcing the interface to follow the form.

For additional information on the form attribute, checkout the docs.

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Ramsalt Lab: A first look at Gutenberg AI, the AI writing tools Ramsalt is building for Drupal

A first look at Gutenberg AI, the AI writing tools Ramsalt is building for Drupal

Sohail Lajevardi

Senior Drupal Engineer, Head of AI Engineering

06.10.2026

Most AI writing tools live in another browser tab. You copy text out, write a prompt, copy the answer back and fix the formatting. We wanted to get rid of that loop for people who write online. Gutenberg AI is the product we are building to fix that. It brings AI into the Gutenberg block editor, right next to the content it works on.

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Introducing Drupal Gutenberg AI by Ramsalt Lab

It is built on the Drupal AI framework, so it works with the chat provider you already use, whether that is OpenAI, Anthropic or a model running locally through Ollama. Everything it produces is standard Gutenberg blocks, so there is no lock-in.

A quick note before the tour: this is not a finished service yet. Gutenberg AI is under heavy development, features change from week to week and some of what you see here is still being tuned. We are sharing it now because we want to shape it together with the people who will use it. Here is a first look at what already works in our development builds.

In this post

Better writing, right where you write
An assistant that edits the page
Use AI block or the sidebar assistant and build a section
A proofreader that works while you type
Editorial Desk
Images and alt text
Built for organizations that need control
Help us shape it

Better writing, right where you write

Select a text block and the AI menu covers the everyday jobs: improve writing, summarize, expand, fix spelling and grammar, change the tone or translate. Highlight a single sentence and a small bar appears under it, so you can rewrite just that passage and keep or discard the result on the spot. Links and emphasis survive the round trip.

A few details we are especially happy with:

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Tones that fit your audience

It comes with tones like Formal, Friendly and Plain language, and admins can swap them for the readers your site actually writes for, such as prospective students or the press.

keyboard

Continue writing

Press Ctrl/Cmd+J and the next sentences appear as grey ghost text at your cursor. Tab accepts, Esc dismisses.

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Paste cleanup

Paste from Word or Google Docs and Gutenberg AI offers to rebuild it as real headings, paragraphs and lists, keeping every sentence.

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Your own actions

Found an instruction that works? Save it under your own name and reuse it from your AI menu.

translate

Translation that respects all languages

Real time one paragraph or all the page translation, with image alt text as well.

edit_note

Your edits win

Keep typing while the AI works and it will not overwrite you. The result is offered for review instead.

An assistant that edits the page, not just the chat

The AI Assistant sidebar is where Gutenberg AI goes beyond a single block. Ask it to “add a pricing section with three columns” or “remove the last paragraph” and it changes the page for you, using the blocks your site already has, including custom and third-party ones.

It can also do the heavy lifting on a blank page:

edit_document

Draft from a brief

Paste your notes, approve an outline and the page is written section by section. Stop whenever you like.

picture_as_pdf

Turn a PDF or Word file into a page

Drop in a document and get a structured page back, with the images from the PDF placed on the page.

view_quilt

Improve layout

Regroup existing content into sections, rows and columns using your theme's own colors and spacing, without touching the text or images.

travel_explore

Use your own site as a source

With the AI Agents module, ask it to “summarize our About page into this intro” and it looks up the real page and suggests internal links, limited to what you are allowed to see.

Every change is accountable. Applied changes are highlighted on the page, and each one has a before and after view and its own Revert button. Prefer to approve first? Turn on review mode and proposed edits show up as tracked changes, with added words in green and removed words in red, ready to accept or reject block by block.

Use AI block or the sidebar assistant and build a section

Sometimes you just need a chunk of content with a specific layout. Use the AI block within the editor or the right sidebar AI assistant, describe what you want and watch it stream in as standard Gutenberg blocks: columns, groups, buttons and tables. Maybe use some of your custom blocks too? One-click presets cover pricing tables, FAQs, calls to action and a lot more.

A proofreader that works while you type

Content clarity checks run live in the browser, with no AI call and no cost. Colored underlines flag long sentences, repeated words, your site's banned terms, vague link text like “click here” (Norwegian phrases included), images without alt text and skipped heading levels. Hedging words, complex words and passive voice are checked in both English and Norwegian, and adverbs in English. Most issues come with a one-click fix.

A live LIX readability score works well for Norwegian, and each content type can have its own target. The score turns red when a draft goes over it. When you want a deeper review, one click checks the whole draft against your own style guide and terminology and underlines the exact phrases that break a rule.

Editorial Desk: a second pair of eyes before you publish

For newsrooms and communication teams, the Editorial Desk adds a review layer powered by TypeSafe. It reviews the draft as you write and checks claims against your reference notes, marking each one as supported, contradicted or unverified. It also flags headlines that overpromise or miss the story, checks the text against up to five editorial policies and scores how well it serves different types of readers.

Any finding can be shown in the draft or handed to the assistant for a proposed fix. Full transparency is built in: you see which model ran each check, how confident it was and what it cost. The Editorial Desk requires a TypeSafe subscription.

Images and alt text

Generate an image straight from an empty Image block and keep writing while it works in the background. It is saved to the media library with the prompt as starting alt text. For existing images, a vision model writes the missing alt text, one image at a time or in bulk from a dedicated screen, and a Drush command handles large sites.

Built for organizations that need control

AI in a CMS has to answer to more than the editor, so we are building the controls in from the start:

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Privacy limits

Decide the most the assistant may send: the full document, the structure only, the selection, or nothing at all. Editors can narrow it further, and an optional preview shows exactly what leaves the site.

monitoring

Budgets and usage

A dashboard shows requests, tokens, latency and cost by provider and model. Monthly budgets per role and per operation stop requests before they reach the provider.

palette

Your style everywhere

The site's style guide and terminology apply to every action, the assistant and every review.

verified_user

Safe output

Broken or unsafe AI output, including unsafe markup and links, is rejected before it touches the page.

tune

Fine-grained settings

Each action can be switched on or off and given its own model and prompt, with separate permissions for text actions, the assistant, images and the Editorial Desk.

Help us shape it: we are looking for testers

The best way to make Gutenberg AI good is to put it in front of real editors early. We are looking for a small group of organizations that want to test it on their own content and in their own workflows.

What you get

As a tester you get early access and a direct line to the people building it, and your feedback goes straight into what we build next.

What we ask

In return we ask for honest feedback on what works, what does not and what is missing.

It is a good fit if you run Drupal with the Gutenberg editor, or are open to trying it, and your editors publish regularly. Universities, the public sector and newsrooms are especially welcome.

Contact us at Ramsalt and mention “Gutenberg AI testing” in your message. Tell us a little about your site and your editors, and we will set up a meeting to walk you through it and see if it is a good match.

Let's talk

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Droptica: Beyond SEO: what we check in a Drupal AI-readability audit

A buyer asks an AI assistant about your product, but the answer sits behind a click or an outdated page. A Drupal AI-readability audit checks whether intended services can reach your content, whether HTML delivers useful answers, and whether facts stay consistent across outputs.

Maciej Lukianski walks through five layers beyond classic SEO: access, delivered HTML, buyer questions, JSON-LD alignment, and multilingual consistency, plus what actionable findings should look like.

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Droptica: Drupal vs Contentful, Sanity, and Storyblok

Choosing a CMS for catalogues, multilingual pages, and integrations means comparing how each platform handles relationships, editorial work, and delivery—not just content types on a slide.

Drupal vs Contentful, Sanity, and Storyblok take different paths: integrated application vs managed headless services, core translation and moderation vs SaaS localization, and visual editing vs configurable Drupal workflows. Maciej Lukianski walks through content models, permissions, JSON:API options, AI boundaries, and what growth costs look like on each stack.

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Gábor Hojtsy: Meet Dashi, the 'new' multilingual demo for Drupal CMS

Meet Dashi, the 'new' multilingual demo for Drupal CMS

On September 29, Dries Buytaert showed a multilingual food magazine demo in his DrupalCon Rotterdam Driesnote. That was Dashi, the culmination of our work to give Drupal CMS 2.2 standout multilingual features. Here is what it is, how you can try it and how it came to be.

Gábor Hojtsy Tue, 10/06/2026 - 17:17 read more

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Jacob Rockowitz: Vibing Drupal: Tale 2 - Using AI to maintain a module, exploring the AI-possible

Introduction

Adopting AI can feel overwhelming, so I am sharing a few tales from my experience creating, maintaining, and assisting with contributed Drupal modules. AI can do a decent job building a "greenfield" Drupal module from scratch, so my first tale is about using AI to build and contribute a module. For my next tale, I want to talk about using AI to maintain an existing "brownfield" Drupal module.

Growing up in NYC, I found brownfields often intimidating, with some so toxic that it can take years for backhoes and dump trucks to remove the contaminated topsoil before construction can begin. With code, a brownfield can contain technical debt, orphaned code, missing tests, etc. Simply put, a brownfield contains unknowns, which means more things can go wrong while working on it. Sometimes a brownfield is so big you need heavy machinery to maintain it, and that is exactly how I felt about using AI on the Schema.org Blueprints module.

Maintaining a large module using AI

Gradually, I have been experimenting with AI to help maintain the Schema.org Blueprints. At first, I would just throw a one-shot prompt at the AI to address a single issue, and it would do a decent job diagnosing and resolving the problem. As I became more confident steering the AI, I started asking it to create issue forks, commits, pushes, and even MRs. As I previously stated in my AGENTS.md I always have "Require me to review all changes before committing and pushing code." and most models respect this rule.

My comfort level reached a point where I am creating {module}-issue-maintenance agent skills that extend my drupalorg-issue-maintenance skills. These maintenance skills have agents to track remote issues in...Read More

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joshics.in: Drupal 12 and the End of Legacy Debt: A Forced Modernization for Enterprise Engineering

Drupal 12 and the End of Legacy Debt: A Forced Modernization for Enterprise Engineering bhavinhjoshi Tue, 10/06/2026 - 14:02

Just last month, a prospective client came to Joshi Consultancy Services asking for a cheap cron script to fix a runaway disk usage issue. The reality? They were bleeding money on a deep architectural flaw in their Drupal ingestion pipeline. We see this constantly. For years, the enterprise software industry tolerated a quietly expensive habit: carrying technical debt forward.

Historically, major CMS upgrades were treated as little more than UI refreshes. Agencies seamlessly dragged deprecated code, outdated PHP environments, and fragile database structures from one major version to the next. The result? Senior engineers stuck acting as caretakers for legacy code, while CXOs bled budget on endless maintenance retainers just to keep the lights on.

With the December rollout of Drupal 12, that loophole permanently closes.

The platform is fundamentally altering the rules of engagement. Instead of merely suggesting best practices, Drupal 12 enforces strict architectural modernization right at the server level. Here is why this shift is a massive win for both engineering teams and business leadership.

The Eradication of Deprecated APIs

Spaghetti code. We all hate it. But until now, deprecated code could linger in a system for years, propped up by complex workarounds.

Drupal 12 changes this by aggressively stripping out all deprecated core APIs. The system physically rejects structural laziness. If an agency attempts to stack new logic on top of a legacy foundation, the application simply will not run. You build within clean, modern boundaries from day one. Period.

Enforcing Modern Infrastructure Floors

Previously, organizations delayed server upgrades to save short-term costs, forcing modern applications to run on aging environments.

No longer. Drupal 12 introduces non-negotiable infrastructure floors: a PHP 8.5 minimum runtime alongside raised database requirements (MySQL 8.0 / PostgreSQL 18). This isn't just backend housekeeping. By enforcing these modern tiers, the core framework guarantees a baseline of performance that cannot be compromised by budget-saving shortcuts.

Security as a Structural Guarantee

Enterprise security is too often treated as an expensive, opt-in audit layer applied long after development is complete.

By making Argon2id the default for password hashing, Drupal 12 integrates military-grade resistance against GPU-driven brute-force attacks directly into the core blueprint. For the C-suite, this is an immediate reduction in liability. Security transitions from an ongoing maintenance headache to a baseline structural guarantee.

The Business Outcome: Eliminating the Maintenance Drain

The most profound impact lands directly on the balance sheet.

For CXOs, these forced architectural boundaries solve the most expensive problem in enterprise software: unpredictability. When the core framework refuses to execute legacy PHP and automatically enforces top-tier security standards, the financial drain of technical debt is cut off at the source. Organizations can finally stop paying agency retainers to manage bloated, unmaintainable code.

Drupal 12 is not just a feature upgrade. It is a forced modernization of your engineering culture.

If your organization treats this version bump as a standard IT afterthought, you are actively funding your own future liability. Stop paying for temporary bug fixes. Engineer the blueprint first.

Are your servers, and your budgets, ready for the rollout?

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Behind the scenes of the Outside AI demo from the DrupalCon Rotterdam DriesNote

Back from DrupalCon Rotterdam, and here’s a walkthrough of the Outside AI demo from the DriesNote with Scott Falconer. We connect ChatGPT to a real Drupal site to help a content editor fix Dutch pricing that was published too early, while leaving the English pages unchanged. A simple request that brings together Drupal’s translations, revision history and permissions. That’s the opportunity with Outside AI: making more of what the Drupal community has built available through the tools people already use. read more

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DevCollaborative: From Costly Subscriptions to Streamlined Workflow

The National Center for Family Philanthropy worked with DevCollaborative to reimagine their website, CRM, and other communications channels to effectively manage and scale their network of over 500 philanthropic families representing more than 3,000 individuals.

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Specbee: The tools around Drupal have become simpler, complementing Drupal. Read our take on how Canvas, components, Drupal CMS, and AI are changing Drupal work.

The tools around Drupal have become simpler, complementing Drupal. Read our take on how Canvas, components, Drupal CMS, and AI are changing Drupal work. read more

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Peoples Blog: Drupal Already Manages Content. So What Does AI Actually Add?

AI is becoming part of almost every software platform, and content management systems are no exception. Drupal is no different. But there is an important question that often gets lost in the excitement around AI: if Drupal already manages content so well, what exactly does AI add? read more

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DDEV Blog: Docker Provider Performance, 2026: Now Measured Every Night

TL;DR

macOS Docker provider performance has improved significantly over the years, and now all the providers seem to be performing about equivalently. So OrbStack, Docker Desktop, Lima, Colima, and Rancher Desktop are fast and working well.

Introduction

Back in November 2023 we published a hand-run comparison of macOS Docker providers. It was a snapshot: one laptop, one afternoon, one set of versions, and a Google Sheet. It answered the question people were asking, and then it started going stale the moment it was published.

That post is gone now, and this one replaces it, because the way we answer the question has changed. DDEV now runs the same benchmark battery every night, unattended, on every platform and Docker provider we support, and publishes the accumulated history.

Where to see the numbers

The nightly results live at the DDEV performance history dashboard.

The easiest way to find it (and everything else the DDEV GitHub organization publishes) is to start at github.com/ddev/ddev.github.io and follow the "Performance History" link. That repo's README is the index of DDEV's GitHub Pages sites — bookmark it and you don't have to remember any of the other URLs.

The dashboard has two views. Trend over time plots one line per leg so you can see regressions and improvements as they land. Compare environments (latest) gives you a sorted bar chart of each environment's recent median, which is the view that most directly replaces the 2023 post's charts.

Which metric to compare

The harness collects six metrics per run. The one that lines up with the 2023 post is drupal_install_s: Puppeteer drives the Drupal web install wizard end-to-end, in a real browser, through the DDEV router, the web server, and PHP-FPM.

I think it's important that it uses a web-intensive install process for studying web server performance. The interactive installer deliberately breaks each batch step into its own HTTP request and page reload, so every one of those round trips exercises exactly the layer where Docker provider differences show up — bind mount vs. Mutagen, gRPC-FUSE vs. virtiofs, and so on. It's the closest thing in the suite to "what does it feel like to actually use this."

The companion metric drush_install_s runs the same install non-interactively via ddev drush si, which never touches the router or web server at all. If the two track together, filesystem I/O dominates; if they diverge, the gap isolates router/web server overhead. The perf/README.md describes all six metrics and why each one is there.

macOS results

Medians of the nightly runs from 2026-08-31 through 2026-09-30, drupal_install_s in seconds, fastest first. All legs are Apple Silicon (ARM64), all with Mutagen enabled except where noted.

Docker provider	`drupal_install_s`	`drush_install_s`	`ddev_start_cold_s`
Rancher Desktop	12.0	9.8	16.5
Lima	12.1	9.9	15.8
Podman (rootless)	12.3	9.9	46.0
Colima (vz)	12.6	10.0	14.4
OrbStack	13.4	10.4	12.2
Docker Desktop	16.7	13.4	21.0
OrbStack, no Mutagen	16.8	11.2	9.2

The headline is how boring this table is. Five of the six Mutagen-enabled macOS providers land within 1.4 seconds of each other on the flagship metric, and their drush_install_s numbers are within 0.6 seconds. On macOS with Mutagen, your choice of Docker provider is mostly not a performance decision anymore. Pick based on licensing, maintenance, and how the tool fits your workflow.

That is a significant change from 2023, when OrbStack was clearly ahead and Colima and Rancher Desktop looked sluggish. Those gaps have largely closed (all are now using VZ/VirtioFS).

Compared with the 2023 numbers

The 2023 test did a Drupal 10 web install with Mutagen and got OrbStack 20s, Docker Desktop 22s, Rancher Desktop 22s, Colima QEMU 33s, and Colima VZ 35s. The fastest then (OrbStack, 20s) compares with 12.0s for the fastest now (Rancher Desktop), and with 13.4s for OrbStack. The slowest providers gained the most: Rancher Desktop went from 22s to 12.0s and Colima VZ from 35s to 12.6s. The spread between providers went from 15 seconds to about 1.4 (excluding Docker Desktop).

Treat these as a rough comparison, not a like-for-like benchmark. The 2023 numbers came from one MacBook Air M1 (2020) on a single afternoon, with DDEV v1.22.5, Drupal 10.1.6, and PHP 8.1. The nightly runs use CI runner machines, and newer DDEV, Drupal, and PHP versions. Both tests drive the demo_umami install through Puppeteer. Each Docker provider has also shipped many releases since 2023, and the Colima leg now uses VZ where one of the 2023 legs used QEMU with sshfs. Some of the improvement comes from the hardware, and some from the software.

When DDEV was young, a web install with Docker Desktop took SEVEN MINUTES. You'd just watch it poke along at each section. Now you don't even see those as they flash by. Now it takes 12-17 seconds. That's progress!

Mutagen is still doing the work

The most interesting row is the last one. OrbStack with Mutagen finishes the browser install in 13.4s; the same provider without Mutagen takes 16.8s — about 25% slower. Note that the no-Mutagen leg is faster on ddev_start_cold_s (9.2s vs. 12.2s), because there's no sync session to establish, and closer on drush_install_s (11.2s vs. 10.4s), because Drush never goes through the web server. The penalty concentrates in exactly the browser-driven path, which is what you use all day.

Mutagen is on by default on macOS for this reason, and these numbers say to leave it on.

However, plenty of people are perfectly happy with turning off Mutagen. Some folks don't like the additional complexity and don't want the speed trade-off. ddev config global --performance-mode=none turns it off. (Mutagen has more benefits than just performance though; with Mutagen, the web server in the container is dealing with a Linux filesystem, more like the real deployment environment, instead of a Docker bind-mount, which is more like a network filesystem.)

:::warning[Read the hardware caveat before comparing rows] The Docker Desktop leg runs on older M1 test runner machines that have dedicated hardware. OrbStack, Rancher Desktop, Colima, Lima, and Podman share a pool of newer machines. Some of the Docker Desktop gap in the table above is that hardware difference, not the provider. We didn't normalize it — the dashboard deliberately doesn't either — so treat Docker Desktop's row as "somewhat pessimistic" rather than as a clean like-for-like comparison. :::

The other platforms, and why you shouldn't rank them against macOS

The dashboard also carries Linux, WSL2, and traditional Windows legs. They're useful for spotting regressions within a leg over time, but the cross-platform bar chart is misleading if you read it as a platform ranking:

The Linux leg runs on ephemeral GitHub-hosted runner VMs. It provisions the Drupal codebase from scratch every night and starts with cold image, Composer, and OS page caches. Every macOS and Windows leg reuses a persistent codebase and warm caches.
The Windows and WSL2 legs run on entirely different physical hardware from the macOS test runners.

Trends within a leg: meaningful. Bar-chart comparisons across legs: only meaningful when the machines are comparable, which across platforms they aren't.

Getting the raw data

Every chart on the dashboard has a Download CSV button that exports exactly the rows behind whatever is currently displayed — after your leg and metric selections, not the whole dataset. That's the quickest path to your own analysis.

If you want everything, the underlying dataset is one JSON object per line at history.ndjson, with one line per (commit, leg) benchmark run:

curl -sL https://ddev.github.io/ddev/perf/history.ndjson |
  jq -r 'select(.os=="darwin") | [.timestamp, .docker_provider, .metrics.drupal_install_s] | @tsv'

Running it on your own machine

The harness that replaced the old ddev-puppeteer script lives in the DDEV repository and runs locally against a standard DDEV Drupal project:

./perf/run-benchmark.sh \
  --project-dir ~/workspace/d11 \
  --site-url https://d11.ddev.site/ \
  > result.json

It needs jq and Node.js on your PATH in addition to the usual DDEV prerequisites. If your numbers look very different from the nightly legs, we'd like to hear about it.

Summary

Three years ago the answer to "which Docker provider is fastest on macOS?" was worth a blog post with charts. Today the simple answer is that, with Mutagen on, they're close enough that the question is mostly settled, and any lingering differences are small next to the hardware you're running on.

What's better than a fresh answer is a standing one. The nightly harness means the next time performance shifts — a provider regression, a Mutagen improvement, a DDEV build-layer mistake — it shows up on the dashboard within a day, instead of waiting for somebody to run the numbers by hand and write another post.

Have questions, or numbers that look different from the dashboard? Join the conversation in our Discord, open an issue, or reach out via email.

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This article was edited and refined with assistance from Claude Code.

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The Drop Times: The Demo Is Over. Now Drupal AI Has to Become a Product.

After Rotterdam, one part of Drupal's AI story is no longer theoretical. The Northmoor University demo brought AI search, content review, translation, editing and externally connected assistants together on the same Drupal site. That made a collection of modules feel closer to a product experience, but it also exposed the next question: whether organisations can depend on the path between those pieces in production.

The stack does not yet sit at one level of maturity. Drupal AI 1.5 and Canvas are stable and covered by Drupal's security advisory policy. Context Control Center is a release candidate, while Tool API and MCP Server remain in beta. Rotterdam showed that these parts can work together. Production teams now have to decide which combinations are mature enough to trust, govern and support.

