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Drupal and the Missing Photographer

A photo may carry its creator's name on a webpage but lose that information when downloaded. Maurice van Loon explains what he found on Dutch heritage websites and why he developed two Drupal modules to address attribution and media provenance.

Event

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NEDCamp 2026 Speakers Examine AI, Canvas and Drupal’s Future

Can Drupal reach smaller customers while meeting new technical expectations and welcoming future contributors? Five NEDCamp speakers share their perspectives on what needs to change.

Discover Drupal

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Drupal's CMS Market Share Falls 82% Since 2015

Event

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BADCamp 2026 Speakers Examine Drupal’s Progress and the Challenges of Putting It to Work

Standards & Compliance

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Labelling AI Content in Drupal Under the EU AI Act's Article 50

Event

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From AI Coding to Smarter Design, NEDCamp 2026 Speakers Challenge Familiar Workflows

Artificial Intelligence: News & Updates

Drupal AI Summit Paris 2026 to Feature Medical Research Reviews and AI Governance

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Inside the Drupal AI Demo: Testing the Northmoor University Site

04 November 2026
Drupal CMS Multilingual Setup: Enabling the Recipe and Translation

02 November 2026
How to Use AI Coding Agents on Drupal Projects with AGENTS.md, Tests and MCP

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Drupal AI Modules by Use Case: What to Install and How Mature Each Is

28 October 2026
Drupal AI 1.5.0 Moves Five Submodules Into Standalone Projects

16 October 2026

Drupal CMS: News and Updates

Building Drupal Canvas Code Components with React and Tailwind CSS

06 November 2026
Drupal CMS Multilingual Setup: Enabling the Recipe and Translation

02 November 2026
Cheppers Pairs Custom Drupal Design Systems with AI Page Generation

18 August 2026
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

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The Drop Times graphic titled "Drupal Packages Gain Cooldown Support" explains delayed dependency updates through Composer 2.11. A diagram shows "16,600+ Projects" using a "Cooldown" of "6 hours to 1 day" for "Safer Updates".

Drupal.org Enables Composer Cooldowns for Over 16,600 Projects

The Drop Times graphic titled "How Ready Are Drupal Sites for AI Agents?" compares Drupal sites at 28.3 percent with the web average of 34.3 percent in the Omitsis AI Agent Readiness Index for September 2026.

Omitsis Index Scores Sampled Drupal Sites Below Web Average

Discover Drupal graphic titled "Who Gets to See What Search Finds?" featuring branching blue data lines and a magnifying glass with a group icon. The text explains that Search API Group Access addresses permission gaps across search backends, including AI powered retrieval.

Search API Group Access Reaches 1.0.0 for Drupal Search and AI Retrieval

FlowDrop graphic titled "When Database Updates Become an Upgrade Bottleneck." Database connections flow toward server records, illustrating costly queries on older MariaDB versions that caused one reported backfill to take 52 minutes.

FlowDrop 2.7.3 Fixes Slow Upgrades on MariaDB

The Drop Times security graphic titled "When a Lock File Becomes an Attack Path" shows a locked document with a warning symbol connected to code windows and dependency workflows alongside a Composer conductor illustration. The text reads "Crafted dependency metadata can trigger command execution during Composer installs, even with scripts and plugins disabled."

Composer 2.11.2 Fixes Command Execution and Credential Exposure Flaws

Drupal community graphic titled "Giving Core Maintenance Greater Weight." People collaboratively assemble website components, illustrating the importance of core maintainers and revised contribution credit incentives.

The Maintainers Behind Drupal’s Company Contribution Rankings

Interviews

Will Huggins: Balancing Commercial Momentum With Community-First Principles

Meet Will Huggins — Candidate for the 2025 Drupal Association Board Election

DrupalCon Rotterdam 2026 interview graphic featuring Gina Plat and Teun van der Vorm, focused on digital sovereignty, dependency mapping, procurement and open source in government.

Gina Plat and Teun van der Vorm: Map Dependencies Before Pursuing Digital Sovereignty

Interview graphic featuring Henadzi Koltun smiling in a blue blazer alongside a small portrait of author Kazima Abbas. Text reads "Building Drupal for the Long Term" and "The real test of sustainable growth is knowing what must never be sacrificed for short-term success."

