News Roundup

This week in Drupal: DrupalCon Vienna headlines a packed week of global events. Join meetups, trainings, and community gatherings from Austin to Zaragoza.

ContentSync introduces the ProseMirror module as a structured alternative to CKEditor for Drupal. It stores content in JSON, not HTML—unlocking better omnichannel delivery and headless flexibility. Designed to be CKEditor-familiar, it bridges modern frontend demands with a seamless authoring experience.

The Drop Times previews DrupalCon Vienna 2025, happening October 14–17 at the Austria Centre. Over 100 sessions, keynotes on AI, and inclusion-focused community events are on the agenda. From MCP module demos to accessibility grants, DrupalCon Vienna promises depth, insight, and impact.

Acquia spotlights CKEditor’s impact on Drupal content workflows in a new customer video. Mrina Sugosh, Lead Developer Relations at CKEditor, explains how the tool improves collaboration and eliminates formatting issues. For site teams, it means faster, cleaner publishing—all within the Drupal ecosystem.

DrupalCon Europe 2025 organisers have issued a final call for lunch sponsorship. The "Drupal in a Day" session on October 17 will host up to 50 newcomers in Vienna. Sponsors gain brand exposure during a key networking break aimed at onboarding fresh talent.

Shibin Das is asking the Drupal community about scaling Server-Sent Events. His experiments show practical limits well below theory on modest servers. The insights will shape his October 16 talk at DrupalCon Vienna.

ImageX’s Nadiia Nykolaichuk explains how to protect Drupal forms from spam using CAPTCHA and reCAPTCHA. Her guide covers top modules like CAPTCHA, reCAPTCHA v3, hCaptcha, and Cloudflare Turnstile. Site builders can follow detailed Composer-based setup steps to boost form security effectively.

The official schedule for NEDCamp 2025 is now live at nedcamp.org. Held November 14–15 in Rhode Island, it includes training, summits, and contribution events. Drupal professionals across roles are invited to join, learn, and connect in person.

Coming up at DrupalCon Vienna: streamline your site builds with recipe-based installations. 1xINTERNET shows how they transformed an old distribution into a modern Drupal CMS setup. Get ready to ditch profiles and embrace recipes for flexible, scalable Drupal development.

Specbee’s Justin K. Johnson breaks down translation options for multilingual Drupal sites. He compares AI-powered modules with tools like Lingotek, outlining trade-offs in cost, control, and scale. His takeaway: start with Drupal-native AI and scale up only when governance demands grow.

Mike Herchel of Dripyard is presenting two sessions at DrupalCon Vienna 2025. One dives into impactful Drupal contributions with Matt Glaman; the other explores AI theming with Drupal Canvas. Catch his talks on Wednesday and Thursday at 4:15 pm or find him in the hallway track demoing Dripyard themes.

Acquia is holding a webinar on October 22 called “Beyond Storage: Smarter Content, Bigger Impact with DAM + AI.” It will explore how DAM systems + AI can help organise content, boost discovery, and enforce accessibility. Speakers Jake Athey (Acquia) and Jill Roberson (Velir) will offer actionable insights for content teams.

DrupalEasy today launches Show & Tell, a YouTube series with live, practical demos of Drupal techniques.
Episodes run ~30–45 minutes and pair Anello with subject matter experts in real time. The goal: make Drupal learning more approachable by showing real problem-solving, not just polished tutorials.

The Drupal Ahmedabad Meetup happens this Saturday, October 11 at cmsMinds, Prahlad Nagar, starting at 10:00 AM IST. Jitesh Khatwani will introduce Mautic, the open-source marketing automation tool, followed by Ujval Shah on how agencies can unlock new growth with Drupal. Join for learning, collaboration, and a community discussion on upcoming events and initiatives.

George Bonnici has published a tutorial on building a custom Hero component in Drupal 11’s new Canvas visual builder. He explains how developers can use Single Directory Components to create reusable, responsive designs with clean HTML, Twig, and CSS. The guide shows how Canvas lets editors assemble pages visually while keeping performance, structure, and design consistency.

Randy Fay from DDEV has released a quick guide on setting up DDEV on Linux in just ten minutes. It walks developers through installing Docker, enabling HTTPS, and running a demo Drupal 11 site. The tutorial also shows how to use PhpStorm and Xdebug for smooth debugging inside DDEV.