Permissions, human review and traceability are central to that decision. The demo drafts changes rather than publishing them, leaving a person to review what the AI proposes. Tool API brings access checking into executable capabilities, while MCP can expose Drupal tools to assistants outside the site. Context Control Center moves instructions and organisational knowledge toward managed, reviewed material. Taken together, those pieces point toward a production requirement that goes beyond capability: teams need to know what an agent may read, what it may change, which tools it may invoke, what context it received and who remains accountable for the result.

Provider choice and the connection between Tool API, MCP and Canvas make the remaining maturity gap visible. Drupal's provider abstraction supports different commercial and locally operated models, but workflows still need to remain testable as model behaviour, tool calling and context limits change. The Drupal AI Initiative's follow-up also draws a clear line between what Rotterdam demonstrated and what is available today: the simplified MCP approach shown on stage remains a prototype. Canvas Tools, which lets agents manipulate Canvas through Tool API, is likewise still beta and is not covered by the security advisory policy.

That does not make Drupal AI simply ready or not ready for production. Different parts of the stack already support different kinds of real use, with different levels of risk. Rotterdam instead changes what Drupal AI now has to prove: that permissions remain enforceable, context can be governed, costs and activity can be traced, providers can change without losing control, and interfaces can survive upgrades. Productisation does not mean closing the ecosystem or putting everything inside one package. It means reaching the point where an organisation can understand what an AI system will be allowed to do before deployment, and explain what it actually did afterwards.

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Speed, Safety, and Smarter Journeys: What Drupal AI 1.5 Means for Digital Marketing Leaders

Author: Will Huggins

In enterprise digital experience, the conversation around generative AI has shifted dramatically. Digital leaders are no longer asking whether AI can write a paragraph or spin up a page. They are asking:

Can our AI deliver seamless customer journeys?
Can it scale without diluting our brand voice?
Will our IT and compliance teams actually approve it?

The release of Drupal AI 1.5 directly answers those questions.

Driven by 63 active contributors across 31 global organisations, Drupal AI 1.5 shifts the platform from one-shot text generation into an interactive, governed, and brand-safe digital experience engine.

For CMOs, Heads of Digital, and website owners, this release is not about backend developer plumbing - it is about practical marketing velocity, measurable ROI, and total brand sovereignty.

Here is a breakdown of what Drupal AI 1.5 unlocks for your digital roadmap.

1. Digital Assistants That Actually Remember the Customer Journey

Early AI chatbots suffered from digital amnesia: the second a visitor navigated to a new page or refreshed their session, their context vanished. For high-consideration purchases or complex self-service portals, this creates friction and frustrates users.

Drupal AI 1.5 introduces persistent, stateful conversation memory:

Seamless Multi Page Engagement: Conversational assistants now securely remember previous interactions across a user’s entire browsing session. If a prospect asks about product specifications on a solutions page and later opens the chat on your pricing calculator, the assistant retains the context.
Enterprise Privacy by Default: Conversation threads are sandboxed per user session. Visitors enjoy a personalised journey, while your data protection officers can rest easy knowing customer history is never exposed across sessions or leaked externally.
Grounded in Your Content: Rather than relying on generic model knowledge, chatbots can now be plugged directly into your site’s verified content repository (Retrieval-Augmented Generation / RAG), ensuring every answer is accurate, factual, and backed by your brand’s single source of truth.

The Strategic Win: You transform your website from a static brochure into an intelligent, conversational destination that guides prospects smoothly through the conversion funnel.

2. Real-Time Streaming Guardrails: Zero-Risk Brand Safety

For any marketing leader, the greatest fear with public-facing AI is reputational damage: a model hallucinating incorrect pricing, generating off-brand language, or leaking sensitive corporate information.

While traditional safety filters only check text after the entire response is completed—slowing down user experiences—Drupal AI 1.5 introduces active streaming guardrails:

Live Stream Filtering: Guardrails now monitor the AI’s output token-by-token in real time. If an external model attempts to output confidential identifiers, internal instructions, or unvetted claims, the filter suppresses and replaces the content before a single character renders in the visitor’s browser.
Semantic Topic Guardrails: Restricting an AI to approved topics used to be brittle. If a model said "coastal vacation" instead of "beach holiday," strict keyword filters would break. Version 1.5 uses intelligent semantic matching: the assistant understands intent, synonyms, and localised phrasing while remaining firmly inside your brand boundaries.
Cost-Effective Compliance: User prompts can now be routed through dedicated, cost-free moderation channels instead of burning expensive generation tokens, protecting both your brand standards and your marketing budget

The Strategic Win: Complete brand safety. Your legal, compliance, and IT teams get auditable, proactive safeguards built into the core publishing architecture.

3. From "One-Click Prompts" to Interactive Editorial Copilots

Early CMS AI automations were rigid: an editor clicked an AI button, waited, and was forced to accept or discard whatever came back.

Drupal AI 1.5 turns AI Automators into an interactive creative partner inside the editing workspace:

Interactive Refinement in the Edit Form: When generating campaign copy, headlines, or summaries, editors can now open an interactive refinement window. With plain-language prompts like "make this more urgent," "tighten to 30 words," or "adapt for our enterprise persona," the copy updates dynamically—while automatically preserving your overarching brand voice rules.
Multi-Step Content Pipelines in One Click: Marketing teams can trigger automated workflows directly from a field. A single click can research a topic, draft copy, pull relevant taxonomies, and format the output—without leaving the edit screen or waiting on developer intervention.
Vision-Aware Content Intelligence: The CMS can now "see" the imagery embedded in your articles. Multimodal vision models analyse uploaded graphics to automatically draft descriptive alt-text, optimise summaries, and ensure full accessibility compliance without manual overhead.

The Strategic Win: High-velocity content operations. AI handles the first 80% of drafting and repetitive formatting, leaving your team with complete creative control over the final 20%.

4. On-Site Search That Understands Customer Intent

If visitors cannot find the right product, resource, or service within seconds, they bounce. Traditional on-site search engines rely on exact keyword matches, frequently failing when visitors search using colloquial questions or conversational language.

Drupal AI 1.5 upgrades search into a semantic relevance engine:

Intelligent Result Re-Ranking: Integrated directly with your site’s search architecture, the AI analyzes user queries semantically and re-orders results based on actual intent, not just raw word frequency.
Instant Answers: New question-answering capabilities can pinpoint the exact passage answering a user's question, displaying direct snippets alongside high-confidence relevance scores.
The Strategic Win: Higher digital engagement and increased conversion rates by eliminating the "dead-end" search experience across your digital properties.

5. Total Financial & Operational Governance

One of the fastest ways to lose executive support for AI initiatives is unpredictability—unexpected API bills or black-box operations that IT cannot audit.

Drupal AI 1.5 builds transparency directly into the dashboard:

Real-Time Token & Cost Tracking: Product owners can monitor exact token consumption (input, output, and cached reasoning) alongside live provider rate limits. You know precisely what each campaign or automated workflow costs.
Enterprise Observability: All AI actions emit standardized monitoring metrics compatible with leading enterprise platforms (such as OpenTelemetry, Datadog, or New Relic), ensuring full auditability for platform architects.

Move Fast, Stay in Control, Own Your Destination

Proprietary digital experience platforms lock your organization into their single, closed-ecosystem AI model—charging heavy licensing premiums while limiting your flexibility. Lightweight headless tools offer AI writing widgets, but leave you without enterprise governance, multilingual depth, or data sovereignty.

Drupal AI 1.5 delivers the best of both worlds: model-agnostic freedom to choose the best AI for the job, visual campaign acceleration for marketing teams, and bulletproof architectural security.

👉 Download Drupal AI 1.5 today.

Experience Drupal AI Today

Reading about capabilities is one thing; seeing them transform your digital operations is another.

Explore our live interactive environments to test chatbots with memory, stream-level guardrails, and interactive content workflows:

👉 Explore the Drupal AI Interactive Demos

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Drupal AI Initiative: Speed, Safety, and Smarter Journeys: What Drupal AI 1.5 Means for Digital Marketing Leaders

Author: Will Huggins

In enterprise digital experience, the conversation around generative AI has shifted dramatically. Digital leaders are no longer asking whether AI can write a paragraph or spin up a page. They are asking:

Can our AI deliver seamless customer journeys?
Can it scale without diluting our brand voice?
Will our IT and compliance teams actually approve it?

The release of Drupal AI 1.5 directly answers those questions.

Driven by 63 active contributors across 31 global organisations, Drupal AI 1.5 shifts the platform from one-shot text generation into an interactive, governed, and brand-safe digital experience engine.

For CMOs, Heads of Digital, and website owners, this release is not about backend developer plumbing - it is about practical marketing velocity, measurable ROI, and total brand sovereignty.

Here is a breakdown of what Drupal AI 1.5 unlocks for your digital roadmap.

1. Digital Assistants That Actually Remember the Customer Journey

Early AI chatbots suffered from digital amnesia: the second a visitor navigated to a new page or refreshed their session, their context vanished. For high-consideration purchases or complex self-service portals, this creates friction and frustrates users.

Drupal AI 1.5 introduces persistent, stateful conversation memory:

Seamless Multi Page Engagement: Conversational assistants now securely remember previous interactions across a user’s entire browsing session. If a prospect asks about product specifications on a solutions page and later opens the chat on your pricing calculator, the assistant retains the context.
Enterprise Privacy by Default: Conversation threads are sandboxed per user session. Visitors enjoy a personalised journey, while your data protection officers can rest easy knowing customer history is never exposed across sessions or leaked externally.
Grounded in Your Content: Rather than relying on generic model knowledge, chatbots can now be plugged directly into your site’s verified content repository (Retrieval-Augmented Generation / RAG), ensuring every answer is accurate, factual, and backed by your brand’s single source of truth.

The Strategic Win: You transform your website from a static brochure into an intelligent, conversational destination that guides prospects smoothly through the conversion funnel.

2. Real-Time Streaming Guardrails: Zero-Risk Brand Safety

For any marketing leader, the greatest fear with public-facing AI is reputational damage: a model hallucinating incorrect pricing, generating off-brand language, or leaking sensitive corporate information.

While traditional safety filters only check text after the entire response is completed—slowing down user experiences—Drupal AI 1.5 introduces active streaming guardrails:

Live Stream Filtering: Guardrails now monitor the AI’s output token-by-token in real time. If an external model attempts to output confidential identifiers, internal instructions, or unvetted claims, the filter suppresses and replaces the content before a single character renders in the visitor’s browser.
Semantic Topic Guardrails: Restricting an AI to approved topics used to be brittle. If a model said "coastal vacation" instead of "beach holiday," strict keyword filters would break. Version 1.5 uses intelligent semantic matching: the assistant understands intent, synonyms, and localised phrasing while remaining firmly inside your brand boundaries.
Cost-Effective Compliance: User prompts can now be routed through dedicated, cost-free moderation channels instead of burning expensive generation tokens, protecting both your brand standards and your marketing budget

The Strategic Win: Complete brand safety. Your legal, compliance, and IT teams get auditable, proactive safeguards built into the core publishing architecture.

3. From "One-Click Prompts" to Interactive Editorial Copilots

Early CMS AI automations were rigid: an editor clicked an AI button, waited, and was forced to accept or discard whatever came back.

Drupal AI 1.5 turns AI Automators into an interactive creative partner inside the editing workspace:

Interactive Refinement in the Edit Form: When generating campaign copy, headlines, or summaries, editors can now open an interactive refinement window. With plain-language prompts like "make this more urgent," "tighten to 30 words," or "adapt for our enterprise persona," the copy updates dynamically—while automatically preserving your overarching brand voice rules.
Multi-Step Content Pipelines in One Click: Marketing teams can trigger automated workflows directly from a field. A single click can research a topic, draft copy, pull relevant taxonomies, and format the output—without leaving the edit screen or waiting on developer intervention.
Vision-Aware Content Intelligence: The CMS can now "see" the imagery embedded in your articles. Multimodal vision models analyse uploaded graphics to automatically draft descriptive alt-text, optimise summaries, and ensure full accessibility compliance without manual overhead.

The Strategic Win: High-velocity content operations. AI handles the first 80% of drafting and repetitive formatting, leaving your team with complete creative control over the final 20%.

4. On-Site Search That Understands Customer Intent

If visitors cannot find the right product, resource, or service within seconds, they bounce. Traditional on-site search engines rely on exact keyword matches, frequently failing when visitors search using colloquial questions or conversational language.

Drupal AI 1.5 upgrades search into a semantic relevance engine:

Intelligent Result Re-Ranking: Integrated directly with your site’s search architecture, the AI analyzes user queries semantically and re-orders results based on actual intent, not just raw word frequency.
Instant Answers: New question-answering capabilities can pinpoint the exact passage answering a user's question, displaying direct snippets alongside high-confidence relevance scores.
The Strategic Win: Higher digital engagement and increased conversion rates by eliminating the "dead-end" search experience across your digital properties.

5. Total Financial & Operational Governance

One of the fastest ways to lose executive support for AI initiatives is unpredictability—unexpected API bills or black-box operations that IT cannot audit.

Drupal AI 1.5 builds transparency directly into the dashboard:

Real-Time Token & Cost Tracking: Product owners can monitor exact token consumption (input, output, and cached reasoning) alongside live provider rate limits. You know precisely what each campaign or automated workflow costs.
Enterprise Observability: All AI actions emit standardized monitoring metrics compatible with leading enterprise platforms (such as OpenTelemetry, Datadog, or New Relic), ensuring full auditability for platform architects.

Move Fast, Stay in Control, Own Your Destination

Proprietary digital experience platforms lock your organization into their single, closed-ecosystem AI model—charging heavy licensing premiums while limiting your flexibility. Lightweight headless tools offer AI writing widgets, but leave you without enterprise governance, multilingual depth, or data sovereignty.

Drupal AI 1.5 delivers the best of both worlds: model-agnostic freedom to choose the best AI for the job, visual campaign acceleration for marketing teams, and bulletproof architectural security.

Experience Drupal AI Today

Reading about capabilities is one thing; seeing them transform your digital operations is another.

Explore our live interactive environments to test chatbots with memory, stream-level guardrails, and interactive content workflows:

👉 Explore the Drupal AI Interactive Demos

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Drupal AI after the DriesNote Rotterdam: what you can use today and what comes next

Image: DriesNote, DrupalCon Rotterdam 2026 by Paul Johnson

Author: Jeremy Chinquist

At DrupalCon Rotterdam on September 29, 2026, Dries Buytaert used his keynote to show how far Drupal has come and who it can reach next. Dries framed the keynote around three pillars that bring Drupal's strengths to more people: multilingual (reach people in more languages), JavaScript and headless (bring more developers and applications to Drupal), and AI (give people new ways to work with Drupal).

This post zooms in on the AI pillar. For the full keynote, including digital sovereignty, multilingual, headless and the new Drupal Advocacy Program, read the official recap: DriesNote Rotterdam: Drupal is Light-Years Ahead of Its Reputation. To watch the six demos from the keynote, see Proof, not promises. Watch the six demos from the DriesNote Rotterdam.

Watch the full keynote on YouTube

Exclusive interview: James Hall sat down with Dries Buytaert for the Drupal AI Initiative. Watch it on LinkedIn

Image: James Hall, Everyone TV interviews Dries Buytaert following the DriesNote

A strong start for the Drupal AI Initiative

Dominique De Cooman, Head of Partnerships for the Drupal AI Initiative, opened the conference with a short welcome and a clear message: the Drupal AI Initiative is strong and active. Dries later mentioned that over 100 people have contributed to the Drupal AI Initiative so far.

Try it now: "Drupal AI Demo: Northmoor University"

On stage, Dries showed off the demo that the Inside AI team, led by Christoph Breidert, had been developing over the past few months. "Drupal AI Demo: Northmoor University" is a complete university website that shows Drupal AI at work on realistic content. Anyone can try it today at drupal.org/ai/demo. To learn how the demo was built and what it can do, read Christoph's announcement: Introducing the Drupal AI Demo.

Five parts of the demo were highlighted during the talk:

Find weak content and fix it. Drupal AI scans the site's programs, courses, people, news, events and policies, checks them for accuracy, tone and inclusive language, and flags weak items.
Fix it without the expert. Editors fix the flagged content themselves instead of waiting for a specialist.
Grounded answers, every source cited. Visitors can ask the site questions. Drupal AI answers from the site's own content and cites its sources. If the answer isn't there, it marks the question as outside the site's scope and uses the content to point to the right person to contact. It is not allowed to invent an answer.
Drafts, not surprises. Editors can connect their own AI assistant. Asked to update every page that mentions a newly promoted professor, the assistant finds 10 pages and drafts the changes, but publishes nothing. Every draft waits for a human to review and publish.
Stay accountable. AI guardrails, one source of truth and every interaction logged.

Did you know?

Aidan Foster also used the demo site in the presentation "Encoding Expertise: How UX Research Powers Human-First AI" to show how AI guidelines can help review a site's content.

Image: Drupal Association (DriesNote, DrupalCon Rotterdam 2026)

What this means for you: for agencies and site owners, this is the quickest way to see Drupal AI on a real site before planning a project. The guardrails matter as much as the features: the AI flags, drafts and cites, and people decide what gets published.

Building Drupal Canvas components with AI

Dries showed AI-assisted development for Drupal Canvas. Given a prompt such as "Build a content template for my articles," the AI assistant checks its work against Canvas Workbench, ESLint and the Canvas CLI. The result is a set of simple template files, pushed to the site with the Canvas CLI.

What this means for you: front-end developers can let an AI assistant write the first draft while Canvas' own tooling validates the result.

Image: Drupal Association (DriesNote, DrupalCon Rotterdam 2026)

Connecting Drupal to AI assistants

Today, exposing a Drupal module's features to AI assistants via MCP takes around 1,000 lines of code. Dries showed a prototype that brings this down to around 20 PHP attributes, using a recipe that combines the Simple OAuth, MCP Server and Tool API modules. The principle is "describe once, use in multiple places": one description of a capability serves AI assistants, workflow tools and JavaScript components alike.

In the demo, a FindImages tool lets an AI assistant look up images on the site, with FlowDrop connecting the pieces.

What this means for you: this is a prototype, not a release. For module maintainers, it points to a future where one description makes a module usable by AI assistants.

Image: Drupal Association (DriesNote, DrupalCon Rotterdam 2026)

On the roadmap: the Rosetta Sprint

The next step is the Rosetta Sprint: a four-day sprint with key maintainers to describe Drupal's capabilities once, in a form that AI agents, other systems and humans can all read. The goal is to make Drupal's data and capabilities easier to expose to AI agents, orchestration tools, frontends and more. The date and location are still to be announced.

Did you know?

Kristen Pol used the Drupal AI Demo to record the demo clips for her session "Context Control Center: Bringing AI Context to Drupal CMS." Curious how Drupal gives AI the right context? Take a look.

Talk louder about Drupal

Dries closed with a clear request: "Here is my ask: Talk louder about Drupal." Try the demo, share what you build with Drupal AI and join the Drupal Advocacy Program.

Image: Karl Hepworth (DriesNote, DrupalCon Rotterdam 2026)

Thank you, Drupal AI Partners

During the keynote, Dries thanked the Drupal AI Partners, the organizations that back the Drupal AI Initiative. Want your organization to join them? Become a partner.

Image: Drupal Association (DriesNote, DrupalCon Rotterdam 2026)

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Drupal AI Initiative: Drupal AI after the DriesNote Rotterdam: what you can use today and what comes next

Image: DriesNote, DrupalCon Rotterdam 2026 by Paul Johnson

Author: Jeremy Chinquist

At DrupalCon Rotterdam on September 29, 2026, Dries Buytaert used his keynote to show how far Drupal has come and who it can reach next. Dries framed the keynote around three pillars that bring Drupal's strengths to more people: multilingual (reach people in more languages), JavaScript and headless (bring more developers and applications to Drupal), and AI (give people new ways to work with Drupal).

This post zooms in on the AI pillar. For the full keynote, including digital sovereignty, multilingual, headless and the new Drupal Advocacy Program, read the official recap: DriesNote Rotterdam: Drupal is Light-Years Ahead of Its Reputation. To watch the six demos from the keynote, see Proof, not promises. Watch the six demos from the DriesNote Rotterdam.

Watch the full keynote on YouTube

Exclusive interview: James Hall sat down with Dries Buytaert for the Drupal AI Initiative. Watch it on LinkedIn

Image: James Hall, Everyone TV interviews Dries Buytaert following the DriesNote

A strong start for the Drupal AI Initiative

Dominique De Cooman, Head of Partnerships for the Drupal AI Initiative, opened the conference with a short welcome and a clear message: the Drupal AI Initiative is strong and active. Dries later mentioned that over 100 people have contributed to the Drupal AI Initiative so far.

Try it now: "Drupal AI Demo: Northmoor University"

On stage, Dries showed off the demo that the Inside AI team, led by Christoph Breidert, had been developing over the past few months. "Drupal AI Demo: Northmoor University" is a complete university website that shows Drupal AI at work on realistic content. Anyone can try it today at drupal.org/ai/demo. To learn how the demo was built and what it can do, read Christoph's announcement: Introducing the Drupal AI Demo.

Five parts of the demo were highlighted during the talk:

Find weak content and fix it. Drupal AI scans the site's programs, courses, people, news, events and policies, checks them for accuracy, tone and inclusive language, and flags weak items.
Fix it without the expert. Editors fix the flagged content themselves instead of waiting for a specialist.
Grounded answers, every source cited. Visitors can ask the site questions. Drupal AI answers from the site's own content and cites its sources. If the answer isn't there, it marks the question as outside the site's scope and uses the content to point to the right person to contact. It is not allowed to invent an answer.
Drafts, not surprises. Editors can connect their own AI assistant. Asked to update every page that mentions a newly promoted professor, the assistant finds 10 pages and drafts the changes, but publishes nothing. Every draft waits for a human to review and publish.
Stay accountable. AI guardrails, one source of truth and every interaction logged.

Did you know?

Aidan Foster also used the demo site in the presentation "Encoding Expertise: How UX Research Powers Human-First AI" to show how AI guidelines can help review a site's content.

Image: Drupal Association (DriesNote, DrupalCon Rotterdam 2026)

What this means for you: for agencies and site owners, this is the quickest way to see Drupal AI on a real site before planning a project. The guardrails matter as much as the features: the AI flags, drafts and cites, and people decide what gets published.