“Drupal Isn’t About Quick Wins”: Henadzi Koltun on Sustainable Growth

Janne Kalliola Discusses the Impact and Evolution of the Drupal Business Survey

Why Should Agencies Respond to Drupal Business Survey?

FLDC Featured Speaker Aubrey Sambor on CSS Color Innovations

Interview graphic titled "One Canvas, Different Rules" featuring a gray haired man wearing glasses and speaking at a microphone beside the LakeDrops and workflow orchestration logos. The text reads "Jürgen Haas examines how Drupal can bring different workflow systems together without erasing what makes each engine distinct." The graphic credits "By Allen Jason, Junior Sub-Editor TheDropTimes" and includes "Join DrupalSlack" and "#thedroptimes" alongside The Drop Times branding and website.

On the Limits of Drupal Orchestration and Shared Infrastructure

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Drupal.org Enables Composer Cooldowns for Over 16,600 Projects

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Composer 2.11.2 Fixes Command Execution and Credential Exposure Flaws

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21 September 2026
Jürgen Haas Proposes One UI for Drupal Orchestration

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Drupal Rebuild Separates Data Objects From Editorial Pages

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Drupal.org Enables Composer Cooldowns for Over 16,600 Projects

12 November 2026
Search API Group Access Reaches 1.0.0 for Drupal Search and AI Retrieval

11 November 2026
FlowDrop 2.7.3 Fixes Slow Upgrades on MariaDB

11 November 2026
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Organization News

Webhaven Drupal Site Template Now Available for Purchase

03 November 2026
Pantheon Sets 31 March 2027 Deadline for Legacy Global CDN Migration

02 November 2026
Drupito Expands Drupal Hosting to Accept Existing Codebases

02 November 2026
GovCMS Announces 10% Subscription Price Increase From 1 November

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Drupal Community

The Maintainers Behind Drupal’s Company Contribution Rankings

10 November 2026
ContribKanban Rebuilt to Track Drupal.org Issues and GitLab Work Items

05 November 2026
From Pakistan to DrupalCon Rotterdam: Community, AI, Advocacy and the Future of Drupal

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Drupal Security Team Confirms Four Full-Member Promotions

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Building Drupal Canvas Code Components with React and Tailwind CSS

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An interactive pricing calculator demonstrates how front-end developers can build a component locally and give Drupal editors control over its settings. ...more

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Drupal Cuts Minor-Release Security Support to Eight Months Amid Funding Strain

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Organizations staying on a previous Drupal minor release will have roughly two months after its successor arrives before security coverage ends. The tighter window comes as maintainers confront rising vulnerability reports and shrinking release-management funding. ...more

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Drupal Security Updates Require OAuth Reviews, Webhook Changes and Symfony Checks

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OAuth permissions, payment webhooks and text filters may need manual attention after administrators install security updates. Separate Symfony fixes also warrant checking the dependencies and code paths used by each Drupal site. ...more

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Event

Drupal AI Summit Paris 2026 to Feature Medical Research Reviews and AI Governance

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The Paris summit will examine how organisations can introduce AI into established Drupal systems while retaining control over sensitive information, editorial changes and human decisions. ...more

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Drupal's Role in Digital Sovereignty Beyond the CMS

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Replacing a proprietary CMS does not automatically give governments control over their digital services. Five Government Summit speakers examine the responsibilities that come with adopting open source. ...more

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Policy & Governance

Digital Commons EDIC Adopts 2026–2027 Open-Source Strategy

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Europe's open-source cooperation plans now have defined implementation targets for 2027, including cross-border software deployment, maintainer support and a review of shared funding arrangements. ...more

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Policy & Governance

What University Drupal Projects Reveal About the Limits of Vendor Independence

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Universities can replace a CMS or reorganise their websites without knowing how difficult it would be to change providers again. The missing evidence lies in contracts, documentation and the cost of transferring technical responsibility. ...more

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Symfony 8.2 Adds Messenger Serializer for Cross-Application Messaging

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Applications sharing a message queue can encounter errors when they cannot interpret Symfony-specific metadata. The upcoming release addresses that problem while introducing new requirements for exchanging message types and identifiers. ...more

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