Stories by Staff Reporter

Governments across the Gulf region are prioritising digital sovereignty as they expand national digital infrastructure. Nouf Al Fayez explains how Drupal 11’s open-source architecture, secure design, and flexible hosting support sovereign government platforms across the GCC. ...more

Hari Venu explains how Drupal’s tree and parents properties define how form values are structured and stored, a key concept for developers working with complex or dynamic Drupal forms. ...more

Drupal AI 1.3.0 shifts attention from experimental AI features toward structured, controllable integration within Drupal. In her analysis, Anja Schirwinski examines how guardrails, workflow-level AI actions, and observability reshape how organisations can adopt AI in production environments. The release reflects a broader transition toward operationally governed AI rather than isolated feature use. ...more

Evolving Web has scheduled a free live webinar titled “Create better, not more: Using AI to improve your content value and quality, not volume” for 20 March 2026 from 14:00 to 15:00 EST. The session will be hosted by Brian Piper and will focus on using artificial intelligence to improve the quality, performance, and relevance of existing content rather than increasing output volume. ...more

BinaryWorks has announced an online webinar scheduled for 2 April 2026 at 11:00 PST. The session will feature a live audit of a Drupal website, demonstrating how technical issues affecting AI-driven search visibility can be diagnosed and corrected in real time. Speakers Karthik and John Harris will present the session, which aims to show practical methods for improving site performance, structured data, and content architecture for AI-powered search platforms. ...more

Running PHP directly from the database is no longer considered safe in modern Drupal. Joan Catala shows how a small custom Drupal 11 module can replace the old PHP Filter approach by creating a block that dynamically displays random phrases. ...more

Nonprofit organisations often manage donors, volunteers, events, and memberships across multiple systems. A recent blog post by Specbee explains how the open-source CRM platform CiviCRM centralises these activities, offering tools for contact management, fundraising workflows, and supporter engagement. The article also examines how integrating CiviCRM with Drupal websites can allow organisations to connect website interactions—such as registrations or donations—directly with their constituent database. ...more

Drupal Commerce 3.x continues to evolve with improvements to admin experience, checkout, and platform architecture. In a recent Talking Drupal episode, Ryan Szrama discusses what is changing now and how the project is positioning itself for the future. ...more

An experimental release of the Drupal Module Upgrader aims to restore functionality for modern Drupal versions after several years of limited maintenance. Drupal contributor Gábor Hojtsy reported restoring the project and publishing version 2.0.0-alpha2, which runs on Drupal 10 and Drupal 11. The work, described in a blog post published on 7 March 2026, shows how legacy open-source tooling can sometimes be revived through short, targeted development efforts assisted by automated code analysis tools. ...more

Acquia has announced plans for booth activities and a hackathon kickoff during DrupalCon Chicago 2026. The company will demonstrate assisted workflows and developer tools at its Source Club booth. The conference will bring together developers, agencies, and organisations from across the Drupal ecosystem. ...more