Building Drupal Canvas components with AI

Dries showed AI-assisted development for Drupal Canvas. Given a prompt such as "Build a content template for my articles," the AI assistant checks its work against Canvas Workbench, ESLint and the Canvas CLI. The result is a set of simple template files, pushed to the site with the Canvas CLI.

What this means for you: front-end developers can let an AI assistant write the first draft while Canvas' own tooling validates the result.

Image: Drupal Association (DriesNote, DrupalCon Rotterdam 2026)

Connecting Drupal to AI assistants

Today, exposing a Drupal module's features to AI assistants via MCP takes around 1,000 lines of code. Dries showed a prototype that brings this down to around 20 PHP attributes, using a recipe that combines the Simple OAuth, MCP Server and Tool API modules. The principle is "describe once, use in multiple places": one description of a capability serves AI assistants, workflow tools and JavaScript components alike.

In the demo, a FindImages tool lets an AI assistant look up images on the site, with FlowDrop connecting the pieces.

What this means for you: this is a prototype, not a release. For module maintainers, it points to a future where one description makes a module usable by AI assistants.

Image: Drupal Association (DriesNote, DrupalCon Rotterdam 2026)

On the roadmap: the Rosetta Sprint

The next step is the Rosetta Sprint: a four-day sprint with key maintainers to describe Drupal's capabilities once, in a form that AI agents, other systems and humans can all read. The goal is to make Drupal's data and capabilities easier to expose to AI agents, orchestration tools, frontends and more. The date and location are still to be announced.

Did you know?

Kristen Pol used the Drupal AI Demo to record the demo clips for her session "Context Control Center: Bringing AI Context to Drupal CMS." Curious how Drupal gives AI the right context? Take a look.

Talk louder about Drupal

Dries closed with a clear request: "Here is my ask: Talk louder about Drupal." Try the demo, share what you build with Drupal AI and join the Drupal Advocacy Program.

Image: Karl Hepworth (DriesNote, DrupalCon Rotterdam 2026)

Thank you, Drupal AI Partners

During the keynote, Dries thanked the Drupal AI Partners, the organizations that back the Drupal AI Initiative. Want your organization to join them? Become a partner.

Image: Drupal Association (DriesNote, DrupalCon Rotterdam 2026)

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Talking Drupal: Talking Drupal #572 - The PHP Foundation

Today we are talking about PHP, Open Source, and Sustainability with guest Elizabeth Barron. We'll also cover AI Image Classification as our module of the week.

For show notes visit: https://www.talkingDrupal.com/572

Topics

What is the PHP Foundation
Language Health Challenges
Paid Core Developers
Release Infrastructure
Foundation Role and Perception
Docs and Onboarding
Elizabeth Open Source Journey
Future of PHP Ecosystem
Listener Elephant Question
Ecosystem Security Hub
Advisory Board Limits
Modernizing Mailing Lists
Foundation Awareness Push
PHP Ambassadors Strategy
State of PHP Survey
Five Year Vision
Community Hour Podcast
php.net Design Refresh

Resources

The PHP Foundation
Derek Rethans
- xdebug
- Infrastructure
- https://github.com/derickr
Drupal advocacy
Link to community hour podcast
Php 8.5
Contribute to php article

Guests

Elizabeth Barron - thephp.foundation elizabethbarron

Hosts

Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan John Picozzi - epam.com johnpicozzi Tim Sharp - tea-sharp

MOTW Correspondent

Martin Anderson-Clutz - mandclu.com mandclu

Brief description:
- Have you ever wanted the images in your Drupal media library to be automatically given alt text, a rich description, and a set of tags, using AI? There's a recipe for that.
Module name/project name:
- AI Image Classification
Brief history
- How old: created in Sep 2025 by Artem Dmitriiev (a.dmitriiev) of 1xINTERNET
- Versions available: 1.1.1, which requires Drupal 11.2 or newer
Maintainership
- Actively maintained, latest release and commit just two weeks ago
- Security coverage
- Number of open issues: 9 open issues, 4 of which are bugs
Usage stats:
- No usage data reported
Module features and usage
- This recipe applies core's image media type recipe, then adds a description field and a tags field to image media, with tags in a new "Image Classification" vocabulary
- Editors get a "Generate Alt Text" button right on the image field, using the Field Widget Actions module, with a prompt written like an accessibility expert: under 100 characters, no "image of", flag logos and graphics
- On save, a vision model writes a description of up to eight sentences: colours, photo versus illustration, people, mood, and key objects, using the media name for context
- Tagging is chained off that description rather than the image itself, picking or creating up to five short, general terms, and reusing similar existing tags where it can
- It also adds bulk actions to the media admin view, so you can run description and tagging across an existing library, not just new uploads
- Description and tag filters are added to the media library, including the widget, so editors can search for "sunny summer day" right in the image picker
- The stated bigger goal is making images discoverable by RAG and other AI search, so good descriptions become a foundation for future AI features. In fact, this recipe is a dependency for the Canvas AI Image Search recipe, which is still a work in progress
- Under the hood, images get scaled to 400px wide and converted to PNG before they're sent to the model, which keeps things faster and cheaper
- One caveat: your site needs an AI provider with a default "chat with image vision" model, and the recipe checks for that when it's applied
- Also worth a look: the description prompt asks the model to describe people's age, gender, and ethnicity, and even name them if it can, so you may want to review that prompt for your privacy policies, and adjust accordingly
- Like any recipe, it provides a robust starting point for some compelling features, and every prompt and setting can be tweaked after you apply it
- Lastly, I wanted to mention that in today's Driesnote in here in Rotterdam, Dries demoed being able to use MCP to search images on his own site. A recipe like this could help you make sure the images in your media library have sufficient metadata to make that work reliably

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Introducing the Drupal AI Demo

Author: Christoph Breidert, Product Lead, Drupal AI

Earlier this year, the Drupal AI Initiative set itself a clear goal: at DrupalCon Rotterdam, show one Drupal site where AI search, content review, chat-driven editing, and AI translation all work together on real content. Today we are delivering on that promise. The Drupal AI Demo is live, and Dries revealed it in the Driesnote.

You can open it, use it, and see for yourself what Drupal AI looks like when it is built as a complete product. The demo is the website of a fictional university, with the kind of content and structure a real organization's site would have.

The Drupal AI Demo: a realistic, multilingual university website where every AI feature runs on the same content

From a list of features to something you can try

Until now, Drupal AI has mostly been something we described. We had roadmaps, feature lists, module pages, and conference talks. All of that was accurate, but none of it was tangible. A list of features asks people to imagine how the pieces fit together. A demo lets them see it.

That difference matters to two groups of people in particular.

If you are evaluating Drupal, the demo lets you test the AI features instead of reading about them. I believe Drupal is the most powerful AI-powered CMS available today. Until now, that was a claim you had to take on trust. Now you can check it yourself, try the features on realistic content, and plan your own website around capabilities that are already implemented and working.

If you already build with Drupal AI, the demo shows how each feature is intended to be used. You can evaluate every feature, see how it is configured, and adapt that setup to your own use case. That is a much better starting point than piecing together a feature from documentation alone.

What you can try

The demo focuses on the features our Drupal AI Partners told us matter most. In May, we asked them which capabilities they most wanted to have ready to use in Drupal. They are at the heart of the demo.

AI content reviews. Check a page against criteria like brand voice, legal requirements, and reading level, and get concrete suggestions for improving it.

AI content review scores a page against brand, legal, and readability criteria and suggests concrete improvements

AI search. Ask a question and get an AI-generated answer, grounded in the site's own content and with the sources behind it.

AI search answers a question with a summary, the sources behind it, and ranked results from the site's own content

Chat-driven content editing. Describe what you want to change, and the AI edits the page for you, right inside the editing experience.

Chat-driven editing: an editor describes a change in the chat, and the AI updates the page directly

AI translation. Move content across languages, with results good enough to publish.

AI translation moves a page into another language, ready for review and publishing

Connect your own AI agents. Connect agents such as Claude, ChatGPT, and others to Drupal through MCP, and make changes to the website from the outside.

An external AI agent, connected through MCP, making a change on the demo website

What makes the demo different from trying these features one at a time is that they all run together on the same site and the same content. That is what building a real website involves, and it is where the hardest work was.

How we got here

The idea of a demo was always there. We knew from the start that Drupal AI would need one, but first we needed a foundation strong enough to build it on.

The official Drupal AI sprints started in January this year. We spent the first three months refining the core AI functionality. By the second quarter, we had a stable code base to build on. In May, we ran the partner survey, and that was the moment the demo became a shared goal. The partners bought into the idea, and together we agreed on the features it should show. June went into preparation. In July, we started building.

The last eight weeks were the most intense. Between 1 August and 26 September alone:

More than 100 people contributed code, reviews, or merge requests
1,442 commits landed across 54 projects
616 merge requests were merged on drupal.org
Roughly 596,000 lines were added. That figure covers module code as well as the demo's content, theme, and configuration, and leaves out build output and lock files.

Activity grew steadily over those weeks, from about 70 commits in the first week of August to more than 300 per week in September. And the part I am most proud of is not the size of those numbers. It is that the result simply works.

Weekly commits across the demo and the drupal.org projects it builds on, 1 August to 26 September 2026

The people who built it

The demo was built by contributors from across the Drupal AI Partners, the organizations that fund and staff this initiative, together with many contributors from the wider Drupal community. Working together, we could build a more advanced AI experience than any of us could have built alone, and everything we build for the demo makes Drupal AI better for everyone who uses it.

Most of the load of the demo itself was carried by four people: Marcus Johansson, Artem Dmitriiev, Aidan Foster, and myself. Marcus, Artem, and I also met in person for three days to do nothing but sprint on the demo. Some of the hardest problems got solved in that room.

Marcus Johansson, Artem Dmitriiev, and Christoph Breidert during their three-day, in-person demo sprint

Many others did substantial work on the demo itself. I want to thank Darren Oh, Kristen Pol, Abhisek Mazumdar, Dan Lemon, Eric Homanchuk, Akhil Babu, and Kiran Kadam.

Of course, a demo is only as good as the modules underneath it, and many projects were heavily developed to be ready for Rotterdam. The main contributors there include Giorgio Alfredo Pagano on AI Disclosure, Michael Lander and Matt Glaman on the Tool API, MCP Server, and Canvas tools, Kristen Pol on AI Context, Rob Loach, Scott Euser on AI Search, Ahmad Khader on AI Content Review, and Sven Decabooter on AI Translate. Much of this work also depended on review: Artem and Marcus alone merged more than 100 merge requests from other contributors in these two months.

A personal note

Coordinating a distributed effort of this size, with contributors across many organizations, countries, and time zones, in such a short time is its own kind of challenge. My role was to set the direction, define the work packages, and align with key contributors and organizers to make sure we were building the right things. I also reviewed a great deal of work along the way. The day-to-day operations were led by our delivery managers, Arian Raeesi and Vidit Anjaria, who planned the work into sprints and kept it moving every day.

What I had never seen before is so many people building something together that actually works as one. Being part of that is amazing.

The demo was something I had in my head for a long time. Seeing so many people take that idea and make it real, and seeing it work, is one of the most rewarding experiences I have had in the Drupal community.

To everyone who contributed: thank you. This demo is yours.

Try it, and help us make it better

The demo is live at drupal.org/ai/demo. Try it, test it, and tell us what you think.

If you want to help shape what comes next, join us in the #ai-initiative channel on Drupal Slack, or explore becoming a Drupal AI Partner.

Everyone who contributed between August and September 2026

Abhinav Jha, Abhisek Mazumdar, Abhishek Dhariwal, Adam G-H, Adrian McKee, Ahmad Khader, Ahmad Khalil, Aidan Foster, Akhil Babu, Alex Urevick-Ackelsberg, Andrei Mateescu, Andrii Sakhaniuk, Angela Saldaña, Anikó Viola, Ann Mary Sruthy, arne michiels, Artem Dmitriiev, Ashish Dalvi, attilatilman, Avinash jha, Bharat Kelotra, Brooke Mahoney, Bruna Emerich, Bruno Bruno, calmforce, Carlos Romero, Cesar Miquel, Chad Peppers, Christian Burk, Christoph Breidert, Craig Wood, Dan Goodwin, Dan Lemon, Daniel Rodriguez, Darren Oh, Dave Long, David Bravo, Denise Spangler, Dezső Biczó, Dimitris Spachos, Dries Buytaert, Emma Horrell, Eric Homanchuk, George Kastanis, Giorgio Alfredo Pagano, Ignacio Pérez Puertas, István Csáki, Jeff Warrington, Jeremy Cerda, Jibran Ijaz, Joonas Meriläinen, Jordan Graham, JoshHayter, Joshua Fernandes, Juan Correa, Jurriaan Roelofs, Jérôme Tchania, Jürgen Haas, Kenneth Bolívar Castro, Kieran Cott, Kiran Kadam, KJ Monahan, Konstantine Kirkitadze, Kristen Pol, Lee Rowlands, Levente Besenyei, Manuel Garcia, Marcus Johansson, Markus Kalkbrenner, Mateu Aguiló Bosch, Matt Glaman, Matthew Tift, Michael Lander, Miguel Guerreiro, Narendra Singh Rathore, Nick Opris, Nick Pasiuk, Nik LePage, Norman Kämper-Leymann, Pieter Frenssen, Prabhavathi Vanipenta, Pravesh Poonia, Punam Aseem Beedkar, Reinhold Schachner, Ricardo Castañeda, Richard Porter, Rob Loach, Rodel Duterte, scontzen, Scott Euser, Scott Falconer, Sergiu Nagailic, Shashank Rai, Shibin Das, Shivam Sen, Simon Morvan, Sven Decabooter, szato, Tamas Balog, Tekla Aivazashvili, Tormi Tabor, tribekk, Valery Lourie, Will Huggins, Wolfgang Ziegler.

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Proof, not promises. Watch the six demos from the DriesNote Rotterdam

The DriesNote at DrupalCon Rotterdam made one argument above all: Drupal is light-years ahead of its reputation. The strongest evidence was on screen. These six demos show a platform that speaks more languages, welcomes JavaScript developers as first-class citizens, and treats AI assistants as another interface to Drupal, with governance built in.

Everything here is open source and available today. Here are the demos, with the story behind each one.

1. Multilingual sites, easier to build

80% of the world doesn't speak English as a first or second language, so multilingual is how Drupal reaches billions more people. Two things used to hold teams back: setup was hard, and Drupal Canvas didn't yet support multilingual content. Drupal CMS 2.2 changes both, with a language selector right in the installer, a guided Multilingual add-on, three levels of translation configurability, and full translation support in Canvas, including review workflows and optional AI translation. Watch for Dashi, a multilingual food magazine template made entirely by Drupalers.

2. JavaScript as a first-class citizen

JavaScript front ends are where many developers start their careers, and Canvas is built for them: a standalone front-end project scaffolded in one command, with React, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS, previews via Canvas Workbench with zero configuration, and AI coding agents in the workflow. One push with the Canvas CLI and everything is ready for content teams to use visually. No Drupalisms, no trade-offs.

3. Canvas Headless: your choice of front end

Organisations often compose experiences from multiple backends, and that calls for a headless front end. Canvas Headless connects yours by configuring a URL, with Canvas visual editing built in: editors see a live preview of the real application while developers build in the framework they prefer. Starter templates cover Next.js, Astro, Nuxt, and TanStack Start, and Angular support arrived the very week of the keynote, five frameworks in all.

4. Try Drupal AI for yourself

There's been so much Drupal AI work that demoing it all would fill the keynote. Instead, there's now a demo experience anyone can try: a fictional university site where AI reviews every page against your standards, visitors get answers drawn from your own content with sources shown, and guardrails, a central knowledge hub, and full logging keep it accountable. It's working today, open source, built by leading Drupal AI companies, and pre-configured so you can also use it to show customers. Try it at drupal.org/ai/demo.

5. Fixing content with an AI assistant

A content editor spots Dutch translations showing prices that shouldn't be live yet. From ChatGPT, connected with her own account, she asks for the previous Dutch versions back, English untouched. It happens, with every change recorded as a new revision under her name. She didn't need to know where to click or how revisions, moderation, and permissions work; Drupal handled the governance behind the scenes. You can do this today with a recipe combining Simple OAuth, MCP Server, and the Tool module, built by Michael Lander, Matt Glaman, and others: drupal.org/project/agent_access

6. One module, many interfaces

The most surprising demo wasn't about AI at all. Dries's personal site holds more than 10,000 photos in a custom album module he tool-enabled himself, the work behind his "describe once, use everywhere" idea. The creator of FlowDrop, a visual workflow tool for Drupal, showed that module's MCP server powering a plain form, searching photos and albums with no AI anywhere, and then an agent that chooses its own tools to answer questions. When capabilities are described once and answers come back structured, AI becomes a choice, not a requirement. That idea is what the upcoming Rosetta Sprint will take forward.

Watch the DriesNote in full, or read the full recap of everything Dries announced, from digital sovereignty to the Drupal Advocacy Program.

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Proof, not promises. Watch the six demos from the DriesNote Rotterdam

The DriesNote at DrupalCon Rotterdam made one argument above all: Drupal is light-years ahead of its reputation. The strongest evidence was on screen. These six demos show a platform that speaks more languages, welcomes JavaScript developers as first-class citizens, and treats AI assistants as another interface to Drupal, with governance built in.

Everything here is open source and available today. Here are the demos, with the story behind each one.

1. Multilingual sites, easier to build

80% of the world doesn't speak English as a first or second language, so multilingual is how Drupal reaches billions more people. Two things used to hold teams back: setup was hard, and Drupal Canvas didn't yet support multilingual content. Drupal CMS 2.2 changes both, with a language selector right in the installer, a guided Multilingual add-on, three levels of translation configurability, and full translation support in Canvas, including review workflows and optional AI translation. Watch for Dashi, a multilingual food magazine template made entirely by Drupalers.

2. JavaScript as a first-class citizen

JavaScript front ends are where many developers start their careers, and Canvas is built for them: a standalone front-end project scaffolded in one command, with React, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS, previews via Canvas Workbench with zero configuration, and AI coding agents in the workflow. One push with the Canvas CLI and everything is ready for content teams to use visually. No Drupalisms, no trade-offs.

3. Canvas Headless: your choice of front end

Organisations often compose experiences from multiple backends, and that calls for a headless front end. Canvas Headless connects yours by configuring a URL, with Canvas visual editing built in: editors see a live preview of the real application while developers build in the framework they prefer. Starter templates cover Next.js, Astro, Nuxt, and TanStack Start, and Angular support arrived the very week of the keynote, five frameworks in all.

4. Try Drupal AI for yourself

There's been so much Drupal AI work that demoing it all would fill the keynote. Instead, there's now a demo experience anyone can try: a fictional university site where AI reviews every page against your standards, visitors get answers drawn from your own content with sources shown, and guardrails, a central knowledge hub, and full logging keep it accountable. It's working today, open source, built by leading Drupal AI companies, and pre-configured so you can also use it to show customers. Try it at drupal.org/ai/demo.

5. Fixing content with an AI assistant

A content editor spots Dutch translations showing prices that shouldn't be live yet. From ChatGPT, connected with her own account, she asks for the previous Dutch versions back, English untouched. It happens, with every change recorded as a new revision under her name. She didn't need to know where to click or how revisions, moderation, and permissions work; Drupal handled the governance behind the scenes. You can do this today with a recipe combining Simple OAuth, MCP Server, and the Tool module, built by Michael Lander, Matt Glaman, and others: drupal.org/project/agent_access

6. One module, many interfaces

The most surprising demo wasn't about AI at all. Dries's personal site holds more than 10,000 photos in a custom album module he tool-enabled himself, the work behind his "describe once, use everywhere" idea. The creator of FlowDrop, a visual workflow tool for Drupal, showed that module's MCP server powering a plain form, searching photos and albums with no AI anywhere, and then an agent that chooses its own tools to answer questions. When capabilities are described once and answers come back structured, AI becomes a choice, not a requirement. That idea is what the upcoming Rosetta Sprint will take forward.

Watch the DriesNote in full, or read the full recap of everything Dries announced, from digital sovereignty to the Drupal Advocacy Program.

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One Module, Many Interfaces: FlowDrop Workflows + MCP | Demo, DriesNote Rotterdam 2026

The creator of FlowDrop, a visual workflow orchestration tool for Drupal, shows the same MCP server powering two very different experiences: a simple form searching photos and albums with no AI at all, and an agent that decides for itself which tools to use. When answers come back structured, AI becomes a choice. FlowDrop is open source on drupal.org, and ECA and Maestro can do the same. read more

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Fixing Content with ChatGPT | Drupal + AI Assistant Demo, DriesNote Rotterdam 2026

A content editor notices the Dutch translations show prices that shouldn't go live until next week. She connects to her Drupal site from ChatGPT with her own account and asks it to restore the previous Dutch versions, leaving English untouched. Every change lands as a new revision under her name with full history kept: Drupal's governance and observability, behind an easier way to work. This is real and available today via a recipe combining Simple OAuth, MCP Server, and the Tool module: https://www.drupal.org/project/agent_access read more

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Try Drupal AI for Yourself | University Demo Site Tour, DriesNote Rotterdam 2026

A fictional university site you can try yourself, built to show what Drupal AI does on a complex, many-editor site: every page reviewed against your standards for accuracy, tone, and inclusive language; on-page feedback anyone can accept or skip; visitor Q&A answered from your own content with sources shown; connections to the AI tools you already use; and guardrails, one central knowledge hub, and full logging throughout. Working today, open source, built by leading Drupal AI companies. Try it: https://www.drupal.org/ai/demo read more

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Canvas Headless: Drupal Content, Your Choice of Front End | Demo, DriesNote Rotterdam 2026

Introducing Canvas Headless. Connect your front end by configuring a URL and get Canvas visual editing built in: editors get a live preview of your actual application as they build pages, and developers build in the technology they choose. Starter templates for Next.js, Astro, Nuxt, and TanStack Start, with Angular support added the week of the keynote, five frameworks in all. read more

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Multilingual Sites, Easier to Build | Drupal CMS 2.2 Demo, DriesNote Rotterdam 2026

80% of the world doesn't speak English as a first or second language. Drupal has always been strong at multilingual; now it's dramatically easier. Drupal CMS 2.2 brings a friendly language selector in the installer, a Multilingual add-on with a guided checklist, three levels of translation configurability (from one-click defaults to full advanced control), and translation support in Drupal Canvas with visual preview, review workflows, and optional AI translation. Also featuring Dashi, a multilingual food magazine site template written, cooked, baked, and photographed by real Drupalers. read more

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JavaScript as a First-Class Citizen | Drupal Canvas Code Components Demo, DriesNote Rotterdam 2026

Drupal Canvas treats JavaScript developers as first-class citizens: no Drupal-specific patterns to learn. One command scaffolds a standalone front-end project with React, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS. Canvas Workbench gives components automatic previews with no configuration. Coding agents can build components, pages, and templates, validated with ESLint and the Canvas CLI, and one push syncs everything to Drupal for content teams to use visually. NPM's whole ecosystem is a npm install away. read more

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DrupalAI Demo

Explore a fully functional university website where Drupal AI is pre-configured to assist with everything from content creation to search, translation, and moderation. Nothing to install. Access in seconds, start exploring today. https://new.drupal.org/ai/demo read more

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The Drupal Advocacy Program: Helping the world catch up to what Drupal can do.

