Drupal Advent Calendar Day 18: Content Publishing Workflows Update
Drupal Advent Calendar Day 18, authored by James Shields, highlights enhancements to content publishing workflows within Drupal CMS. The update introduces a long-requested feature that allows "publish" and "unpublish" dates for all content types created by the base installation and associated recipes, a capability that previously required additional modules. This development builds on Drupal's core Workflows module, which now supports three content states: Draft, Published, and Archived/Unpublished. Scheduling is facilitated by the Scheduler module and its content moderation integration submodule.
Unlike other tracks in the Advent Calendar, this entry does not introduce a new recipe but enhances existing recipes and the base recipe with workflow support. A dashboard panel for scheduled content is also included, though site builders must configure their dashboards to access it. The track is led by Mohammed Razem of Vardot, with Shields noting the potential for future releases to introduce pre-configured, more complex editorial and approval workflows.


