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Display Builder Beta 6 Brings UX Refresh and Drupal 11.4 Fixes

Display Builder Beta 6 carries the UX refresh previewed in July, adds Drupal 11.4 compatibility fixes, and replaces a Beta 5 affected by a fresh-install failure. Translation and accessibility work remain before a release candidate.

interview

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James Abrahams Makes Sustainable Funding a Focus of Board Candidacy

How the Drupal Association raises money can shape who influences the project and which work gets sustained. James Abrahams makes that tension central to his board candidacy.

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Open-Source Dependency Stewardship Continues After Adoption

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Helge Notø Makes Open-Source Stewardship a Focus of Board Candidacy

Policy & Governance

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Drupal Association Reserves Fall Below Board Minimum After Two Years of Shortfalls

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Decoupled Days 2026 Speakers Preview AI, Content Models, and Neurodiversity

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Marcus Johansson Tests AI Workflow for Drupal Tutorial Video Production

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28 July 2026
Atelier Packages Drupal as a Self-Contained Site Builder

27 July 2026
Drupal AI Initiative Sets Inside and Outside AI Priorities

27 July 2026
Drupal AI Ecosystem Tracker Added to AI Dashboard Documentation

21 July 2026
AI Access Restrictions Put Model Routing on Drupal’s Infrastructure Agenda

20 July 2026

Drupal CMS: News and Updates

Drupal CMS Strategy 2.0 Prioritises Agencies and Professional Developers

17 July 2026
Acquia Guide Compares Drupal Site Templates Marketplace Options

10 July 2026
Drupal CMS 2.1 Adds Site Templates to Speed Website Setup

09 June 2026
Dries Buytaert Highlights Drupal CMS as a Shift in Drupal’s Usability Strategy

25 May 2026
Dominique De Cooman Proposes Athena Milestone for Drupal AI Initiative

13 May 2026
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16 April 2026

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The Drop Times security card titled “UI Patterns Fixes XSS in Component Rendering.” It notes that versions 2.0.0–2.0.16 were affected by CVE-2026-15084, rated Moderately Critical. A workflow graphic shows content moving through UI Patterns to Twig for render-time escaping and then to rendered output.

UI Patterns XSS Fix Changes How Component Markup Is Handled

Drupal Pune Meetup Schedules PHP 8 Attributes Session for 22 August

Security Updates Fix Entity Browser XSS and Edit in-place field Access Bypass

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Vertical TDT card about an AI-produced Drupal tutorial workflow. Title: “Human Approval Gates AI Tutorial Production.” Deck: “Marcus Johansson’s Claude Code skill researches Drupal modules, drafts storyboards, and records narrated demonstrations after human approval.”

Marcus Johansson Tests AI Workflow for Drupal Tutorial Video Production

Horizontal hero image for the Government Summit at DrupalCon Europe. Title: “LocalGov Drupal Opens Ten Sponsored Government Summit Places.” Deck: “Council teams can apply by 21 August for the Government Summit at DrupalCon Europe.”

LocalGov Drupal Offers Ten Sponsored Places for Government Summit at DrupalCon Europe

Interviews

Community Needs to Do a Better Job at Quickly Reviewing Code: Mike Herchel | FLDC

Full Interview Transcript | Todd Ross Nienkerk, Co-founder of Four Kitchens

Landscape TDT interview cover featuring Randy Kolenko. Title: “Drupal’s Automation Tools Need a Common Handoff.” Deck: “Randy Kolenko explains how Maestro can share data and execution context without giving up durable state.”

Randy Kolenko on Maestro and Drupal’s Emerging Orchestration Work

Interview graphic titled “Open Source Needs Budgets, Not Just Values” with text reading “Matthew Saunders on funding, Drupal AI governance, and inclusive contribution.” A portrait of Matthew Saunders appears on the left, with byline text reading “By Allen Jason, Junior Sub-Editor TheDropTimes.”

Matthew Saunders Calls for Open-Source Funding to Move From Values to Budgets

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Defying Limits: Matthew Ramir's Journey as a Drupal Developer with Cerebral Palsy

Interview graphic titled “Accessibility Must Move Upstream” with subtitle “On Open Source, Government, and Digital Public Infrastructure.” A black and white portrait labeled “Mike Gifford” appears beside the byline “By Allen Jason, Junior Sub-Editor, TheDropTimes,” with The Drop Times website, Drupal Slack hashtag “#thedroptimes,” and social icons along the bottom.

Mike Gifford: Accessibility Must Move Upstream in Public-Sector Open Source

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A separate conversion copy lowers the risk to the live site, but it does not settle whether every module, theme, layout, and custom feature will work after the move. ...more

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Drupal Events This Week: HTMX, AI, Community Safety, and Decoupled Web Development

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Drupal contributors can follow work on HTMX and community incident response online, while local groups meet for development discussions, decoupled architecture sessions, and an applied Drupal AI presentation. ...more

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Drupal Security Advisories Require One Update and Two Uninstalls

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Matching scores can conceal the operational difference between a routine update and a dependency that must be removed. ...more

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Daniel Cothran to Demonstrate ePub Generator and Charts Features at Bluefly Town Hall

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Drupal teams maintaining manuals, reports, or book-style content can see how a new contributed module packages that material for offline reading. ...more

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Event

Drupaljam Joins DrupalCon Rotterdam 2026 as Event Partner

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The Drupaljam House gives European Drupal associations a shared place to meet and coordinate between sessions. ...more

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DrupalCamp Frankfurt Returns in November 2026

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