In a major shake-up, your advocacy work now earns Drupal contribution credit.

Drupal is now light-years ahead of its reputation. It's time we changed that.

The Drupal Advocacy Program is a new Drupal Association pilot that awards contribution credit for work that helps people discover and understand Drupal.

Drupal is light-years ahead of its reputation. The platform has changed dramatically in recent years, but the market's picture of Drupal runs years behind. If you have ever heard "oh, is Drupal still around?", you have felt that gap first-hand — and research by major Drupal agencies confirms it. The fix is not a bigger ad budget. It is education at community scale: authentic stories from the people who build with Drupal, told in their own voices to the audiences they know best.

Our community can be uneasy with the word "marketing". But you are already advocates for Drupal, day in and day out — and that is exactly what this moment needs. If you have ever written a tutorial, recorded a demo, translated an article, or shared someone else's talk with a new audience, you have been doing advocacy. Starting today, that work earns recognition.

How it works

Tell the story. Create, share, and boost content about modern Drupal. A blog post for your market. A video for your audience. A talk at a non-Drupal conference. A customer story in your language. And amplification counts: share someone else's DrupalCon talk or case study, tell us about it, and you earn credit too.

Themes multiply your impact. Four to six times a year, we will roll out a theme — a consistent message with messaging and proof points ready to build on. Take it and make it your own: translate it for your language, reframe it for your industry, make it relevant to your network. Advocacy content on the current theme earns 2x–3x credits, because 126 certified partners and a huge global community telling one story at the same moment is what moves the market.

Credits flow back. Advocacy runs through the same contribution credit system that recognises code. It counts toward your standing in the ecosystem, including Drupal Certified Partner visibility. Credits will be awarded in bulk each month, guided by a published scale (to come), weighted by quality and reach, because we want content that travels beyond the Drupal world. Each month we will also spotlight the best advocacy content and award it extra credit.

The ground rules are simple. This is about promoting Drupal and what Drupal can do. You can mention where you work, and you can absolutely draw on case studies from your own business — as a way of showing what Drupal makes possible.

Ways to take part

Post. A thoughtful LinkedIn article or thread in your own words
Write. A blog post specific to your audience, region, or industry
Record. An explainer, tutorial, reaction, or customer-story video
Boost. Share and amplify someone else's talk, case study, or post
Adapt. Translate or localise the story for your language and market
Speak. A talk or lightning talk, especially at non-Drupal events and meetups
Pod. Appear on or host a podcast episode
Show your work. A customer or project story that highlights what Drupal can do
Teach. A tutorial, demo, or code walkthrough that shows modern Drupal in action

Choose something that fits you. You do not need to become a salesperson. As Dries put it in his DrupalCon Rotterdam keynote: Drupal doesn't need hype. It needs a better public record.

Submitting is simple

For now, it is a short form at drupal.org/advocacy. In the coming days you will also find a submission form across many Drupal Slack channels. Either way, telling us about your content should take a minute — because for this to work, submitting needs to be exceedingly easy.

This is very much a pilot. We will start by reviewing and crediting submissions by hand, look for ways to automate over time, and let what we learn from your submissions shape how the program grows. And we want to celebrate the people who lead the way: at next year's DrupalCons, we will present awards to Drupal's biggest advocates.

Start today

Every story you tell adds to Drupal's public record — the record that search engines, AI assistants, and agentic search increasingly draw on when people ask what to build with. More authentic voices means Drupal showing up where decisions are actually made.

Submit your advocacy work at drupal.org/advocacy. You will find the current theme, its messaging and proof points, and guidelines on attribution and what qualifies for credit.

You have done the work. Now start talking.

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The Drupal Advocacy Program: Helping the world catch up to what Drupal can do.

In a major shake-up, your advocacy work now earns Drupal contribution credit.

Drupal is now light-years ahead of its reputation. It's time we changed that.

The Drupal Advocacy Program is a new Drupal Association pilot that awards contribution credit for work that helps people discover and understand Drupal.

Drupal is light-years ahead of its reputation. The platform has changed dramatically in recent years, but the market's picture of Drupal runs years behind. If you have ever heard "oh, is Drupal still around?", you have felt that gap first-hand — and research by major Drupal agencies confirms it. The fix is not a bigger ad budget. It is education at community scale: authentic stories from the people who build with Drupal, told in their own voices to the audiences they know best.

Our community can be uneasy with the word "marketing". But you are already advocates for Drupal, day in and day out — and that is exactly what this moment needs. If you have ever written a tutorial, recorded a demo, translated an article, or shared someone else's talk with a new audience, you have been doing advocacy. Starting today, that work earns recognition.

How it works

Tell the story. Create, share, and boost content about modern Drupal. A blog post for your market. A video for your audience. A talk at a non-Drupal conference. A customer story in your language. And amplification counts: share someone else's DrupalCon talk or case study, tell us about it, and you earn credit too.

Themes multiply your impact. Four to six times a year, we will roll out a theme — a consistent message with messaging and proof points ready to build on. Take it and make it your own: translate it for your language, reframe it for your industry, make it relevant to your network. Advocacy content on the current theme earns 2x–3x credits, because 126 certified partners and a huge global community telling one story at the same moment is what moves the market.

Credits flow back. Advocacy runs through the same contribution credit system that recognises code. It counts toward your standing in the ecosystem, including Drupal Certified Partner visibility. Credits will be awarded in bulk each month, guided by a published scale (to come), weighted by quality and reach, because we want content that travels beyond the Drupal world. Each month we will also spotlight the best advocacy content and award it extra credit.

The ground rules are simple. This is about promoting Drupal and what Drupal can do. You can mention where you work, and you can absolutely draw on case studies from your own business — as a way of showing what Drupal makes possible.

Ways to take part

Post. A thoughtful LinkedIn article or thread in your own words
Write. A blog post specific to your audience, region, or industry
Record. An explainer, tutorial, reaction, or customer-story video
Boost. Share and amplify someone else's talk, case study, or post
Adapt. Translate or localise the story for your language and market
Speak. A talk or lightning talk, especially at non-Drupal events and meetups
Pod. Appear on or host a podcast episode
Show your work. A customer or project story that highlights what Drupal can do
Teach. A tutorial, demo, or code walkthrough that shows modern Drupal in action

Choose something that fits you. You do not need to become a salesperson. As Dries put it in his DrupalCon Rotterdam keynote: Drupal doesn't need hype. It needs a better public record.

Submitting is simple

For now, it is a short form at drupal.org/advocacy. In the coming days you will also find a submission form across many Drupal Slack channels. Either way, telling us about your content should take a minute — because for this to work, submitting needs to be exceedingly easy.

This is very much a pilot. We will start by reviewing and crediting submissions by hand, look for ways to automate over time, and let what we learn from your submissions shape how the program grows. And we want to celebrate the people who lead the way: at next year's DrupalCons, we will present awards to Drupal's biggest advocates.

Start today

Every story you tell adds to Drupal's public record — the record that search engines, AI assistants, and agentic search increasingly draw on when people ask what to build with. More authentic voices means Drupal showing up where decisions are actually made.

Submit your advocacy work at drupal.org/advocacy. You will find the current theme, its messaging and proof points, and guidelines on attribution and what qualifies for credit.

You have done the work. Now start talking.

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#Driesnote | DrupalCon Rotterdam 2026

Join us live for the #Driesnote at DrupalCon Rotterdam 2026! Drupal Founder Dries Buytaert will be presenting on the latest innovations in Drupal, with everything from Drupal CMS and Drupal Canvas improvements, innovation in AI, the Drupal.org site template marketplace and more. read more

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Celebrating Excellence: the Women in Drupal Awards Shine a Spotlight on Women Shaping the Future of Open Source

The Women in Drupal Awards returned this year to celebrate the outstanding achievements of women making remarkable contributions to the global Drupal community. Presented during DrupalCon Rotterdam 2026, the awards recognize women whose talent, leadership, creativity, and commitment are helping strengthen the Drupal community and shape the future of open source.

Photo Credits: Dan Lemon

Now in its fifth year, the Women in Drupal Awards continue their mission of amplifying women’s voices and recognizing the many different ways they contribute to technology and the Drupal ecosystem. From technical expertise and project leadership to community building, mentoring, advocacy, and innovation, the awards celebrate women whose work creates meaningful impact across projects, organizations, and communities.

Three awards celebrating three different forms of contribution

This year, the Women in Drupal Awards recognize three outstanding nominees across three distinct categories:

Antonella Severo, Project Manager at Nestlé, has been an active contributor to the Drupal community and has been involved in the Success Stories track at DrupalCon, helping highlight the impact and achievements of Drupal projects and organizations.
Nikita Aswani, Senior Front-end Developer on Open Social, combines technical expertise with a strong commitment to the Drupal community. She is also a member of the Drupal Asia steering committee, contributing to the growth and development of the regional Drupal ecosystem.
Rachel Lawson, who works at Cambridge University Press and Assessment, has made a lasting contribution to the Drupal community through mentoring and community engagement. She is also a former Community Liaison at the Drupal Association, where she played an important role in supporting and connecting members of the community.

Together, the three nominees represent the breadth of contributions that make the Drupal ecosystem stronger: from leading projects and showcasing success stories, to developing technology, supporting regional communities, mentoring others, and fostering collaboration.

Photo Credits: Joris Vercammen

The Women in Drupal Awards were created to ensure that women’s stories and successes in technology are visible and celebrated. The awards recognize contributions in many forms, whether through building Drupal projects, leading teams and organizations, designing digital experiences, driving innovation and strategy, mentoring others, strengthening the community, advocating for inclusion, or championing open source and collaboration.

A key contributor to this year’s awards is JAKALA, the official sponsor of the Women in Drupal Awards. JAKALA created the award and has supported the initiative since its inception, helping ensure that the achievements and contributions of women across the global Drupal community are recognized and celebrated. As the awards enter their fifth year, JAKALA continues to support their mission of highlighting diverse talent, leadership, and impact within the Drupal ecosystem.

The ceremony has become a highlight of DrupalCon. Beyond the awards themselves, the wider Women in Drupal initiative fosters mentorship, networking, recognition, and greater visibility for women working in Drupal and open source. This year, the initiative also includes a dedicated Women in Drupal networking lunch, organized in collaboration with JAKALA, providing an opportunity for women and gender-diverse members of the community to connect, share experiences, and build relationships.

The Women in Drupal Awards are supported by the Drupal Association and organizations across the industry. The 2026 jury brings together members of the Drupal Association, previous award winners, and JAKALA, combining perspectives from across the Drupal community to recognize this year's outstanding contributors.

About Women in Drupal

Women in Drupal is a community-driven initiative dedicated to celebrating, supporting, and empowering women in the Drupal ecosystem. Through recognition, networking, mentorship, and community events, the initiative fosters inclusion and encourages greater participation and leadership in open source.

The Women in Drupal Awards recognize women from across the Drupal community, regardless of role or area of expertise, celebrating the talent, leadership, creativity, and commitment that help strengthen Drupal and shape its future.

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Enterprise AI Summit - Dries Buytaert on AI, Drupal and Open Source

Dries Buytaert, Founder of Drupal and Executive Chair of Acquia, sits down with James Hall from Everyone TV at the Enterprise AI Summit 2026 in Rotterdam. This discussion explores Drupal's role in the AI agent era, unpacks predictions around future functionality and how artificial intelligence is advancing Open Source projects. read more

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DriesNote Rotterdam: Drupal is light-years ahead of its reputation

Dries Buytaert opened DrupalCon Rotterdam with a tour of a platform moving at remarkable speed. Multilingual sites that take a fraction of the effort to build. Components written in React. Headless delivery across five frameworks. AI assistants that connect directly to your content. A pipeline of innovation that has Europe's push for digital sovereignty looking closely at Drupal.

Then he named the problem: hardly anyone outside this community knows. The market's picture of Drupal runs years behind what the platform can do today.

Rotterdam has a saying: "Niet lullen maar poetsen." Stop talking, start working. Dries argued we have taken that advice almost too well, and he flipped it. The work is done. Now it's time to talk louder about what is working, and for the first time, that work earns contribution credit.

Here is what he covered.

Europe needs digital sovereignty, and Drupal is ready

Dries opened with a challenge facing Europe: reducing its dependence on technology it does not control. When the European Commission asked for feedback on digital sovereignty, Dries submitted his thinking, and his writing was referenced in the official policy recommendation that followed.

His point: open source projects like Drupal offer more than software. They offer ongoing maintenance, security releases, and a global community of care. He gave it a name he hopes will catch on: Stewarded Open Source.

For governments and organisations that need control over their digital infrastructure, Drupal is exactly that: open source with a steward, proven at scale, and owned by no single vendor. As Dries put it: "Europe needs Drupal. And Drupal needs Europe too."

Innovation is back, and it is reaching new people

Two years after launching the Starshot initiative, Dries reflected on what it delivered: Drupal CMS, recipes, site templates, Canvas, and a wave of AI tools. Then he showed four ways Drupal is bringing its strengths to more people:

Multilingual. Building multilingual sites is now dramatically simpler, and Drupal Canvas fully supports multilingual content.
JavaScript. Canvas code components can be written in React, treating JavaScript developers as first-class citizens.
Headless. Official headless support now spans five frameworks, including newly added Angular.
AI. A new public demo site lets anyone explore Drupal's AI capabilities, made possible by the partners of the Drupal AI Initiative.

AI assistants are becoming another interface to Drupal

You can already connect an AI assistant to a Drupal site using a recipe that combines Simple OAuth, MCP Server, and the Tool module. Dries demonstrated it on his own photo album module, built to answer questions like "Do you have that photo of Oma wearing her sunglasses?"

Fully exposing his module's capabilities took around 1,000 lines of code. A research prototype built with Matt Glaman reduced that to roughly 20 PHP attributes. Describe a capability once, and it becomes available everywhere: to AI assistants, to workflow tools like ECA, to JavaScript components, and to humans who never touch AI at all.

The Rosetta Sprint: one description, readable by everyone

To turn the prototype into a shared roadmap, Dries announced the Rosetta Sprint. Like the Rosetta Stone, which carried one decree in three scripts, the goal is for Drupal to describe its capabilities once, in a way that AI agents, other systems, and humans can all read.

The sprint will bring key maintainers together for four days of focused work.

The Drupal Advocacy Program: contribution credit for talking about Drupal

Dries named Drupal's reputation gap as the project's number one challenge. Too many people are judging the Drupal of ten years ago, and AI systems trained on old information repeat that outdated story.

His answer is not hype. "Drupal doesn't need hype. It needs a better public record."

So the Drupal Association is launching the Drupal Advocacy Program, a pilot that awards contribution credit for work that helps people discover and understand Drupal: writing tutorials, recording demos, translating articles, amplifying someone else's talk. Each quarter, a focus theme with a ready-made source kit earns double credits.

Submissions open today at drupal.org/advocacy.

Start now, in Rotterdam

Dries closed with the Rotterdam Pilot: a challenge to everyone at DrupalCon to turn the buzz in the room into buzz outside it. Share a takeaway. Clip a talk. Write about someone else's session and credit them.

"Drupal is now light-years ahead of its reputation," he said. Closing that gap is work we can all do, starting this week.

Slides will be posted at dri.es.

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Drupal's Got Talent at DrupalCon Orlando 2027!

The inaugural DrupalCon Talent Show is happening at DrupalCon Orlando on the evening of Tuesday, March 23, 2027 as part of the community party!

We’re planning about two hours of entertainment and looking for roughly 10 acts to take the stage (5–7 minutes for the act, plus up to 3 minutes for stage setup).

This is DrupalCon. The goal is to learn, network, and have fun. Expect jokes, friendly razzing, questionable decisions, and plenty of laughs. You don’t need to be a professional. You just need to be willing to get up there and attempt to entertain your fellow Drupalers (within our Code of Conduct https://events.drupal.org/code-conduct, of course!)

What are we looking for?

Pretty much anything entertaining:

Musicians
Bands
Stand-up comedy (keep it PG-13 please!)
Magic
Singing
Dancing
Juggling
Puppet shows
Ridiculous feats of skill
Weird talents you didn’t think anyone wanted to see (we do)

Got something that doesn’t fit on the list? Even better. Solo acts, groups, first-timers, seasoned performers, and wonderfully questionable ideas are all welcome.

Think you’ve got something? Sign up here and show us what you’ve got!

FAQs

When is the deadline?

The absolute last deadline to sign up is Friday, February 19th. However, submissions are reviewed on a rolling basis as they come in. Once all ~10 spots are filled, sign-ups will close early. We strongly encourage you to submit as soon as possible.

Is there a prize?

Likely, but this hasn’t yet been determined. Suffice it to say that the primary prize will be bragging rights!.

How will performances be chosen?

Performances will be chosen to ensure a wide variety of performance types, geographical regions, companies, diverse performers, etc. You can increase your chances of being selected by submitting earlier rather than later.

How long should the performances be?

5-7 minutes is ideal

Do I have to bring my instrument? Will there be microphones?

We will provide microphones for your band (up to four). If needed by multiple performers, we may be able to supply basic instruments. Details will be provided ahead of the performance if you are accepted to perform.

Will there be a bar?

A cash (and credit card) bar will be available.

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Governing AI-Assisted Delivery (Jim Birch) AND Using Claude Code with coder.ddev.com (Randy Fay)

During this show-and-tell Drupal AI Learners Club session, Jim Birch, Drupal Engineering Manager and AI Practice Lead at Kanopi Studios, talks about Delivery Records. A Delivery Record documents how a project team used AI and who reviewed it. It's a receipt that a human reviewed the AI's work. Delivery records show who is accountable and responsible for the work when it is wrong. In the second half, Randy Fay shows and tells how to set up Claude Cloud with coder.ddev.com so that agents can run securely on a cloud VM and you can access the site locally with your own tools. read more

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Context Control Center: Teaching Drupal AI Your House Rules with Kristen Pol

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One Command, One Migration: AI Best Practices in Action (Jamie Abrahams, George Kastanis)

Jamie Abrahams (FreelyGive, Drupal AI Initiative) is going to migrate a site with AI, live. He'll start with the one-line installer, get a project set up, and run a real migration so you can see how the workflow actually goes. Then he'll run the evals at the end, which is how you find out whether the migration did a good job or just looked like it did. George Kastanis (Point Blank) maintains AI Best Practices and the AI Eval tooling. He'll follow with discussion on the thinking behind those evals, plus a quick look at a results board. read more

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Beyond Headless - How Drupalists, Front-End Natives, and LLMs All Win with Next.js

Next.js is one of the fastest growing web technologies on the internet, by far the most popular framework for assembling websites using React components. A generation of web development talent learned this approach to building — JAMStack instead of LAMP — but the front-end is only half the solution. While having Drupal feed a front-end via API is nothing new, historical approaches to headless implementation have been costly, complex, and involved difficult trade-offs. But what if you could forget about traditional “theming” work, and let your designers and Javascript devs use their preferred tools, while seamlessly (and quickly) integrating Drupal as a back-end to feed content and even page layout to a fully-featured Next.js front-end? As Drupal has modernized with Single Directory Components and Canvas, and as stronger standards have emerged for component-based design systems, new approaches are emerging that offer ways for everyone to win. It’s also worth noting that this component-first perspective is a key way to safely and tastefully leverage LLMs to accelerate both development and site building. In this session, Josh Koenig, co-founder at Pantheon, and Tim Lehnen, CTO of the Drupal Association, will talk about the current state of the art with Drupal, and what’s coming from the world of JS and component-based design, and walk through how some teams are learning how to make everyone happy and move faster than ever before. read more

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MCP from Concept to Demo: An Open Data Example with DKAN - Dan Goodwin (Drupal AI Learners Club)

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A Dashboard that Works: Giving Editors What They Want, But Focusing on What They Need

Albert Hughes (ahughes3) Dave Hansen-Lange (dalin) When 500 editors across 130 sites log into our Drupal platform, the first thing they see is a dashboard designed to support their work. But what should that dashboard actually do? Over the last year, we’ve been figuring out how to answer that question. The result is a dashboard that surfaces what matters most to our editors: announcements about new features, their recent edits, broken links, accessibility issues, duplicate profiles, permissions, design settings, and more. This session isn’t a technical deep-dive into code; it’s the story of the decisions behind the dashboard. We’ll share how we prioritized features, balanced editor needs with technical realities, and decided what belonged on the dashboard—and what didn’t. Attendees will walk away with lessons they can apply to their own platforms, whether they manage one site or one hundred. https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/dashboard-works-giving-editors-what-they-want-focusing-what-they-need read more

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From Insights to Innovation: How UX Research is driving the future of Drupal CMS

Emma Horrell (emma horrell) What if Drupal's biggest innovation opportunity comes from studying users, not systems? As Drupal CMS UX Research Lead, my Drupal journey is unconventional. As a content writer and UX professional I am obsessed with watching people use interfaces to spark transformative ideas. I’m committed to aligning Drupal's strengths with user goals, from mindful word choices to strategic AI implementation, so I’m perfectly placed to lead Drupal's UX evolution! UX thinking bridges the gap between Drupal's power and non-technical users' needs. This session reveals how a comprehensive UX research programme is driving a product that's fundamentally changing the narrative about Drupal, turning feelings into features and accelerating innovation across our entire community. Join my session and you’ll get consolidated research findings and the full picture of what we’ve learned from AI testing, surveys, interviews, concept studies, and usability research. I'll reveal what telemetry data exposed about users’ first encounters with Drupal CMS, and share eye-opening results from our community quiz about Drupal terminology. You'll understand how we use all this data to make product decisions and maintain our continuous learning approach. I’ll include interactive discussion time for your feedback and feature requests, and I'll teach you practical UX techniques you can immediately apply to make your Drupal work more user-focused. https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/insights-innovation-how-ux-research-driving-future-drupal-cms read more