Drupal content editors often bounce between screens to perform routine tasks. With Field Widget Actions, you can embed buttons or triggers directly into field editors to do things like renaming images or launching automations. Artem Dmitriiev will show how to build and attach these plugins, making the editing experience faster, smarter, and more seamless.

At DrupalCon Vienna 2025, Daniil Borysenko from 1xINTERNET will present a session on creating a unified analytics framework for large-scale Drupal multisite platforms. He’ll show how reusable Google Tag Manager and GA4 configurations streamline data consistency, onboarding, and reporting across more than 50 sites. The talk runs on October 15 from 16:15 to 17:00 in Hall G1—a must-see for teams managing complex analytics setups.

The 10th Drupaladas meetup takes place this Friday, October 10, at 6:00 p.m. CEST, featuring a live session for Spanish-speaking Drupal community members on recording events with OBS (Open Broadcaster Software). Presenter Óscar Novás will teach how to set up scenes, manage audio, and even automate tasks using Python. The event runs as a Slack huddle in #drupal-es—open to everyone, no registration needed.

Mario Hernandez shares a simple CSS method to keep image captions aligned with their images. Using inline-size: fit-content and contain: inline-size, captions now stay within the image width without layout hacks. It’s a clean, accessible, and performant approach ideal for maintaining visual consistency in Drupal sites.

Drupal core maintainer Kevin Quillen has released Alpha7 of the Search API Solr Dense Vector Field module — bringing vector-based semantic search closer to production for Drupal 10 and 11. This release adds a plugin-based ranking system, letting developers define custom algorithms and choose embedding models through the Drupal AI module. It’s a key milestone in enabling smarter, natural-language search powered by Solr and AI embeddings.

At DrupalCon Vienna 2025, developers can get hands-on with AI in a beginner-friendly workshop hosted by 1xINTERNET and Dropsolid. Led by Christoph Breidert and Frederik Wouters, the session walks attendees through installing the Drupal AI module, generating content, summarizing PDFs, and building custom AI agents with RAG. It’s a practical introduction to making Drupal sites smarter—no machine learning background required.

At the Pacific Northwest Drupal Summit 2025, Amber Matz will blend AI experimentation with emotional resilience in her talk, “Pause. Reflect. Respond: Practicing Self-Awareness in Open Source Work.” After more than a decade at Drupalize.Me, she’s exploring how AI can assist contributors in writing better help topics while also deepening reflection and purpose in community work. Her session promises practical takeaways for sustaining creativity, clarity, and empathy in technical collaboration.

Regular maintenance keeps websites secure, fast, and user-friendly. DrupalFit outlines why site upkeep matters for performance, SEO, and accessibility. Learn how proactive maintenance prevents downtime and protects brand trust.

Drupal has a new text editor module called ProseMirror, built by Thiemo Müller and backed by Content Sync. Unlike CKEditor, it stores content as structured JSON—making it ideal for headless sites, mobile apps, and multi-channel publishing. It’s part of a bigger shift in Drupal’s editorial tools, alongside projects like EditTogether, UI Suite, and the upcoming Canvas editor.

What tech stack powers scalable, secure websites for hotels and ecommerce brands? Drunic shares why they’ve chosen Drupal, Next.js, Bootstrap, and enterprise cloud platforms like Pantheon and Platform.sh. With performance, flexibility, and security baked in, they say it’s the perfect combo for digital growth.

Adaptive has integrated its conversational AI tool, Interact, directly into AX+, the company’s low-code page builder for Drupal. This update lets editors embed AI-driven prompts, chat icons, and interactive buttons into web content without coding. By merging Interact with AX+, Adaptive makes conversational experiences part of everyday Drupal publishing workflows.

Alexander Shabanov has released Typography Filter 2.0.0 for Drupal. The update adds fine‑grained filter control and a developer‑ready backend service. It helps ensure cleaner, more polished text site‑wide, automatically.

If your Drupal site goes blank after login, it might be due to conflicts with Captcha or spam-related modules. The team at iBuild.PH found the solution: uninstall the affected modules via Composer and Drush, clear caches, and optionally truncate the flood table. These steps restore login functionality for Drupal 9, 10, and 11—no code edits required.

Mauricio Dinarte from Tag1 Consulting used Claude Code to add a graphical admin interface to Drupal’s AUTO_INCREMENT Alter module. The AI-assisted workflow generated routes, permissions, and views that bring the module’s command-line functionality into Drupal’s UI. Dinarte notes that while AI speeds up development, reviewing generated code remains essential—a key insight for responsible Drupal innovation.

