Drupal Continues to Lead LocalGov CMS Directory in UK & Ireland Followed by Jadu

Digital Health Check has announced the latest update to the LocalGov CMS Directory, a biannual review of CMS usage among Local Self Governing Councils in the UK and Ireland. The report is prepared twice a year to maintain its relevance and accuracy. A total of 410 councils were included in the study. The latest update shows changes in the number of councils using different CMS platforms, though the top five remain unchanged: Drupal (89+3), Jadu (69+1), Umbraco (57), GOSS iCM (39+3), and WordPress (29+1). 

Traditionally, a manual and time-consuming review process now incorporates metadata analysis, simplifying the identification of CMS platforms. Despite this, over half of the councils do not include identifying metadata. The blog urges councils and CMS providers to add metadata for better transparency. 

Councils using Contensis, Drupal, Joomla, pTools, Sharepoint, and WordPress are generally compliant, while others lag behind. Councils using GOSS, Jadu, Kentico, Liferay, Umbraco and others are less likely to add any meaningful metadata to their websites, although GOSS and Jadu websites include a ‘Powered by’ reference in the page footer that helps identify them.