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Design Logic Unearthed: Code rock-solid sites via the lost art of design interrogation

Daniel O'Connor (daniel-oconnor) It’s a scenario we’ve all lived through: your deadline is fast approaching. UI bugs are cropping up left, right and center. Spacing is so inconsistent it looks jarring, and your client is stressed that every image they upload in Drupal comes out with people’s faces cropped in half. Can you resist the temptation to add another hack, another field, another confusing instruction? What if instead we took a peek at the design logic behind these elements and found something better? Join me as we resurrect the lost art of design interrogation: a front-end skill for finding lasting solutions that are more robust, more intuitive and simpler to maintain by developing through the eyes of a designer. In this presentation we’ll look at common technical issues in front-end development, and consider why band-aid solutions come up short. We'll then go on a treasure hunt for design logic that allows us to create confident systems that govern spacing, images, and all the rest. Finally, we'll hone our new skill of design interrogation to root out where design logic is missing, and use it as an opportunity to create our own. https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/design-logic-unearthed-code-rock-solid-sites-lost-art-design-interrogation read more

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Selling Drupal: How to win projects, and not alienate delivery teams

Hannah O'Leary (hannaholeary) Hannah McDermott (hannah mcdermott) All too frequently the relationship between sales and delivery is a constant balancing act. Sales teams are driven by ambitious targets, while delivery teams are focused on accurate scoping, sustainable recovery rates, and the practical realities of open-source implementation. The result? Friction, misaligned expectations, and, in the worst cases, even a hit to client satisfaction. In this session, we’ll share how Zoocha’s Business Development and Delivery leadership joined forces to turn this tension into a genuine partnership. By introducing transparent handover processes, joint scoping, and shared KPIs, we built a framework where both teams can genuinely succeed together. We’ll discuss improved forecasting accuracy, how open communication channels reduced “us vs them” dynamics, and how collaboration had a direct impact on quality Drupal delivery and client happiness. Attendees will walk away with practical strategies to replicate in their own organizations: tools for building cross-team empathy, opportunities for aligning metrics, and methods for creating a culture of transparency. Whether you lead sales, manage projects, or oversee delivery teams, this session will give you a fresh perspective on how to bridge one of the most common frictions in agency life. https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/selling-drupal-how-win-projects-and-not-alienate-delivery-teams read more

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Beyond Chatbots: Creating Smarter, Personalized Experiences in Drupal with AG-UI

Aaron Christian (aaronchristian) We are witnessing a fundamental shift in how businesses utilize Artificial Intelligence. The era of simple, text-based chatbots is ending. In its place, a new generation of "AI Agents" is emerging, intelligent digital assistants capable of reasoning and collaborating with humans in real-time to customize content experiences. For Drupal site owners, marketers, and content teams, this opens up a powerful opportunity. Imagine your website becoming a collaborative workspace, where AI collaborates with your visitors to personalize experiences in real time as they interact with your content. This session will introduce a new approach to bringing these interactive AI assistants into Drupal using a component-based toolkit built on AG-UI. While the technology runs behind the scenes, the experience is designed to feel natural and intuitive, AI that is embedded into your end user content experience, rather than in a disconnected pop-up. The session will include practical examples of how AI can: - Create more responsive, trustworthy user experiences through real-time interactivity, where the interface updates instantly as the AI works, giving users clear feedback and confidence - Protect your long-term investment in AI by using a standardized approach that avoids vendor lock-in and makes it easy to evolve or switch AI providers over time without disrupting your site experience - how this custom toolkit bridges the gap between complex AI logic and the intuitive Drupal user experience https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/beyond-chatbots-creating-smarter-personalized-experiences-drupal-ag-ui read more

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Open Y: A Drupal-Powered Platform for Good

Avi Schwab (froboy) Sarah Halby (smhalby) The YMCA’s mission is rooted in community impact—and in today’s world, that includes a strong, unified digital presence. Enter Open Y, an open-source, Drupal-based platform built specifically for YMCAs to streamline content management, marketing, and integrations. In this session, we’ll dive into how Open Y empowers local YMCAs to deliver scalable, accessible, and user-friendly websites while reducing development overhead through shared community resources. Whether you're a developer, site builder, digital marketer, or decision-maker, you'll come away with: - An overview of the Open Y distribution and how it builds on Drupal 11 - A look at how the YMCA network collaborates to enhance the platform - Real-world examples of YMCAs using Open Y to increase engagement and reduce tech debt - A roadmap for getting started with Open Y (whether you're upgrading or launching a new site) We’ll also cover key modules and architecture choices in Open Y, and show how you can contribute or customize it to fit your organization’s unique needs. https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/open-y-drupal-powered-platform-good read more

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Designing for Difference: Practical Strategies for Building a Neuroinclusive Organization

Matthew Saunders (matthews) If recognizing the value of neurodiversity is the first step, the next is changing systems, environments, and behaviours to actually support neurodivergent people. Neuroinclusive spaces use the ethos of Universal Design. Universal design (UD) is a concept that involves designing products and environments to be usable by as many people as possible, regardless of age, size, ability, or disability. The goal is to maximize usability without the need for specialized design or adaptation. UD can be applied to many things, including buildings, services, tools, learning strategies, and physical spaces. It focuses on equity in design. This session will move beyond why neurodiversity matters and focus on how to operationalize inclusion at every level of an organization, from hiring, to team culture, to leadership practices. Neuroinclusion isn’t about fixing people, it’s about fixing systems. https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/designing-difference-practical-strategies-building-neuroinclusive-organization read more

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How to Land an EPIC Contribution in Drupal (Without Losing Your Mind)

Mike Herchel (mherchel) Matt Glaman (mglaman) Behind every great Drupal feature is a stubborn person (not necessarily a developer) who refused to let it stay broken. Want to be that person? We’ll show you how. In this wildly entertaining session from two seasoned Drupal core maintainers and bug fixers, you’ll be walked through the murky steps of getting your feature or bugfix into Drupal core, Drupal CMS, or prominent contrib project. We'll cover: - Identifying issues or features that can be fixed - Pitching the idea to relevant stakeholders - Assembling your team - Doing the actual work (including what makes a MR review-worthy) - Handling the complexities of communication (spoiler: this is often the hardest part) - Getting it across the finish line (aka committed!) We’ll also break down real-world case studies of contributions to Drupal core, following them from first idea to final commit, and covering the wins, the failures, and the desperate Slack messages in between. At the end of this session, you’ll walk away with the motivation, ability, and confidence to land your very own EPIC contribution. https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/how-land-epic-contribution-drupal-without-losing-your-mind read more

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Launching the Drupal Site Template Marketplace

Tim Hestenes Lehnen (hestenet) The potential of Site Templates is clear: by combining recipes, demo content, and a Canvas-compatible theme, they make Drupal’s power, flexibility, and openness more accessible—giving users a head start with DrupalCMS. That innovation becomes transformative once these templates are easy to find and use via a Marketplace on Drupal.org. At DrupalCon Vienna, we announced a pilot program to launch the very first site templates, together with some early Template Makers drawn from the Drupal Certified Partners. We'll talk about what we've learned from the Marketplace pilot, how this will impact the roadmap for Drupal CMS, Drupal Canvas, and Drupal Site Templates in general, and what the roadmap looks like for scaling up to many more site templates. https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/launching-drupal-site-template-marketplace read more

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Misusing...er...uh... Re-purposing Recipes to achieve development bliss

Philip Frilling (pfrilling) I want... - Drupal CMS - Configuration management - Automatic updates - Git workflows - Modern infrastructure - Continuous delivery - Project Browser for content editors In the words of Queen, "I want it all... and I want it now!" Drupal's configuration management has evolved from strictly living in the database to becoming entities that can be exported, imported and validated. The strict management of configuration in code has me longing for the days where we just let the database handle it all. With the rise of Drupal CMS, configuration management becomes even more challenging. How do we allow content editors and site administrators the ability to configure their site without having a deployment pipeline config:import and blow away those changes? Can we have our configuration management and our modern workflows? https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/misusingeruh-re-purposing-recipes-achieve-development-bliss read more

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A peek behind the curtain on how we run an open source, global, and privacy-first AI Infrastructure

Michael Schmid (schnitzel) In this session, we will let you all see behind the curtain of amazee.ai. This will not be a sales pitch in any way, but rather an in depth overview how AI infrastructure is ran today on a global scale. While AI developers might only see an API endpoint, behind the scenes a lot more is happening. A short overview of the things that we will cover: - API Gateways - How LLMs are actually executed - How VectorDBs work - Monitoring, Alerting and Metrics tools we use - How we can ensure privacy and data compliance - Actual demos, Dashboards and much more! https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/peek-behind-curtain-how-we-run-open-source-global-and-privacy-first-ai read more

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Building Enterprise AI Tools: From Concept to Production

Mark Shropshire (shrop) Mike Wilbur (mwilbur) Organizations rush to implement AI but see minimal ROI by treating it as a feature rather than a fundamental shift in how teams work. This gap costs companies millions in wasted licenses and missed opportunities. This session cuts through the hype to show our proven approach for developing AI-powered solutions that integrate seamlessly with existing enterprise systems. We'll demonstrate real tools built for clients, including Tessera—our AI solution that transforms project management by intelligently generating comprehensive Jira epics, issues, and tasks from high-level requirements. You'll see how we leverage Elvex for integration orchestration, n8n for workflow automation, and modern AI technologies to create maintainable, scalable systems. This is battle-tested methodology from enterprise development trenches, covering architecture decisions, integration patterns, and practical considerations separating successful implementations from expensive experiments. Live demonstrations show these tools connecting with Drupal APIs and content management systems, but principles apply to any enterprise platform. You'll learn to evaluate AI use cases, design robust architectures, create intuitive interfaces, and maintain systems in real-world environments using approaches you can implement immediately. https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/building-enterprise-ai-tools-concept-production read more

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Breaking the Theme Barrier: Simplifying Drupal with SDC & SDC Display

Jennifer Dust (jldust) Drupal's Single Directory Components (SDC) represent a significant shift in how we approach component-based theming by grouping templates, CSS, and JavaScript into a single directory. This architecture simplifies both the organization and the management of theme components, making it easier for developers to maintain and scale Drupal projects. SDC ensures that all assets related to a component are located in one place, streamlining the development process and reducing complexity for front-end and back-end teams alike. The SDC Display module adds flexibility by allowing developers and site builders to link components directly through Drupal’s admin interface. It breaks down theming barriers by making components reusable and accessible, enabling site builders and themers to map and manage components without relying solely on custom code. As a result, it makes it easier to adapt and reuse components across different sections of a site without manual intervention. In this session, we’ll showcase a practical demo of SDC and SDC Display in action, illustrating how to efficiently build and connect SDC components for a faster and more maintainable development workflow. We’ll also discuss strategies to improve collaboration between designers, front-end developers (FEDs) and back-end developers (BEDs), enabling each to work more efficiently within their areas of expertise. Slides for this presentation: https://bit.ly/breaking-the-theme-barrier https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/breaking-theme-barrier-simplifying-drupal-sdc-sdc-display read more

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Advanced Site Building with Drupal Canvas

Ted Bowman (tedbow) Enabling ambitious site builders has always been a superpower of Drupal and the introduction of Drupal Canvas has taken this to another level. This session will explore advanced site-building techniques utilizing the new Drupal Canvas module. Attendees will learn how to combine the power of Canvas with existing core modules like Views and popular contrib modules, all without writing any code! We will demonstrate how to build a demo site that leverages Drupal's robust information architecture capabilities alongside the streamlined user experience offered by Drupal Canvas. Attendees will learn how to: Create dynamic landing pages Use Canvas content templates to format structured content Link field data inside templates to SDC and Code Component properties Create template slots, enabling content editors to further customize content using Canvas templates. Manage permissions to tailor the user experience of Canvas for different user groups Build Views to showcase related content and author details inside Canvas templates. Use Views to display lists of content formatted by Canvas templates As Drupal Canvas is rapidly evolving, we will cover the latest site building related Canvas features at the time of DrupalCon. We will also demonstrate some of the most useful contrib modules to extend Drupal Canvas. https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/advanced-site-building-drupal-canvas read more

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AI Agents for Site Builders

Marcus Johansson (marcus_johansson) What if you could open up the world of Agents, so that people with communication and language skills could focus on the prompt writing and the actual way the Agents interact with Drupal or its content is just an abstraction that you get access to with a click of a button. The new Agents framework allows you to build your own business specific Agents without having to code a single line of code. This talk will showcase what an Agent is, the background on how we built the framework, what they can be used for and how they interact with the MCP framework. https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/ai-agents-site-builders read more

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Stop building AI features

Every CMS and web tool is racing to add AI content generation, AI image editing, AI assistants. It makes sense — and demos look great! But this approach has a ceiling. We will never out-build the frontier model providers, and the features we ship today will feel outdated in six months. There's a different strategy that plays to open source strengths, and it has nothing to do with building AI features your users interact with directly. It's about what happens when AI agents — not humans — become the primary way people create, manage, and transact on the web. This talk makes the case that the most important AI investment for open source CMSs isn't the features you ship. It's the infrastructure you expose. We'll look at what an agent-ready platform looks like, why open source has a structural advantage over closed SaaS and one-shot apps in this shift, and what changes when you stop thinking about AI as a feature and start thinking about it as your audience. https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/stop-building-ai-features read more

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Drupal developer's guide to Canvas

Feliksas Mazeikis (f.mazeikis) This technical session covers the high-level architecture and inner workings of Drupal Canvas. The session focuses on the back-end aspects that Drupal developers need to know when developing with future Canvas adoption in mind. Learn the basics of the Canvas data model, the rationale behind its architecture, and which APIs are intended for module developers. I'll cover: - how to make SDCs and Block Plugins compatible with Canvas - how metadata and schema validation enables the Canvas UI to create relevant form fields on the fly - creating new Component Source Plugins, using Paragraphs and Layout Builder as examples - how Canvas' Component and Code Component config entity types' plumbing powers much of what you see in the UI We'll finish with an overview of existing debugging tools, available documentation, and configuration management strategies. The goal: you'll walk away with a sense of accomplishment that you *get* how it works and can expand it! https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/drupal-developers-guide-canvas read more

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Config Pages: The Missing Admin UI for Your Custom Site Settings

Anna Femath (afem) Most custom features in Drupal need settings, but too often, those settings are hidden behind broad admin permissions, hardcoded into modules or themes, or require custom forms just to expose them. In this session, we will explore the Config Pages module, a clean and maintainable solution to manage structured settings through site building tools and the Field API. We will cover use cases like managing site-wide alerts, global contact information, and quick links, demonstrating examples built with U.S. Web Design System (USWDS). You’ll learn how Config Pages improves the editorial experience through tightly scoped permissions that show editors only what they need and giving developers full control over how and where settings appear in Twig templates or as configurable blocks. https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/config-pages-missing-admin-ui-your-custom-site-settings read more

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Stop creating Drupal Forms! Just describe a schema - the form will appear automatically!

Alexey Korepov (murz) Oh, that Drupal Forms... Too much code just to create a simple form with a couple of fields! What if I tell you that those times are in the past? Now, just describing the form data in the YAML declarative format is enough! The rest will be done automatically, without any line of code: the form fields design, validation, submission, saving to the database, and all other boring stuff - everything works out of the box! Using this declarative approach, you can create any type of form automatically: - End-user forms, like a feedback form or a comment form. - Custom settings pages with automatic saving to the configuration. - Entity Forms with all base fields editable in the form. And if you want to customize some fields or the submission flow, you're still able to do this by code. But just with a couple of code lines, without tons of boilerplate. Come to learn how to make forms without pain, and forget those times of writing a lot of code lines. https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/stop-creating-drupal-forms-just-describe-schema-form-will-appear-automatically read more

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Drupal CMS, site templates and beyond

Pamela Barone (pameeela) Cristina Chumillas (ckrina) Drupal CMS 2.0 has launched, complete with Drupal Canvas and site templates! What does this mean for building Drupal sites? And what's next? Some topics we may cover: * How we're using Canvas and what it offers * Features and areas we're working on now * Plans for future versions ongoing * What we're looking for from contributors * How we defined the strategy and scope * Using the strategy to define the roadmap and what it looks like now * Highlights from the development of Drupal CMS 2.0 and what we learned https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/drupal-cms-site-templates-and-beyond read more

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The state of JavaScript Code Components in Drupal Canvas

Bálint Kléri (balintbrews) Drupal Canvas introduced Code Components last year at DrupalCon Atlanta, opening a new avenue for Drupal frontend engineering by shipping a zero-setup, in-browser code editor, and out-of-the-box support for React and Tailwind CSS. A lot has happened since then. As the technical lead for Code Components, I've watched the possibilities steadily grow as Drupal Canvas has matured and become stable. New features have been introduced to support data fetching and Next.js-style image optimization. Experiments are underway to support server-side rendering and third-party imports. Editing Code Components is no longer bound to the browser: A CLI tool makes it possible to work with them in any development environment. This opens up interesting opportunities, such as building decoupled frontends. This session will discuss different approaches and techniques for working with Code Components in Drupal Canvas, as well as the current state of all features, experiments, and plans for the future. https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/state-javascript-code-components-drupal-canvas read more

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Agent Experience (AX) and AI-driven Drupal

Scott Falconer (scott-falconer) We spend significant time optimizing User and Developer Experience (UX/DX), but our next frontier is Agent Experience (AX). As AI agents like Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex become everyday tools, how do we ensure they actually understand Drupal's unique architecture, APIs, and best practices? Out of the box, general-purpose AI agents may wander or fail at tasks because they lack appropriate context. Today, our community is actively defining the infrastructure for AI-driven Drupal - unifying AGENTS.md, CLI tools, and "Agent Skills" into a cohesive standard. In this session, we will demystify this new ecosystem and show you how to drastically scale your Drupal workflows. https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/agent-experience-ax-and-ai-driven-drupal read more

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Context is Everything: Configuring Drupal AI for Consistent, On-Brand Content

Kristen Pol (kristen pol) Aidan Foster (afoster) AI can generate landing pages, service pages, and blog posts in seconds - but without the right context, the results feel generic, off-brand, or just plain wrong. Context is what takes you from AI-slop to content that is authentic and resonates with your audience. In this session, we'll show you how to configure Drupal's Content Control Center and Canvas AI to produce content that actually sounds like your organization. You'll see how simple markdown files defining brand voice, tone, and content structure can dramatically improve AI outputs. Through demos, we'll walk you through creating a landing page, service page, and blog post to demonstrate how different context rules and guidelines can be applied in various applications. You'll leave with a practical starter framework for building your own context files, plus clear guidance on how to apply it to your Drupal site. https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/context-everything-configuring-drupal-ai-consistent-brand-content read more

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Next steps for Drupal Canvas

Lauri Timmanee (lauriii) For years, the Drupal community has talked about a component-driven future. The Drupal Canvas is where that future finally becomes a reality. This is more than just an evolution of Layout Builder; it's a fundamental paradigm shift in how we think about building with Drupal. Join us for a visionary, forward-looking session that goes beyond a simple roadmap. We'll explore the core concepts behind Drupal Canvas and demonstrate how upcoming features will unlock new possibilities. You will leave this session empowered to shape the future of digital experiences with Drupal Canvas. https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/next-steps-drupal-canvas read more

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Deploy with Confidence: Automated Testing for Drupal

Dharizza Espinach (dharizza) Simon Morvan (garphy) Shipping updates for Drupal sites doesn’t have to be stressful or error-prone. In this session, we’ll dive deep into automated testing as the backbone of a reliable CI/CD workflow, showing how developers can confidently move code from development to production while preventing regressions and maintaining site quality. Using real-world examples, we’ll explore how to integrate automated testing at multiple stages of your workflow, including: - Unit and functional testing to verify individual modules and site functionality. - Visual regression testing with tools like Diffy to catch unintended layout or design changes before deployment. - Multi-stage testing pipelines that run tests at local, staging, and pre-production environments to ensure safe, repeatable deployments. Attendees will leave with a practical understanding of how to implement a full test-driven deployment strategy for Drupal, reduce errors, and improve confidence in their releases. https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/deploy-confidence-automated-testing-drupal read more

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Proposing a 'Code of Care' for the Drupal Community

Will Huggins (zoocha will) Following on from the DrupalCon Vienna session "It’s OK to NOT be OK! Establishing support frameworks in community teams", this session will advance the proposal to create a 'Code of Care' to enshrine in policy how we care for each other in the Drupal community. The session will explore in more depth the key themes of: The impact of external factors: Sometimes health, family, work or other personal reasons compromise our ability to follow through on the community obligations we have committed to. This can lead to guilt and shame, adding more pressure at precisely the time you need the most compassion and support. Dealing with over-commitment: There can be many reasons for ‘biting off more than we can chew’. A common one is because we are passionate about specific initiatives or subjects and really want to get involved… pushing ourselves beyond our own capacity. Spotting the warning signs: If a team member is struggling to cope, it is likely they put on a brave face and suffer in silence. A Code of Care would equip us all with tools and resources to help us spot warning signs and create ‘safe spaces’ for team members to seek help. The session will conclude with a detailed proposal for the 'Code of Care' and how it might be implemented. https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/proposing-code-care-drupal-community read more

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Managing Configuration for Drupal Multisites: Config Splits, Templates, and Automation

Jordan Thompson (nord102) Running multiple sites from a single Drupal codebase is powerful—and tricky—when it comes to configuration. One site needs a feature, another must not have that feature; environment overrides creep in; and “just export and import” stops being simple. This session presents a clear, repeatable approach built around distinct Config Split types and shows how to templatize and automate them so adding a new site is a 5‑minute task, not a much longer ordeal. What we’ll be covering: - Site-level splits (per-domain overrides), feature-level splits (toggleable features any site can opt into), and environment-level splits (dev/stage/prod tooling). - Setting split precedence using Config Split - Opinionated directory structure and naming conventions that prevent overlap and drift. - Reusable site-level split templates - A lightweight automation command that scaffolds a new site-level split from the template and runs a quick validation so you know it’s sound. We’ll walk through creating a feature split, generating a new site split from a template, opting the site into the feature, and importing config across two sites locally. You’ll leave with an understanding of patterns, templates, and a simple automation you can adopt immediately. https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/managing-configuration-drupal-multisites-config-splits-templates-and-automation read more

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Building AI-Powered Drupal Applications: From Setup to Production-Ready Features