Speakeasy 1.2, created by Nathan Wallace of WebFirst, brings browser-native text-to-speech directly into Drupal using the Web Speech API. No external services, keys, or dependencies—just a simple, privacy-friendly “Listen to this article” feature for any content type. The new version adds sentence highlighting, voice whitelisting, and user preferences, making audio accessibility easier than ever.

LocalGov Drupal has announced its third annual Drupal Week, happening virtually this November. The event features interactive 45-minute sessions focused on council collaboration and digital innovation. Session proposals are open now and due by October 17th.

In today’s fragmented digital world, trust is everything—and Reading Room says Drupal delivers it best. With built-in security, accessibility, and compliance tools, Drupal helps organisations protect users and meet growing regulatory demands. It's the go-to choice for governments, nonprofits, and any group that needs trust built into every digital interaction.

Specbee’s Priyanka Phukan shares ten essential Drupal SEO tips for 2025. She emphasizes structured data, Core Web Vitals, and AI-readiness as key ranking factors. The takeaway: Drupal’s modular tools make search-first, intelligent optimization both scalable and sustainable.

Cheppers CTO Bálint Pekker explains how Drupal enables responsible AI by combining structured content, workflows, and permissions. Teams can use AI for summaries, translations, tagging, or accessibility—while Drupal’s revision trails and moderation keep people in charge. It’s a blueprint for practical, auditable AI that strengthens editorial trust and compliance.

Denys Mykhaiskyi of Fabrity explains when to choose headless Drupal using React and Next.js. He highlights how decoupling improves scalability, flexibility, and SEO across complex projects. For simpler sites, he says, traditional Drupal still offers a faster, more efficient path.

Gizra’s Amitai Burstein shows how to apply the “Make Impossible States Impossible” principle from typed languages to Drupal theming. Using PHP Enums, traits, and structured Twig logic, developers can encode design intent rather than endless styling options. It’s a mindset shift that keeps design systems consistent and prevents visual drift in Drupal projects.

Droptica analyzed over 200 inquiries from organizations exploring Drupal in 2025. Common themes include integrations, AI features, security, and easier content editing. The report shows rising demand for AI and PaaS hosting — while headless interest declines.

Centarro has added PayPal Fastlane integration to Drupal Commerce via the Commerce PayPal module. Fastlane delivers a one-page, mobile-optimized checkout that simplifies payments and boosts conversions. For U.S. merchants, it modernizes merchant workflows and provides a migration path from PayPal’s legacy gateways.

DDEV has released the new ddev-upsun add-on for seamless integration with Upsun cloud environments. It automatically aligns local PHP, database, and caching configurations with production setups. The tool replaces the older Platform.sh add-on, simplifying local-to-cloud parity for modern Drupal projects.

DrupalCamp Brasil 2025 takes place on November 8 in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina. The one-day, in-person event features multiple learning tracks, networking, and community discussions. It marks the Brazilian Drupal community’s return to in-person collaboration and open-source celebration.

DrevOps outlines why Drupal continues to power enterprise websites in 2025. Its structured content model, configuration-as-code, and strong security governance stand out. For complex, scalable digital ecosystems, Drupal remains a trusted and future-proof CMS.

ONLYOFFICE Docs Connector v9.0.4 adds native PDF form editing directly inside Drupal. Teams can now modify form fields, layouts, and templates without re-uploading or leaving the CMS. This update streamlines content workflows for enterprise, government, and education sites using Drupal.

Christophe Jossart from Colorfield explores how Drupal sites can use Typesense to go beyond keyword search. His post breaks down semantic, vector, and hybrid methods — and shows how to set up RAG workflows for AI-driven search in Drupal. It’s a practical guide to the future of intelligent content discovery.

Mark Conroy’s September LocalGov Drupal update is out. It includes a stable 1.0 release for the Replicate module, new accessibility tools, and fresh theming options. New features include Editoria11y integration, theming with configurable CSS variables, and ES6 JavaScript refactoring.

The Call for Speakers for DrupalCon Chicago 2026 is extended through October 19. Submit your proposal and help shape Drupal’s future at the March 2026 conference. It all happens at the Hilton Chicago, March 23rd to 26th.