Christoph Breidert (breidert) Transform your Drupal sites with practical AI integration in this hands-on workshop. Starting with the Drupal AI module installation, you'll progressively build AI-powered features including automated content generation, intelligent image alt text, CKEditor AI enhancements, and SEO optimization tools. Advanced topics cover AI automators for PDF processing, URL content import, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) for intelligent search. Each concept includes hands-on building with step-by-step guidance. You'll leave with working code, configured AI workflows, and the foundation to build sophisticated AI applications. Bring your laptop for the complete hands-on experience - no AI background required, just curiosity and basic Drupal familiarity. https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/building-ai-powered-drupal-applications-setup-production-ready-features read more

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No Code Queries: Dynamic Content with Views

Amani Mansour (amani.mansour92) Drupal’s Views module is a powerful tool for building custom content listings, filtered displays, and dynamic, auto-updating pages — all without writing any code. As DrupalCMS continues to simplify the site-building experience with a user-friendly interface and built-in tools like Experience Builder, many newer users are discovering Drupal for the first time. Views provides a natural next step for those users: a way to go beyond simple content creation and start building more dynamic, tailored experiences. In this session, we’ll walk through how Views works, including: Creating lists of content, users, media, or taxonomy terms Using filters, sorting, and contextual logic to tailor displays Displaying Views as blocks or pages Connecting Views with Layout Builder or Experience Builder This session will demonstrate how Views can help you build smarter, more flexible sites — without needing to write custom code. https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/no-code-queries-dynamic-content-views read more

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Display Builder, the HTMX-powered visual builder

Pierre Dureau (pdureau) HTMX has been added to Drupal 11.2 as a light javascript dependency to modernize and unify many legacy Drupal APIs: AJAX, AJAX for Views, Form States, Big Pipe… This addition is also opening new easy ways of building modern, performant, highly interactive, user interfaces for both the admin and front UI, without the need of javascript frameworks. One of those UI is the new Display Builder contrib module, which is leveraging HTMX, alongside many recent additions to Drupal Core, to provide a display building experience both unified (page layouts, entity displays, content and more) and powerful (design system native, live previews, iterative updates, realtime collaboration, adaptive profiles…). From this example, we will explore together how we can modernize the UI of other Drupal modules, providing a reactive, world-class, user experience while keeping the implementation lean and maintainable. https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/display-builder-htmx-powered-visual-builder read more

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Steal This Playbook: UX Lessons From Nonprofit Websites

Janna Fiester (jannafiester) Joanna Jackson (joannajackson) Great non-profit websites do more than deliver content, they create connection. They guide users, inspire engagement and donations, and make complex organizations feel human. In this session, we’ll break down real-world examples of top non-profit websites and show how their UX strategies translate into Drupal builds and performant experiences. From navigation patterns to content architecture to design choices, you’ll leave with an actionable playbook of practical ideas ready to apply to your next Drupal project. https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/steal-playbook-ux-lessons-nonprofit-websites read more

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Beyond Chunk and Pray: Smarter RAG for Drupal AI

Vincenzo Gambino (vincenzo gambino) Everyone’s talking about RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation), but let’s be honest: the standard demo usually goes something like this: split your content into chunks, toss them into a vector database, cross your fingers, and hope the LLM comes back with something vaguely useful. That’s fine for a project with straightforward content, but in the case of a hundred thousand Drupal nodes, you need a different RAG setup and strategy. In this session, we’ll look at how to make RAG actually reliable. We’ll cover: Introduction to RAG and embeddings: a tour through the basics of combining large language models with external knowledge. Hybrid retrieval: mixing semantic embeddings with old-school keyword search (BM25) so you don’t miss the obvious. Smarter chunking: using headings, paragraphs, and semantic cues instead of arbitrary splits. Re-ranking: allowing smaller models to refine the retrieval process before the LLM takes over. Context injection: using user profiles, session data, and relationships between nodes to give the model the “bigger picture.” You’ll leave with a clear sense of how to move from basic “embeddings in a box” to a proper AI assistant that respects your content structure, scales with Drupal, and maybe, just maybe, makes your users think you’ve built magic. Bring your curiosity, and perhaps a cup of tea. We’ll be doing more than chunking this time. https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/beyond-chunk-and-pray-smarter-rag-drupal-ai read more

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Next Generation ECA - Vision and Progress update

Jürgen Haas (jurgenhaas) ECA (the Event, Condition, Action module) for modern Drupal has established itself as the go-to tool for automating Drupal workflows with a no-code/low-code approach. After several years in production and with the benefit of experience and feedback from hundreds of power users, the time has come to plan and execute the future of ECA and make an even bigger difference for Drupal and all its users. ECA's future vision is to accomplish the following goals: 1. Currently, ECA is used by only 1% of Drupal users; the next generation of ECA will be suitable for all Drupal users, including those with little or no experience of the platform. 2. Getting started with ECA currently requires users to have a basic understanding of Drupal and its workflow. The next-generation ECA will be intuitive for all users, enabling them to achieve success with ECA in minutes. 3. The next-generation ECA will guide users, helping them to elevate their skills and achieve more as they progress. 4. Personas: currently, ECA caters for developers, site builders and project managers. This will be extended to enable all users to build their own workflows and automations. This session will outline how the maintainers and the Drupal community are planning to achieve these goals and how much progress has been made so far. https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/next-generation-eca-vision-and-progress-update read more

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Escape from Drupal Island! (Spice level: 🌶️ 🌶️ 🌶️ )

Josh Koenig (joshk) It's been 13 years since the original call to "get off the island" went out. Since then the web has grown and changed quite a lot, yet DrupalCon remains a sea of familiar faces. Community is a comfort, and there’s much to celebrate on this 25th anniversary, but for this project to thrive it must tap new sources of energy. Much of the thinking in this community is informed by hard-won experience, but also biased towards the past. The web is being ripped apart and put back together in real time, but the rate of adoption of Drupal is basically flat. The time is now to question everything. What if the solution isn't putting more into Drupal, but putting Drupal into more things? Instead of importing more features to Drupal Island, what would it take to get out there and build connections, bridges, and conduits to other sources of innovation? In this provocative presentation, Pantheon Co-Founder and Drupal user number 3,133 Josh Koenig will present market data on the state of the Web, AI’s impacts on our profession, and lay out a what he sees as the best path for Drupal practitioners to chart their course forward for themselves, and for their organizations. https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/escape-drupal-island-spice-level read more

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Beyond the Drupal bubble: Building a cross-community ecosystem

Maya Schaeffer (mayalena) Alex Dergachev (dergachev) Drupal has always thrived because of its passionate developer community. But the future of Drupal depends on something bigger: the ecosystem around it. Designers, communicators, strategists, web managers, and decision-makers all influence whether Drupal gets adopted and sustained. Over the past three years, Maya Schaeffer and Alex Dergachev have experimented with ways to bring these broader audiences into the Drupal ecosystem through the EvolveDrupal (now EvolveDigital) summit series. When the first events launched, about 60% of attendees were technical, and many non-technical roles were hesitant to attend something branded as a “Drupal event.” Through intentional outreach, personal invitations, ecosystem partnerships, and programming focused on real digital challenges, the audience gradually shifted to roughly 30% technical and 70% broader digital roles across higher education, government, agencies, nonprofits, and tech vendors. In this session, we’ll share what we learned from organizing 11 summits designed to get “off the Drupal island.” We’ll explore how outreach, branding, programming, and collaboration can bring new voices into the ecosystem—and how agencies, community organizers, and contributors can act as force multipliers for Drupal’s future. https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/beyond-drupal-bubble-building-cross-community-ecosystem read more

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Facilitating Like a Dungeon Master: Using RPG Skills for Stakeholder Magic

Eric Davila (erykmynn) For so many of our projects, the key to success lies in mastering the art of listening and interpreting feedback—skills that any seasoned game master knows well. Just as a game master guides players through an evolving story, product teams must navigate the complex dynamics of customer and stakeholder relationships. This session will explore how techniques from tabletop role-playing games like Dungeons and Dragons can be applied to stakeholder management and all forms of facilitation. We’ll delve into the importance of letting stakeholders talk, understanding their underlying needs, and translating feedback into actionable strategies—much like interpreting the motivations and actions of players in a campaign. We’ll also look at models for setting expectations and boundaries in kickoff meetings, then structuring and preparing for the work ahead. You’ll learn how to balance different personalities, keep the “party” moving forward toward a shared goal while avoiding common pitfalls like railroading, scope creep, or disengaged participants. Whether you’re dealing with demanding clients, internal teams, or external partners, this session will equip you with the tools to become a “game master” in your professional projects. https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/facilitating-dungeon-master-using-rpg-skills-stakeholder-magic read more

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Winning the Higher Ed CMS Battle: How to Outsell Proprietary Platforms with Drupal

We know that Drupal is a predominant Content Management System amongst the top 100 universities globally. What about the other 5,000+ institutions? Who’s choosing proprietary CMS’s, when, and why? How can we ensure Drupal agencies are positioned competitively when competing against proprietary partners for website redesigns? In this session, we’ll walk through data-driven insights for agency leaders competing in the higher education market. We’ll focus on: - Proprietary CMS’s products, features, pricing, differentiators, and more - Guiding a CMS recommendation or a CMS evaluation process - Addressing common misconceptions around Drupal By the end of the presentation, you’ll be better-equipped to win Drupal work at the critical junction of the CMS + agency choice. https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/winning-higher-ed-cms-battle-how-outsell-proprietary-platforms-drupal read more

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Future-Proofing Accessibility: Strategies for Government & University Platforms

Kat Shaw (katannshaw) Monica "Nikki" Flores (monicadear) Javier Reartes (javi-er) Kat Shaw and M. Nikki Flores are CPACC-certified and work with Javier Reartes at Lullabot to integrate accessibility as a mindset and framework into government platforms, such as for the states of Iowa, Maryland, and Georgia, and higher education, such as UMass Amherst and NYU. This session explores how governments and higher education institutions can move beyond basic compliance to truly implement accessibility across their digital platforms. We delve into strategies for integrating accessibility throughout the project lifecycle, from initial planning and design to development, QA testing, and content entry. Drawing on real-world case studies, including Iowa.gov’s digital transformation project and the State of Maryland platform, we discuss how to leverage Drupal's features and contributed modules to create accessible experiences. The session covers key aspects including: a) design system reviews, b) automated and manual testing, c) content entry training for meaningful alt text and logical heading order, and d) benefits of cross-collaboration. Attendees gain insights into fostering a "shift-left" methodology, preventing issues, increasing cross-collaboration, and ultimately delivering higher quality, more inclusive digital services. We also touch upon the importance of understanding the "why" behind accessibility, considering the experiences of users with disabilities, and the long-term benefits of an accessibility-forward approach. https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/future-proofing-accessibility-strategies-government-university-platforms read more

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Drupal AI Initiative: A Year in Review with Panel Q&A

Paul Johnson (pdjohnson) Christoph Breidert (breidert) James Abrahams (yautja_cetanu) Scott Falconer (scott-falconer) Kristen Pol (kristen pol) With the launch of the Drupal AI Initiative approaching its one-year anniversary, now is the perfect time for a critical look back and an exciting preview of what's next. Building on the significant announcements around AI revealed in the DriesNote, this session offers a comprehensive exploration of the Drupal AI Initiative. Attendees will gain an in-depth understanding of the progress achieved so far, including recent developments in AI integration within Drupal, as well as the roadmap for upcoming features and improvements. The session will include: * A detailed overview of the current capabilities enabled by the Drupal AI Initiative. * A forward-looking discussion of upcoming developments, including opportunities for community contribution and experimentation. * An open “Ask Me Anything” segment, providing participants the chance to engage directly with the initiative’s technical leads, clarify technical questions, and explore integration possibilities. https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/drupal-ai-initiative-year-review-panel-qa read more

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AI as a PM’s Co-Pilot: Decision-Making with the OODA Loop

Jaspreet Singh (jaspreetsingh31) As a project manager, I remember how overwhelming it was to handle that big Drupal multi-site rollout. There were so many tickets to track, and the client’s priorities kept shifting. With different teams depending on each other, I often felt like I was just putting out fires instead of steering the project. I started looking into AI tools, not to replace me, but to act as an assistant — something to help me see things clearly and make decisions faster. I used the OODA Loop (Observe, Orient, Decide, Act) to give structure to how I worked with AI. a) Observe: I had AI scan Jira boards, Slack chats, and long client emails to pull key points and risks into short summaries. b) Orient: It helped me analyze workflows, spot stuck tickets, and highlight dependencies. c) Decide: With that context, I could prioritize better, unblock the team, and shift focus where it mattered most. d) Act: I laid out the next steps simply, kept the team aligned, and updated the client so everyone stayed on the same page. This gave me structure, reduced chaos, and helped me feel in control. AI is everywhere now, but without a framework, it can add clutter. The OODA Loop bridges that gap — not replacing PMs but helping us make quicker, clearer decisions. Using this, we caught problems earlier, sprints felt more manageable, meetings ran shorter, and clients noticed steady progress with fewer surprises. For me, it meant less time lost in my inbox and more time moving the project forward. https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/ai-pms-co-pilot-decision-making-ooda-loop read more

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Designing for Depth: Information Architecture Strategies in Large Drupal Sites

Anne Lentino (alentino) When your Drupal site spans thousands of pages, good content structure isn’t just helpful, it’s essential. This 30-minute session will share practical strategies for managing large-scale Drupal sites through user-centered information architecture (IA) and smart use of Drupal’s tools. You’ll see how user research informed taxonomy design and content prioritization, how to build navigation patterns that help users explore deep content archives, and which Drupal features enable scalable, flexible, and future-friendly IA structures. Whether you’re redesigning a large site or maintaining a complex one, this session will give you actionable approaches to architect smarter, faster, and more intuitive Drupal experiences. https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/designing-depth-information-architecture-strategies-large-drupal-sites read more

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Increasing enrolment amidst changing student demographics

CJ Pagtakhan (cjpagtakhan) Higher education is facing a critical challenge: shifting demographics, increasing competition, and evolving student expectations are making enrolment growth harder than ever. In this session, we’ll explore how Drupal can be a powerful driver of enrolment success by enabling personalization, accessibility, streamlined user journeys, and data-driven decision-making. Drawing on insights from more than 500 digital projects with colleges and universities across North America, we’ll showcase proven strategies, real-world examples, and actionable takeaways that your institution can apply immediately. Whether you’re focused on attracting first-generation students, improving graduate program visibility, or re-engaging adult learners, this session will highlight how Drupal’s flexibility and scalability can help you meet the moment and deliver measurable enrolment results. https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/increasing-enrolment-amidst-changing-student-demographics read more

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From Chaos to Clarity: Building a Sustainable Content Governance Model with Drupal

Richard Nosek (richard-nosek) CJ Pagtakhan (cjpagtakhan) Organizations often struggle with fragmented content, inconsistent messaging, and editorial bottlenecks—especially as websites grow and multiple teams contribute to the same platform. In this session, we’ll explore how to design and implement a sustainable content governance model in Drupal that keeps your content organized, high-quality, and future-proof. Attendees will learn practical workflows for content authors, editors, and administrators, including strategies for approval processes, content audits, and lifecycle management. The session also covers frameworks for defining roles, responsibilities, and standards that scale across teams and departments. Real-world examples from Drupal sites of varying sizes will illustrate how structured governance not only improves content quality but also enhances collaboration, reduces technical debt, and supports long-term digital strategy goals. By the end of the session, you’ll have actionable insights to create a governance model that transforms chaotic content operations into a streamlined, sustainable system. https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/chaos-clarity-building-sustainable-content-governance-model-drupal read more

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The Strategic Evolution of Drupal and the AI Initiative - Orchestration and Beyond

James Abrahams (yautja_cetanu) At Vienna, we showcased how Canvas AI can transform page-building in Drupal. Now, we’re excited to show you the next step. The Drupal AI Initiative is driving the strategic evolution of Drupal through our dual-track approach: bi-weekly Immediate Impact releases and twice-yearly Strategic Evolution leaps. Our latest leap is the development of truly orchestrated Flows. Our rigorous focus on UX for tools like ECA, Tools API and MCP, means even ambitious site builders can create complex orchestrations without code, from content moderation to full site migrations. Our visual workflows give you precise control over AI agents, allowing you to combine intelligent non-deterministic AI agents with reliable and predictable standard deterministic actions. These innovations are the heart of what we do, and have the potential to turbocharge and future-proof how we engage with new Drupal builds. Our core tools can accomplish more without needing to develop new modules for each new iteration. This allows us to focus on a speedy time-to-market for releases whilst ensuring everything is working securely, reliably and on point. Come for a deeper dive into the AI features you saw in the DriesNote. Whether you're a developer, site builder, or decision-maker, you'll leave with practical knowledge of current AI capabilities in Drupal and insight into shaping its future. It's never been a better time to Do It With Drupal! https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/strategic-evolution-drupal-and-ai-initiative-orchestration-and-beyond read more

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The Bug Stops Here: The State of Georgia Shifts Left

James Sansbury (q0rban) Jasmyne Epps (jasmyneepps) How the State of Georgia streamlined their QA and UAT process to ship code faster and catch bugs earlier. Jasmyne Epps (Unit Director, Digital Services Georgia) and James Sansbury (Owner, Tugboat) reveal how Georgia transformed their software delivery lifecycle for GovHub, their Drupal CMS powering 80+ state agency websites. Traditional staging-server bottlenecks created end-of-sprint QA crunches, delayed releases, team burnout, and expensive rework. Migrating 80+ websites with the existing workflow was infeasible. Implementing "shift left" moved testing, QA, and stakeholder signoff to pull request time. This distributed QA throughout sprints and caught issues earlier, benefiting developers, QA testers, product managers, and stakeholders. Key Topics: • Identifying and eliminating SDLC bottlenecks • Implementing "shift left" testing in government environments • Leveraging Docker, CircleCI, and Tugboat for testing infrastructure • Managing complex migration workflows with parallel testing • Visual regression testing and automated QA integration • Secure data handling strategies for realistic test environments https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/bug-stops-here-state-georgia-shifts-left read more

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Drupal Test Traits - Learn by example

Moshe Weitzman (moshe weitzman) Learn about Drupal Test Traits (DTT), an open source project started by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Dive into real tests from our open source project, and learn how DTT works under the hood. mass.gov is large, content-centric site. Most of our tests click around and assert that content is laid out properly, the right icons are showing, etc. In order to test this stuff, we need the mass.gov database - testing on an empty site won't do. The traditional tool for testing a site using an existing database is Behat. So we used Behat for over a year and found it getting more and more awkward. We've replaced Behat with DTT! DTT reuses the awesome Drupal core testing system, so it works with your site's content, as opposed to an empty site. It supports testing client side interactions in addition to traditional browsing. At the end of this session, you will have another tool to test your content-centric sites. https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/drupal-test-traits-learn-example read more

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Drupal.org Engineering Panel

Tim Hestenes Lehnen (hestenet) Join the Drupal.org engineering team for updates on our work to support the community. Learn how a small but mighty team not only supports Drupal.org as a community site, but also the project infrastructure including the updates servers, localization service, code repositories, testing, and much more. We'll also talk about our participation in core initiatives like AutoUpdates, Project Browser, and Recipes, as well as the next phase of the GitLab project. read more

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Teaching an old site new tricks: Refreshing the Flagship at Harvard Medical School

Antonio Savorelli (antiorario) Our talk will present the most salient aspects of what we call the HMS Flagship Refresh project, born out of multiple needs: integrating the MD Program’s content into the site, before OpenScholar’s decommissioning in November 2025; enhancing the role of the site as an editorial product, after the 2023 launch of the standalone Harvard Medicine magazine; and the structural and visual modernization of the site, which in 2024 was the oldest flagship among Harvard schools. Our main constraints were, predictably, time and budget, and the idea that finding a way to keep working on the existing site would be more economical and sustainable than embarking in a multi-year, full-on redesign-and-rebuild project. In addition to that, not fully outsourcing the project would allow us to take advantage of our small but experienced web-development team. We’ll explore the main aspects of our approach: 1. We hired vendors for key project milestones: content strategy to integrate the new content while preserving the site’s integrity, and design and front-end development for new and refreshed components 2. We established a multi-office collaboration process with strong project management and internal communication to make the process transparent and inclusive of all stakeholders, including school leadership and site owners 3. We have been progressively rebuilding the site using modern, flexible, and sustainable techniques, from layout patterns to coding standards and Drupal-related technologies https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/teaching-old-site-new-tricks-refreshing-flagship-harvard-medical-school read more

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Frontend Strategies for Drupal: From Multisite to Migrations

Rich Lawson (rklawson) Dharizza Espinach (dharizza) Drupal’s frontend ecosystem continues to evolve, and the right frontend strategy depends on the project context. Rather than a narrow “how-to” on a specific editor or framework, this session looks across types of Drupal frontend projects and the strategies that make them successful. Through case studies (multisite rollouts, design-system adoption, platform migrations and consolidations), attendees will learn which frontend approaches and tradeoffs map to which project types — and how to plan for maintainability, editor happiness, and cross-team adoption. read more

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HTMX: a new toolset in Drupal Core

Shawn Duncan (fathershawn) HTMX has steadily risen among JavaScript projects since its release in recent years, gaining more new stars on GitHub in 2024 than React. Now HTMX is integrated into Drupal core and forms the basis of a subsystem that will replace our jQuery based Ajax API. HTMX is both simple and powerful. It enables any HTML element to become a hypermedia control, enhancing interaction with the site. HTMX uses HTML as its data structure enabling replacement or addition of new markup anywhere on the page. Drupal 11.3 shipped with a new subsystem that allows straightforward integration of HTMX into Drupal. This session will introduce this subsystem and the theory and practice of hypermedia web applications built with HTMX. We will walk through examples of how you can start using HTMX in your own projects and also look at the current status of the community initiative to replace the Ajax API. https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/htmx-new-toolset-drupal-core read more

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Get Aligned or Stay Stuck: How Experiments Unlock Team Potential

Cori Neslund (cneslund) Team's aren't getting stuck because they lack ideas -- they get stuck because they can’t agree on what to try next. Whether it’s due to navigating internal politics, a fear of failure, or decision fatigue, progress becomes a never-ending churn when a path forward struggles to be defined. Iterative experimentation doesn't just solve problems or reduce risk, it creates a sense of shared confidence in a team's abilities and demonstrates their capacity in tackling bigger, cooler, more impactful issues. In this session, we'll explore how the practice of designing safe-to-try experiments gives teams a way to unblock themselves consistently. Come learn how to design and implement experiments, build buy-in, and translate results into forward momentum. https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/get-aligned-or-stay-stuck-how-experiments-unlock-team-potential read more

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Let the Browser Decide: Responsive Images as a Tool to Bridge the Digital Divide

Perry Brown (uptil4music) A major contributing factor to the Digital Divide - the unequal access to and effective use of digital technology - lies squarely with those of us who build and maintain websites. We often compel users to download enormous images to use our sites, without considering the burden this places on infrastructure, devices, data costs, and personal patience. The sheer magnitude of image-based web content, estimated at about 35% by volume, exacerbates the problem. It's time for us to responsibly use the excellent tools Drupal places at our disposal. We must architect our sites to balance our desire for visual impact with our duty to be good digital citizens, by empowering the browser to choose the most optimal image for every situation. It's time to rethink responsive images, relinquish centralized control, and let the browser decide. https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/let-browser-decide-responsive-images-tool-bridge-digital-divide read more

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Migrate Smarter: How a Structured AI Methodology Unlocked a Complex Drupal 7 to 11 Migration

Marco Molinari (marco) Migrating a 15-year-old Italian humor site (132K nodes, 100K newsletter subscribers, 18 custom modules, 93 contrib modules, and a MailUp integration) to Drupal 11 is the kind of project that traditionally requires a team, months of work, and a budget that's hard to swallow. This session shows how a structured, artifact-driven AI methodology rewrote that calculus on a real, completed project. Tag1 Senior Architect Marco Molinari applied BMAD (Breakthrough Method for Agile AI-Driven Development) to deliver 40+ stories across 5 epics, migrating 300K entities, building 6 custom Drupal 11 modules, and completing integrations with Cloudflare, MailUp OAuth2, and Iubenda GDPR. Zero blockers. 100% story completion. The kind of results that redefine what's possible within a client budget. Drupal 11's clean architecture (Composer-based dependencies, config sync, typed services) proved to be a real advantage; these are patterns AI can reason about reliably in ways that Drupal 7's hook-heavy approach never allowed. Marco covers what worked, what didn't, and what this approach genuinely demands in time and expertise. Attendees leave with concrete practices and an honest picture of where AI-assisted development delivers and where experienced judgment is still irreplaceable. https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/migrate-smarter-how-structured-ai-methodology-unlocked-complex-drupal-7-11 read more

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Publish once in Drupal, Syndicate Everywhere

Keegan Rankin (megakeegman) Drupal excels at the Create Once, Publish Everywhere (COPE) model—using structured content to enable the same individual piece of content to flow into a variety of contexts. Publish (on your) Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere (POSSE) is a relevant Indieweb principle, which is more specific to publishing content on your own site, and then to the places where it will actually reach your audience. Drupal has great potential in making it easy for content editors to govern content across multiple platforms. 3 years ago, it was difficult to make good recommendations on how to approach this potentially complex feature-set. Today, however, such solutions are increasingly flexible and easy to configure. Between the technical and cultural implications following the fragmentation of our social media networks, and the continued innovation by the Drupal community, our ability to practice POSSE in Drupal is looking better than ever. In addition to briefing on why now is such an opportune moment, I will demonstrate easy ways to syndicate content from your Drupal site, and provide guidance on which methods are suitable for various use cases. Expect to leave with a good understanding of how to write your content once and send it everywhere, with no extra services required. https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/publish-once-drupal-syndicate-everywhere read more

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Engineering for security compliance: How to prepare before the audit

Matthew Connerton (mrconnerton) Slides: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cwnuN5UooC_dnwGhzFqt8rTGBVV4YAD9/view?… Security and privacy compliance certifications—like SOC 2 (a leading audit standard for security, availability, and confidentiality) and HITRUST (a healthcare-focused security framework)—are quickly becoming standard requirements for healthcare, finance, and other regulated industries building on Drupal. The challenge isn’t just writing policies—it’s proving through code, infrastructure, and process that your systems are secure and well-governed. This session shares engineering lessons from Encore Healthcare’s journey to SOC 2 and HITRUST readiness on a Drupal-based SaaS platform. Instead of focusing on checklists, we’ll explore how to design Drupal architecture, CI/CD, and infrastructure so compliance readiness is continuous, not seasonal. You’ll see how access control, logging, configuration management, and deployment pipelines can produce auditable evidence automatically. We’ll cover aligning Drupal’s configuration management, custom modules, and hosting environments with security controls for change management, encryption, and least privilege. You’ll learn how observability practices can turn audit requirements into real-time visibility and ongoing assurance. You’ll leave with a blueprint for building compliance-aware Drupal applications where your infrastructure, code, and processes work together to make audits almost boring. https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/engineering-security-compliance-how-prepare-audit read more

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From Search Bars to Chatbots: Decoding User Expectations for AI Chat

Emily Kodner (emoleee) Alma Meshes (ameshes) Chat bubbles are everywhere, but are they actually working for users? Sandstorm® conducted usability studies with actual users to uncover what people really want when interacting with AI-driven tools. We tested transactional bots, generative AI, hybrid models, and domain-specific chat experiences to see where they succeed, where they fall short, and how they compare to traditional search. In this session, we will share 5 key findings from our research, including where users instinctively go for support, how they react when AI is in play, and what kinds of experiences foster trust instead of frustration. Attendees will walk away with a practical decision framework for when to use search, chat, or both to create more intuitive and effective Drupal experiences. https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/search-bars-chatbots-decoding-user-expectations-ai-chat read more

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Preparing your Pipeline for the AI Era

James Sansbury (q0rban) Whether you're an AI optimist, a pessimist, or somewhere in-between, there's no getting around it: if you aren't shipping AI-generated code yet, you will be. Are you and your team prepared for it? The traditional code review process wasn't designed for machine-generated code. When AI can produce hundreds of lines in seconds, human reviewers become the bottleneck—and more critically, they miss things. AI generates seemingly perfect code that can harbor subtle business logic errors, security vulnerabilities, or integration issues that only surface under real conditions. No amount of peer review is sufficient for AI-generated code. The solution? Test everything before it merges. When AI can generate features in minutes, your testing strategy needs to match that pace—or risk becoming the new bottleneck. In this session, we'll explore how to build testing pipelines that scale with AI, and why your deployment strategy might determine whether AI becomes your superpower or your liability. https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/preparing-your-pipeline-ai-era read more

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Using Drupal Doesn't Make You Open Source — Lessons from Europe's Largest Public Sector Platform

Adam Nagy (joevagyok) Today the European Commission runs one of the largest Drupal platforms in the world. In the beginning it was adoption without contribution. Each institution tried to implement similar solutions. This talk is about what changed when we stopped trying to justify giving back to the community and started building in a way where contribution is what comes out the other end. Shared modules, common governance, and a platform designed so that doing the work well and doing open source are the same thing. If your organization uses open source but hasn't figured out how to give back, this one's for you. https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/using-drupal-doesnt-make-you-open-source-lessons-europes-largest-public-sector read more

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Strategies for Integrating Drupal Canvas in Your Existing Drupal Platform

Boyan Borisov (boyan.borisov) Explore practical strategies for adopting Drupal's Drupal Canvas in existing platforms, ensuring a smooth transition without compromising current investments. Drupal's Drupal Canvas introduces a new approach to content management with an intuitive, drag-and-drop interface for creating and styling pages directly within the browser. For organizations with established Drupal sites utilizing tools like Layout Builder or Paragraphs, transitioning to Drupal Canvas presents both opportunities and challenges. This session will explore practical strategies for adopting Drupal Canvas in existing platforms, ensuring a smooth evolution without compromising current investments. https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/strategies-integrating-drupal-canvas-your-existing-drupal-platform read more

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KEYNOTE: Drupal CMS Spotlights

Gábor Hojtsy (gábor hojtsy) Kristen Pol (kristen pol) Mike Herchel (mherchel) Bálint Kléri (balintbrews) Scott Falconer (scott-falconer) Jim Birch (thejimbirch) Dive deeper into the latest developments of Drupal CMS and the AI Initiative in a series of lightning talks. The speakers are not only experts in their field, but they are the ones leading each area of development or research. By engaging directly with the experts spearheading these efforts, you’ll have the unique opportunity to join the groundbreaking efforts currently redefining the open-source landscape and play a direct role in building the next generation of the web. https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/keynote-drupal-cms-spotlights read more

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You can (and should!) build a site template

Andy Giles (andyg5000) Adam G-H (phenaproxima) Site templates are a big deal. They have the potential to open Drupal up to more people than ever by delivering functional and beautiful starter sites. But it's up to the Drupal community to create them. And, as with anything in the Drupal world, there are a few ways to go about it. In this session, we'll cover two main ways to build site templates: * The quick way, which empowers site builders to build on top of Drupal CMS and deliver awesome site templates with minimal coding. * The detailed way, for developers who want to keep their recipes well-organized, cleanly architected, thoroughly tested, and reliable. Through real-world examples and a live demo of our recipe stack, you’ll leave with practical knowledge and the confidence to structure site templates that meet your organization’s needs today while remaining adaptable for the future. https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/you-can-and-should-build-site-template read more

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Security Team Panel

Tim Hestenes Lehnen (hestenet) Greg Knaddison (greggles) The security team will present topics from their work promoting a more secure Drupal project. The team will also talk about how they recruit new members, refinements to their procedures, and what you can do to support Drupal security. https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/security-team-panel read more

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Streamlining Content Relevance, Translation, and Migration with a Content Audit tool

Marcelo Hespanhol (mhespanhol) In this session, we will showcase a custom module designed to assist editors with conducting a content audit, including a ROT analysis (Redundant, Outdated, and Trivial) and translation reviews on their website. Periodically performing these analyses is essential for ensuring the relevance of website content, and it is a crucial step during content migration. Our module also leverages AI to evaluate the accuracy of translations for each piece of content, providing a score to help editors maintain consistency across multiple languages. This reduces the risk of discrepancies when one language is updated, ensuring all content remains up-to-date. Based on these reports, editors can choose which content to migrate and which to exclude if it's not relevant to the new site. These selections are integrated into the migration process, ensuring that only the content approved by the client is transferred to the new website. Agenda: - Introductions - Common Challenges - ROT Analysis Report - AI-Powered Translation Review - Content Migration Review - Module Roadmap - Q&A https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/streamlining-content-relevance-translation-and-migration-content-audit-tool read more

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Serious Results, Surprisingly Fun: A Playbook for KPI-Driven Digital Transformation

Tiffany Farriss (farriss) Need a little joy right now? This story has it all: success metrics exceeded, meaningful digital transformation, and a team that genuinely enjoyed the journey. As one usability test participant put it: “I can’t wait until this is live!” In this session, we’ll take you behind the scenes of the Wisconsin Department of Health Services’ two-year effort to digitize and centralize over 9,000 resources from its Aging and Disability Resource Centers (ADRC)—making vital support more accessible to people across Wisconsin. The result? A transformation that was as measurable as it was meaningful, and as technologically innovative as it was fun. Cross-functional teams from WDHS and Palantir.net collaborated through a highly iterative, human-centered process that prioritized accessibility, measurable outcomes, and joy. We experimented, co-created, and celebrated small wins that added up to big impacts. We’ll share how: - Agile practices and co-creation fostered trust, creativity, and momentum - Continuous feedback loops kept stakeholders engaged and energized - Behavior-driven development (using example mapping) aligned engineers and subject matter experts - A shared sense of purpose helped us navigate complex challenges - KPIs told the story: 664% more resource engagement and 25% longer user engagement times If you’re looking for a roadmap to results—and a reminder that impactful government work can be deeply rewarding—this session is for you. https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/serious-results-surprisingly-fun-playbook-kpi-driven-digital-transformation read more

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KEYNOTE: Alexandra Bell, The Security Implications of AI

AI technologies are evolving faster than our ability to understand them, much less control them. While these technologies have the potential to improve our quality of life across multiple sectors, it is essential to global security that governments and civil society weigh the both the costs and benefits of AI expansion. From nuclear proliferation to the environment to public health to the global economy, AI can bring hope or wreak havoc. Bell will outline both the threats at hand, as well as how to manage or mitigate those threats. A noted policy expert and former diplomat, she oversees the Bulletin‘s publishing programs, management of the Doomsday Clock, and a growing set of activities around nuclear risk, climate change, and disruptive technologies. Before joining the Bulletin, Alexandra Bell served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Affairs in the Bureau of Arms Control, Deterrence, and Stability (ADS) at the U.S. Department of State. There she managed the Offices of Strategic Stability and Deterrence and Multilateral and Nuclear Affairs. From 2017 to 2021, Bell was the Senior Policy Director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation and the Council for a Livable World. Previously, Bell served as a Senior Advisor in the Office of the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security and as an Advisor in ADS, then named the Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance. Before joining the Department of State in 2010, she worked on nuclear policy issues at the Ploughshares Fund and the Center for American Progress. https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/keynote-alexandra-bell-security-implications-ai read more

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Exposing Your Drupal Site’s Unique Content and Features to LLMs with MCP

Joe Shindelar (eojthebrave) Large Language Models like ChatGPT and Claude are increasingly used for search, support, dev tools, and content creation. Out of the box, they can read but not interact with your Drupal sites content and features. Model Context Protocol (MCP) solves this by defining a standard way for LLMs to interact with external data sources and tools. Teaching the LLM to interact with Drupal and perform searches, flag nodes, and more. By the end of this session, you will be able to: * Understand what MCP is and the problems it solves. * Use MCP with Drupal’s entity system, and the evolving suite of MCP related modules to support retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and action execution. * Allow an LLM to authenticate and access member-only content and features. * Explore methods for implementing an MCP server to broker requests between an LLM and Drupal. * Build practical use cases, such as retrieving upcoming events, drafting blog posts from recent content, or generating Drupal modules and code explanations. I’ll illustrate by exposing Drupal docs and Drupalize.Me tutorials to an LLM for more context when generating Drupal code. The focus is on learning how to configure your Drupal site—and its unique data and features—so an LLM can understand and interact with it. This technical session is for developers interested in AI \+ Drupal integration, focusing on building custom MCP servers. This is a rapidly evolving space -- we'll focus on the current options, and the future. https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/exposing-your-drupal-sites-unique-content-and-features-llms-mcp read more

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Headings the Right Way: Site Building Tips for Accessible Page Content

Mike McCaffrey (mikemccaffrey) For websites to be accessible, content needs to be thoughtfully arranged into sections and navigable by headings, so users can easily scan a page and find the information they are seeking. Ensuring that proper structure can be one of the biggest accessibility challenges for a Drupal site, with many pages ending up with improperly nested heading levels, sections without explicit headings, or regular text that is styled like headings, but missing the proper semantic markup needed by screen readers. At Kalamuna, we are passionate about building Drupal sites that empower and encourage editors to properly structure their content and provide the headings needed for easy navigation (and passing accessibility scans). Whether content on your site is managed using Field Groups, Twig templates, Paragraphs, Layout Builder, Canvas, or just one big WYSIWYG field, we have tips for how to set things up in a way will result in far more accessible content and much happier users. https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/headings-right-way-site-building-tips-accessible-page-content read more

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Elevating Drupal Experiences with Vanilla Javascript

Andrés Díaz Soto (adiaz) Maria Annuar (mariannuar) Modern web experiences don’t always require decoupled architectures, complex frameworks, or external libraries like React. In this session we’ll show, using real world examples, how vanilla JavaScript can bring rich and interactive storytelling to Drupal without sacrificing performance or editorial workflow. The tools and techniques we’ll cover can be used to build feature-rich interfaces like: - Parallax slideshows for immersive storytelling - Interactive grids that open content in overlays - Scroll-driven animations for storytelling - Sticky / Scroll-Follow Elements like headers, menus, or sidebars that stick while scrolling. - Transitions and animations to provide an app-like experience in a regular web site - Other interactive and responsive interfaces fully integrated into Drupal We’ll share not only our approach and lessons learned, but also practical ideas for other uses of vanilla Javascript to enhance user experience while keeping sites maintainable, performant, and fully within the Drupal ecosystem. https://events.drupal.org/chicago2026/session/elevating-drupal-experiences-vanilla-javascript read more

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Drupal AI Learners Club - 2026-07-31 - Getting AI to Read Your Docs with Jürgen Haas

Most of us have asked an AI assistant a question about a tool, only to get a confident, plausible-sounding wrong answer. Jürgen Haas has spent the last several months tackling that problem head-on for ECA — building out an MCP server, an agent skill, and a full documentation overhaul so that when you ask AI for help building an ECA model, it actually knows what it's talking about. Jürgen will walk us through: What MCP actually is and how it lets AI agents query live, structured documentation instead of guessing from stale training data A live show-and-tell using the ECA Guide as the example — what it looks like when an AI assistant can genuinely help you build a workflow model from natural language Other "robot-findable" docs strategies (llms.txt, agent skills, structured markdown, etc.) and an honest discussion of what's actually paying off versus what's still unproven If you maintain documentation for a module, product, or team wiki and you're wondering whether it's time to make it AI-legible — this is the session for you. Resources from this talk: https://www.drupal.org/docs/develop/development-tools/ai-coding-tools-for-drupal-development/drupal-ai-learners-club-sessions/2026-07-31-%E2%80%94-getting-ai-to-actually-read-your-docs-so-it-can-help-you-build read more

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Dries Buytaert talks about the value of experimenting with AI

Dries Buytaert, project lead for Drupal, talks about the value of experimenting with AI through his Drupal Digests project, contributing to Drupal core issues, and more. read more

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Drupal AI Learners Club: What Did the AI Just Do? Turning Coding Sessions into Learning Trails

You let the AI write the code — but do you understand what it built, and why? Join us for a show-and-tell with Owen Bush (Senior Developer at Lullabot), creator of Decodie — an AI learning companion that turns every coding session into a structured learning trail. As you code with your agent of choice (Claude Code, Cursor, Gemini CLI, and 70+ others), Decodie captures the why behind each decision — patterns used, trade-offs made, alternatives passed over — so you can actually learn from what the AI wrote. Owen will demo the full ecosystem: agent skills, a VSCode extension, a local web UI with lessons and progress tracking, plus a GitHub Action and bot for automatic PR analysis. Come for the demo, stay for the Q&A. read more

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Drupal Association Community Election 2026: Community forum with the candidates

This is a recording of our July 15th community forum with the candidates for the 2026 Community Election for one of the two Director-at-Large positions that hold alternating 2 year terms. This is being supported by a 24 hour asynchronous Slack Q&A with candidates starting on July 16th in Drupal Slack #drupal-association. drupal.org/join-slack to join read more

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Drupal AI Learners Club — How to Enhance Drupal Development with AI with Mateu Aguiló Bosch (e0ipso)

A deeper-dive session from Mateu Aguiló Bosch (e0ipso) on getting your AI coding harness — Claude, Codex, or whatever you're running — to adapt to your own codebase instead of working against it. Mateu will get into improving context management and building long-term project memory, so your tools hold onto what actually matters across a project rather than starting cold every session. Topics to be covered include: adapting your AI harness to an existing codebase, context management strategies, and long-term project memory. RSVP for upcoming Drupal AI Learners Club sessions on Luma: https://luma.com/drupal-ai read more

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Drupal AI Learners Club: Know Before You Owe

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How Southwark Council uses AI and open source software to transform PDF Publishing in Drupal

Hear directly from the team behind an award-winning AI solution built for local government. What does genuinely useful AI in public services look like? Not a concept, not a pilot, but a working solution that saves hours of manual work, improves accessibility, and puts better content in front of citizens faster. Southwark Council's AI-powered PDF importer for Drupal is exactly that, and it won the prestigious Digital Leaders AI Impact Award 2026. Host: James Hall, Product Lead for Websites at Everyone TV Guest: Angie Forson, Web and Digital Program Lead at Southwark Council Download LocalGov Publications Importer: https://www.drupal.org/project/localgov_publications_importer Learn more about Drupal AI: https://www.drupal.org/ai More about the problem solved Manual PDF conversion has long been one of the most time-consuming tasks facing council web teams. Converting a single document can take hours. Multiply that across thousands of PDFs and the burden becomes significant, both in staff time and in the delay it creates before citizens can access accurate, accessible information. The Southwark team, working with their partners at Chicken, built an AI-powered importer for the LocalGov Drupal Publication Module that reduces that process to minutes, often under one minute. How it works Each PDF passes through a three-step pipeline: Extract - a PDF parser pulls the raw content from the document Transform - AI converts it to properly structured, accessible HTML with logical pagination Save - clean HTML pages are ready to review and publish directly in Drupal The result is an HTML representation of the PDF content, saved into a Drupal Publication and ready for review before going live. Every import is logged, so errors can be identified and resolved efficiently. The module uses a plugin architecture, meaning each step in the pipeline can be swapped out. Councils can use different extractors, AI models, or output to different Drupal content types, making the solution adaptable to a wide range of content and operational requirements. Built the right way The team delivered this project with an agile, user-centred approach, continuously refining requirements to ensure the tool meets real user needs rather than simply ticking a technical specification. "This project is a great example of AI working alongside and empowering content creators, and Drupal as a platform supports this really well." - Farez Rahman, Drupal Developer "I'm excited about the impact this product will have, not just for our users, but also in transforming how we design, build, and create content internally. We're shaping a future where services start with HTML-first thinking." - Evelyn Francourt, User Experience Lead Why this matters beyond Southwark Local government teams across the country face the same challenge. This solution, built on open source Drupal and the LocalGov Drupal ecosystem, is designed to be shared, not kept in one place. If your organisation publishes PDFs, manages large volumes of content, or is exploring where AI can deliver practical value without unnecessary complexity, this webinar is for you. read more

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Live Vibing: Let's port webchick's D7 blog to Drupal CMS with Fable LOL NOPE (Round 2 😅)

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Live Vibing: Using Claude Dynamic Workflows to upgrade webchick's old, crusty D7 blog (Part 1)

In this Drupal AI Learners Club session, Angie "webchick" Byron attempts a live, no-safety-net migration of her ancient Drupal 7 personal site (webchick.net) to Drupal CMS using Claude Code — with a roomful of community experts watching and heckling in the best possible way.What starts as a planning exercise turns into a real-world tour of agentic coding: the good, the funny, and the "even when you think you've sorted out access, you haven't." Part 2 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoD0YuEy-ks 0:00 Welcome & intros (todo) 27:12 Inheriting a crusty D7 site: why you plan first 27:50 Grounding Claude in current Drupal facts (not training data) 28:41 Surprise: core migrate modules deprecated/removed in D12 30:04 Context windows + clearing context after planning 31:34 Picking a path: Drupal CMS rebuild vs big-bang vs hybrid 34:04 The plan: fresh Drupal CMS install + targeted D7 migrations 36:04 Rewind, fork, and branch: managing context (and cost) 38:04 Pro tip: log in to use your subscription instead of API tokens 39:34 Reading the plan: migration state file, tiered models, gates 42:04 Claude doesn't know its own new feature (dynamic workflows) 45:04 What dynamic workflows actually are + fixing the plan 46:34 Time to YOLO the plan: auto mode + guardrails 47:34 The "$1,000?!" jump scare (it was $1.00) 49:04 Security check-in with Marlene: prompt injection & separation 52:04 Local stack decisions: DDEV, Docker, Composer 56:04 Handing off SSH creds safely (never paste secrets in chat) 58:34 Playwright & browser automation: impersonating yourself online 1:02:04 Opting out of training on your data + privacy settings 1:05:04 What makes a good agent skill + AI Best Practices 1:09:04 Docker won't cooperate: the privileged port battle 1:14:04 Memories vs skills: fixing it for you vs everybody 1:16:04 Getting SSH working: keys, the "!" escape, ssh-agent 1:25:04 Handing off to a second agent via handoff.md 1:32:04 Wrapping up: what we learned + Part 2 teaser Highlights: Why planning mode matters before you let an agent YOLO a big job Grounding the agent in current Drupal facts vs. its training cutoff — core's migrate modules are deprecated/removed in D12 and NOT moving to contrib The strategic case for landing on Drupal 11 + Drupal CMS now, while D7 source plugins still exist Claude not knowing about its own newly-shipped dynamic workflows feature until pointed at the docs — verify everything! Context management: rewind, fork, branch, and clearing context to stay lean (and cheap) The "$1,000?!" jump scare (spoiler: it was $1.00 — read your decimal points, friends) Playwright browser automation, and why impersonating yourself on drupal.org to auto-post is probably against the rules Marlene's security perspective on prompt injection and keeping research/coding agents separated Why you should NEVER paste private keys or SSH creds into chat — and how to opt out of training on your data A real, unscripted battle with SSH agent / authorized_keys that we did NOT fully solve on camera Agent handoffs: writing a handoff.md to pass state to a second agent Why webchick built AI Best Practices — the "Drupal CMS of agent skills" A Part 2 is planned to pick up where we left off (once that SSH gremlin is sorted). Thanks to Dieter, Marlene, Carlos, Ali, and everyone who hung around late into the night. read more

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Drupal AI Learners Club Livestream

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Southwark Case Study

This example demonstrates how AI, built into Drupal, is helping people work smarter, connect communities, and communicate with clarity. Find out more about Drupal AI here: https://new.drupal.org/ai read more

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Basel Stadt Case Study

This example demonstrates how AI, built into Drupal, is helping people work smarter, connect communities, and communicate with clarity. Find out more about Drupal AI here: https://new.drupal.org/ai read more

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DB Schenker

This example demonstrates how AI, built into Drupal, is helping people work smarter, connect communities, and communicate with clarity. Find out more about Drupal AI here: https://new.drupal.org/ai read more

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World Cancer Day AI assisted moderation of user generated content using Drupal

For World Cancer Day 2026, the Union for International Cancer Control partnered with 1xINTERNET, who developed and deployed AI-powered moderation to review thousands of personal cancer stories submitted from around the world. This example demonstrates how AI, built into Drupal, is helping people work smarter, connect communities, and communicate with clarity. Find out more about Drupal AI here: https://new.drupal.org/ai read more

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AI Learners Club: Getting Ready to do Cool Stuff with AI in Drupal! — 2026-06-10

A hands-on walk-through from Mike Anello of DrupalEasy on setting up the Drupal AI module — what it includes, how to configure it, and why it's the first step to leveraging AI right inside the Drupal UI. Covers AI providers, default models, logging, external moderation, guardrails, and the AI API explorer — plus a taste of what's possible with the AI CKEditor submodule. read more

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RT @TalkingDrupal: On episode #390, Employee Owned Business with Seth Brown, CEO @lullabot. https://t.co/KiYM6Zwz5C #drupal read more

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Nonprofit Drupal posts: March Drupal for Nonprofits Chat https://t.co/uJq3iqKikr #drupal read more

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Community Working Group posts: Nominations are now open for the 2023 Aaron Winborn Award https://t.co/wrYfMue23T #drupal read more

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Community Working Group posts: Call for creators for crafting future Aaron Winborn Awards https://t.co/JqGX6q9W1M #drupal read more

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The Drop Times: Just Keep Showing Up, and the Job Is Yours: Chris Wells | DrupalCamp NJ https://t.co/FL1c6MdS9Z #drupal read more

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RT @ironstar_io: The 2023 Drupal Local Development Survey has now been translated into French, Japanese, and Traditional Chinese. We are ve… read more

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The 2023 Drupal Local Development Survey has now been translated into French, Japanese, and Traditional Chinese. We are very grateful to @mupsigraphy for her work on this French translation. If you would like to add a translation, please let us know as there's still time! read more

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RT @e14t: Mastering Drupal 9 Layout Builder: A Comprehensive Guide to Effortlessly Customize Your Website's Design #drupal https://t.co/veg… read more

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RT @Drupalcameroun: How #Drupal communities on the #African continent can help their governments in their #digitalization process. @_Africa… read more

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Chapter Three: where we celebrate National Pi Day with forward-thinking NextJS and Drupal expertise, and National Potato Chip Day with an unparalleled snacking prowess. What is your favorite chip flavor? 🥧 🍟 🤓#PiDay #PotatoChipDay #drupal #nextjs read more

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Pues me está gustando mucho lo de hacer directos en #twitch sobre desarrollo en #Drupal, le estoy cogiendo el gusto. read more

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Drupal has offered top-notch no-code/low-code site building functionalities long before these two terms even existed. You can learn more about Drupal as a no-code/low-code tool in this @agiledrop article: https://t.co/TDwJn5DT6r #Drupal #NoCode #LowCode https://t.co/tGVQhtdtvH read more

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I spent the last week doing #peformance #optimization of our #drupal 9 application infrastructure. I learned a lot about #PHP #opcache #profiling and Drupal's internal caching systems. #webprofiler module was a big help, too! read more

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The Drop Times: A Stitch in Time Saves Nine https://t.co/VMWANTSAUe #drupal read more

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One of our Back-end Developers, Greg Carlson has officially been with Aten for one year! Greg's favorite project this year was creating a #Drupal module to easily import CSV files to create content for @C4LPreK. In his free time, Greg follows the KU Jayhawks in his hometown. https://t.co/CN5QDULccA read more

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RT @nmdmatt: .@phpstan's new not-deprecated annotation #drupal https://t.co/To2MLb1hpw read more

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RT @nmdmatt: .@phpstan's new not-deprecated annotation #drupal https://t.co/To2MLb1hpw read more

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Matt Glaman: PHPStan's new @not-deprecated annotation https://t.co/Idxe5nlpQV #drupal read more

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Session submission: »The Ten Ways of Trust in Communication« by @kanadiankicks | @open_strategy https://t.co/HpYj8309le #dcruhr23 #Drupal (tf) https://t.co/zkzLT1BNJZ read more

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#Drupalcamp Colorado has dates! Aug 4 and 5. We want YOU to speak! Your topic doesn't have to be Drupal specifically but should be Drupal adjacent. #drupal #camp #opensource @drupalcolorado Please share this post liberally! https://t.co/Yb1x3vxmQ5 https://t.co/jMBQUq2hPu read more

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Wozu braucht man Drush bei #Drupal 9? Module lassen sich direkt updaten. Drupal Update mit Drush hat einen Aufkleber "deprecated". read more

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RT @SamHuskey: Attention #Drupal developers: @scsclassics is hiring! Details at https://t.co/3lTYHaQys3 read more

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Why join the Acquia's Headless Developer Advisory Board? This board is an opportunity to have your say. Provide feedback into our headless products an roadmaps. Check it out! #Drupal #DrupalHeadless #Decoupled #Developers #Technology #Leadership https://t.co/HJVa4aEinQ read more

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RT @TalkingDrupal: On episode #390, Employee Owned Business with Seth Brown, CEO @lullabot. https://t.co/KiYM6Zwz5C #drupal read more

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Olivero is the new default theme in #Drupal10 & 9 – and the most accessible one yet. Learn more about this modern theme’s best features, as well as its notable namesake. https://t.co/JHwH3hexgq #Drupal https://t.co/zTEKd7wOMa read more

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Are you a developer looking to stay ahead of the game? Then mark your calendars for March 19th and join us for the #Drupal Meetup at Zain Zinc! Don't miss out on this opportunity to enhance your skills and connect with fellow professionals! Register Now! https://t.co/0HwzZfdoR6 read more

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What Is a Content Management System (#CMS)? https://t.co/4Pd3JMXeKS #Wordpress 'joomla #Drupal read more

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Le connecteur officiel #ONLYOFFICE pour #Drupal est est disponible dans le répertoire officiel de Drupal. En savoir plus : https://t.co/UuUhlOteJn https://t.co/ENue19M7aN read more

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.@phpstan's new not-deprecated annotation #drupal https://t.co/To2MLb1hpw read more

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RT @drupalfr: 🔍 Vous avez peut-être vu passer une enquête sur les environnements de développement locaux avec #Drupal récemment ? Elle es… read more

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RT @drupalfr: 🔍 Vous avez peut-être vu passer une enquête sur les environnements de développement locaux avec #Drupal récemment ? Elle es… read more

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RT @DrupalCampRuhr: Wir danken unserem Bronze-Sponsor @arocom_GmbH! 🥰 "Sie suchen eine auf das CMS #Drupal spezialisierte Internetagentur… read more

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RT @drupalasheville: If you have an amazing training idea for #Drupal Camp #Asheville, remember to submit by March 28. That’s in two weeks!… read more

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If you have an amazing training idea for #Drupal Camp #Asheville, remember to submit by March 28. That’s in two weeks! If you are an expert in #SEO, #accessibility, #front-end technology, etc. our attendees would love to learn from you. Learn more at https://t.co/kOg4BLfyXq. https://t.co/IBB17YWptn read more

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The latest Drupal Review! https://t.co/AWLDaVGtYD Thanks to @laravel_101 #drupal #developer read more

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RT @DrupalCampRuhr: Wir danken unserem Bronze-Sponsor @arocom_GmbH! 🥰 "Sie suchen eine auf das CMS #Drupal spezialisierte Internetagentur… read more

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Dziś chcemy przedstawić Wam ciekawe oferty na: 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗶 𝗣𝗛𝗣/𝗗𝗿𝘂𝗽𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮🔥 𝗣𝗛𝗣/𝗗𝗿𝘂𝗽𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿 👇 https://t.co/INoX6d6iSQ 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿 👇 https://t.co/9VmiuyNKZ6 #dataengineer #php #Drupal https://t.co/3lW6NZBTPn read more

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Wir danken unserem Bronze-Sponsor @arocom_GmbH! 🥰 "Sie suchen eine auf das CMS #Drupal spezialisierte Internetagentur? Dann sind Sie bei der arocom GmbH genau richtig. Wir entwickeln individuelle Internetauftritte, Portale, Shops und Intranetlösungen." (gs) #dcruhr23 https://t.co/eR7Ql6Tmns read more

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Join us April 27 for the Drupal Zurich Meeting with talks about Ting, AI-Powered-Search-Indexes as well as @SplashAwards_CH 2023 #Drupal #DrupalZH #DrupalSwitzerland https://t.co/HICNsoGSuv read more

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I love all my Drupal and Magento projects I developed in the past 😁🙌 especially Shutterstock from the USA liked it #drupal read more

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RT @drupalfr: 🔍 Vous avez peut-être vu passer une enquête sur les environnements de développement locaux avec #Drupal récemment ? Elle es… read more

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🔍 Vous avez peut-être vu passer une enquête sur les environnements de développement locaux avec #Drupal récemment ? Elle est désormais disponible en français, et vous avez jusqu'au 17 avril pour participer ! 🇫🇷 https://t.co/bvGG2Mh0cI read more

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On episode #390, Employee Owned Business with Seth Brown, CEO @lullabot. https://t.co/KiYM6Zwz5C #drupal read more

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Specbee: Mastering Drupal 9 Layout Builder: A Comprehensive Guide to Effortlessly Customize Your Website's Design https://t.co/J3m41Xemep #drupal read more

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In this blog's category, you’ll learn about useful features of Droopler - our #Drupal distribution for building websites/creating landing pages for #marketing campaigns 👨‍💻 Check the #SEO and navigation functionalities, and the web pages built on Droopler https://t.co/CeicqTnTad read more

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RT @ultimike: I am not surprised by these new #drupal modules, and I welcome our new AI-based content overlords with peace and love 😜 http… read more

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¿Instalar #Drupal con un solo click? Si es posible con nuestros planes de #Hosting (Hospedaje Web), Contrata tu plan ¡Ahora! https://t.co/UyteHPrXCq read more

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ちょっと時間があったので、https://t.co/Fa5p1pcDT8 Blueprintsを触ってみた。Add https://t.co/Fa5p1pcDT8 content typeでレストランとかパン屋を定義してみて、結構ワクワクした。UIが良く属性定義のベストプラクティスが出てくる感じ。 #Drupal https://t.co/mkd5ciBgLy read more

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RT @volkswagenchick: Want to learn how to contribute to #Drupal? Join me at @FoxValleyDrupal next month to learn the ins and outs of the is… read more

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RT @volkswagenchick: Want to learn how to contribute to #Drupal? Join me at @FoxValleyDrupal next month to learn the ins and outs of the is… read more

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RT @ultimike: I am not surprised by these new #drupal modules, and I welcome our new AI-based content overlords with peace and love 😜 http… read more

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RT @opensourceway: Want to learn how to contribute to #Drupal? Join @opensourceway's @volkswagenchick at @FoxValleyDrupal next month to l… read more

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RT @ultimike: I am not surprised by these new #drupal modules, and I welcome our new AI-based content overlords with peace and love 😜 http… read more

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With our #webhosting plans, #webdev create your awesome #website with #drupal a #Free content management system (cms) https://t.co/HbNxEroF4h read more

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RT @volkswagenchick: Want to learn how to contribute to #Drupal? Join me at @FoxValleyDrupal next month to learn the ins and outs of the is… read more

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Want to learn how to contribute to #Drupal? Join @opensourceway's @volkswagenchick at @FoxValleyDrupal next month to learn the ins and outs of the Drupal issue queue. Spoiler alert: you don't have to be a coder to give back to open source. … https://t.co/yi56be3YUR read more

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The latest The drupal Daily! https://t.co/EXg9Mjai8k Thanks to @laravel_101 #drupal #wordpress read more

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@bretwp I recommend #Drupal for sites that have the need to tie together dynamic content in a plethora of ways. Good for HighEd or government sites. read more

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opensourceway: Want to learn how to contribute to #Drupal? Join @opensourceway's @volkswagenchick at @FoxValleyDrupal next month to learn the ins and outs of the Drupal issue queue. Spoiler alert: you don't have to be a coder to give back to open sour… https://t.co/POww6YqRQP read more

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Want to learn how to contribute to #Drupal? Join @opensourceway's @volkswagenchick at @FoxValleyDrupal next month to learn the ins and outs of the Drupal issue queue. Spoiler alert: you don't have to be a coder to give back to open source. https://t.co/G3dSaUzV5r read more

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Want to learn how to contribute to #Drupal? Join me at @FoxValleyDrupal next month to learn the ins and outs of the issue queue. Spoiler alert: you don't have to be a coder to give back to open source. read more

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RT @mikeherchel: #Drupal I wrote a blog post on how I migrated an Olivero component to use Drupal's new Single Directory Components archite… read more

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RT @boshtian: Drupal 10 upgrade: Custom code upgrades, post by @darthsteven of @computerminds https://t.co/StelwGvv96 #Drupal read more

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@iansvo @bretwp Not in the recommendation business anymore but here is how it normally goes - @rootswp for those who love #WordPress + #Laravel. @drupal for those who love @symfony I personally prefer #Drupal these days. read more

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RT @boshtian: Drupal 10 upgrade: Custom code upgrades, post by @darthsteven of @computerminds https://t.co/StelwGvv96 #Drupal read more

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RT @mikeherchel: #Drupal I wrote a blog post on how I migrated an Olivero component to use Drupal's new Single Directory Components archite… read more

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#365daysOfCode Day 356 1. Anki 2. Reading: Javascript Security 101 3. #Drupal : Block Views, built my first one! Still need to push more on drupal it's tough (anyone know any good resources?) 4. #100Devs Standup 5. PoW Dev Hangout 6. Codewars 6th read more

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Attention #Drupal developers: @scsclassics is hiring! Details at https://t.co/3lTYHaQys3 read more

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RT @volkswagenchick: Are you ready to be part of the most exciting European #Drupal event of the year? @DrupalConEur Lille's CFPs is now o… read more

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RT @mikeherchel: #Drupal I wrote a blog post on how I migrated an Olivero component to use Drupal's new Single Directory Components archite… read more

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Talking Drupal: Talking Drupal #390 - Employee Owned Companies https://t.co/fUCxjhpPb5 #drupal read more

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RT @volkswagenchick: Are you ready to be part of the most exciting European #Drupal event of the year? @DrupalConEur Lille's CFPs is now o… read more

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RT @DrupalContract: Now #hiring ➡️ We’re looking for a #Drupal Redesign Project Manager who is skilled with managing project development, d… read more

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RT @DrupalContract: Now #hiring ➡️ We’re looking for a #Drupal Redesign Project Manager who is skilled with managing project development, d… read more

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Now #hiring ➡️ We’re looking for a #Drupal Redesign Project Manager who is skilled with managing project development, defining project scope, goals, and deliverables, and estimating project resource requirements. Learn more & apply here: https://t.co/TqBE9ftdtR #techishiring read more

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Want to learn more about what Contribution Day at #MidCamp 2023 is going to involve? Have we got a meetup for you on April 19th! Thanks to @FoxValleyDrupal https://t.co/ROnSakuIlZ read more

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In the previous versions of #Drupal, you used the #rules module to trigger an action upon an event. In #durpal8 #drupal9 / #drupal10, you subscribe to events and dispatch your own. read more

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Excited to guest host this webinar and chat with some really great security experts to talk about #security in #Drupal read more

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Start taking digital security more seriously! Come see our webinar as guests from @ciandt and the @drupalassoc share insights on pressing security concerns for businesses and provide practical tips for protecting against emerging threats. Join us: https://t.co/E6pvqu2mWO https://t.co/TQcrqAxH5u read more

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Drupal 10 upgrade: Custom code upgrades, post by @darthsteven of @computerminds https://t.co/StelwGvv96 #Drupal read more

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By not upgrading your #Drupal websites to the latest version of #Drupal, you're making it difficult for yourself in the future. read more

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I am not surprised by these new #drupal modules, and I welcome our new AI-based content overlords with peace and love 😜 https://t.co/gXLVYFZ19q Thanks, @kevinquillen, for giving me something new to be distracted by. read more

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Looking to scale up a Drupal site? Or test its capacity to handle surges in volume? Promet’s Josh Estep reviews four load-testing tools for Drupal. https://t.co/6mrfGgWghg #drupal #drupaldeveloper #drupal9 #drugdevelopment #training https://t.co/bKFDuBbrOb read more

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Sprawdź, który system CMS jest dla Ciebie najlepszy! 🤔👨‍💻 Czy to WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, Shopify czy Magento, znajdziesz tu informacje, które pomogą Ci podjąć najlepszą decyzję.📝💻 https://t.co/c17hggTOsB #CMS #WordPress #Joomla #Drupal #Shopify #Magento read more

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To compete with some of the largest companies on the web, independent bookstores need a platform with all of the e-commerce features people have come to expect. See how we helped create a full-featured alternative to platforms like Shopify. https://t.co/A6ApsA1LWP #drupal read more

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Are you ready to be part of the most exciting European #Drupal event of the year? @DrupalConEur Lille's CFPs is now open https://t.co/rz4OkhIZhU read more

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Are you ready to be part of the most exciting European #Drupal event of the year? @DrupalConEur Lille's CFPs is now open https://t.co/6rFNhpIiwJ read more

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Are you ready to be part of the most exciting European #Drupal event of the year? @DrupalConEur Lille's CFPs is now open https://t.co/tVmHJ7JO2a read more

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This #WomensHistoryMonth, support #womenintech by sponsoring the Women in Drupal event at @drupalcon Pittsburgh! Grow and diversify talent in your organization by showcasing the #Drupal project and community at its best: https://t.co/j3fGMwOqyy https://t.co/GZUo6uBrlu read more

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You can write documentation and examples about that documentation. This is also considered a contribution towards the #Drupal project. read more

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Opening Drupal's capabilities to other software

Talk louder about Drupal

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webchick: The October #DrupalOffTheIsland challenge

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Form controls do not have to live inside the form

There are a few tradeoffs

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Ramsalt Lab: A first look at Gutenberg AI, the AI writing tools Ramsalt is building for Drupal

A first look at Gutenberg AI, the AI writing tools Ramsalt is building for Drupal

Sohail Lajevardi

Better writing, right where you write

Tones that fit your audience

Continue writing

Paste cleanup

Your own actions

Translation that respects all languages

Your edits win

An assistant that edits the page, not just the chat

Draft from a brief

Turn a PDF or Word file into a page

Improve layout

Use your own site as a source

Use AI block or the sidebar assistant and build a section

A proofreader that works while you type

Editorial Desk: a second pair of eyes before you publish

Images and alt text

Built for organizations that need control

Privacy limits

Budgets and usage

Your style everywhere

Safe output

Fine-grained settings

Help us shape it: we are looking for testers

What you get

What we ask

Droptica: Beyond SEO: what we check in a Drupal AI-readability audit

Droptica: Drupal vs Contentful, Sanity, and Storyblok

Gábor Hojtsy: Meet Dashi, the 'new' multilingual demo for Drupal CMS

Jacob Rockowitz: Vibing Drupal: Tale 2 - Using AI to maintain a module, exploring the AI-possible

Introduction

Maintaining a large module using AI

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The Eradication of Deprecated APIs

Enforcing Modern Infrastructure Floors

Security as a Structural Guarantee

The Business Outcome: Eliminating the Maintenance Drain

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Peoples Blog: Drupal Already Manages Content. So What Does AI Actually Add?

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TL;DR

Introduction

Table of Contents

Where to see the numbers

Which metric to compare

macOS results

Compared with the 2023 numbers

Mutagen is still doing the work

The other platforms, and why you shouldn't rank them against macOS

Getting the raw data

Running it on your own machine

Summary

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The Drop Times: The Demo Is Over. Now Drupal AI Has to Become a Product.

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