News Roundup

18 July 2025

Drupal Domain Module Multi-Site Management Guide

Joshi Consultancy’s guide shows how Drupal site builders can use the Domain module to run multiple regional sites from one codebase. It covers DNS and SSL setup, domain creation, content scoping, block and menu visibility, and theme overrides. The guide also explores advanced features such as domain-specific permissions, content moderation workflows, GDPR consent banners, and caching strategies for optimized performance.
Call for Training Proposals for DrupalCon Chicago 2026

The Drupal Association is seeking training proposals for DrupalCon Chicago 2026, happening March 23–26. Sessions should focus on Drupal CMS 2.0 and AI tools, and will be held on Training Day, March 23. Proposals are due by August 1, 2025.
DrupalCamp Spain 2025 Opens Call for Volunteers Ahead of September Event

DrupalCamp Spain 2025 will be held from September 18 to 20 in Santiago de Compostela. The organizers are now looking for volunteers to help run the event. Tasks include timekeeping, registration, and general support.
Talking Drupal #511: UI Suite 2.0 Release and Module Ecosystem Overview

Talking Drupal #511 offers an in-depth review of UI Suite 2.0, covering new features, UI Suite Recipes, challenges with Drupal themes and components, Experience Builder integration, the Distributor Tool, and future core integration plans.
Drupal 11.2.0: Faster Installs, OOP Hooks, AVIF Support, JSON Schema, and PHPUnit 11

Specbee’s Priyanka Phukan outlines Drupal 11.2.0’s key enhancements, including 3–4× faster module installations, class-based OOP hooks, JSON schema generation, native AVIF image support with WebP fallback, refined render caching, modern navigation module, and PHPUnit 11 compatibility.
Drupal 10 Support Extended to December 2026; Deprecations Deferred to Drupal 13

Drupal 10 will receive security and maintenance updates through December 2026, independent of when Drupal 12 is released. Disruptive API deprecations are deferred to Drupal 13.0.0 to maintain backward compatibility. Core modules removed after Drupal 11 will be moved to contributed packages. Drupal 12’s stable releases are scheduled for mid-June, early August, and early December 2026.

17 July 2025

Integrating Google Cloud Storage with Drupal: Complete Step-by-Step Setup Guide

Learn how to configure Google Cloud Storage in Drupal using the Flysystem module. This guide walks you through setting up buckets, service accounts, module installation, and file system configuration—plus tips for CDN and secure file delivery.
AI Webinar: How to Choose the Right Tools for Content and Marketing – July 24

A new AI webinar will focus on choosing the right tools for content and marketing. Speakers from Acquia, amazee.io, and FreelyGive will share real-world insights. The session is set for July 24 from 16:00 to 17:00 CET.
AI-Powered Document Conversion for Drupal Web Content

Velir presents an AI-driven workflow that uses Drupal’s AI module and Solr dense vector fields to transform PDFs, Word files and other documents into structured, searchable web pages. The automated process generates titles, summaries and taxonomy tags, reduces manual editing time and enhances SEO performance.
Headless Drupal with React and Next.js: Architecture, Performance, and Use Cases

The article by Denys Mykhaiskyi for Fabrity describes Drupal as a headless CMS with React and Next.js integration, outlines JSON:API and GraphQL API options, details SSR and ISR performance strategies, and evaluates when a monolithic setup is more suitable.
How to Visualize ECA Logic in Drupal Using BPMN.io: A Practical Guide

Learn how BPMN.io helps Drupal developers model Event-Condition-Action (ECA) rules with clear, editable diagrams. This guide by Golems covers tool features, integration tips, and a real-world content moderation example.
Session Submission Deadline for DrupalCamp Pune 2025 Extended to July 17

The final deadline to submit sessions for DrupalCamp Pune 2025 is today, July 17, at 11:59 PM IST. Organizers extended the timeline to help those still completing proposals. The call is open to both new and experienced speakers with Drupal or web development topics.
States Use New Disability Data to Drive Digital Accessibility Ahead of 2026 Deadline

With rising disability rates and a 2026 federal mandate, U.S. states are turning to self-reported data to improve digital accessibility. From AI pilots in D.C. to dedicated roles in Massachusetts, this Government Technology report highlights how governments are adapting.
Automate Content Summaries and URL Aliases in Drupal with the AI-Powered ECA Module

Learn how to automate article summaries and clean URL aliases in Drupal using the AI-enabled ECA module. Shumpei Kishi walks through two example workflows using ChatGPT for smarter content handling.
Accessibility and AI at LocalGov Drupal Camp 2025: Reflections from Westminster

Andy Terry shares takeaways from LocalGov Drupal Camp 2025 on accessibility, AI, and why real users—not just devs—should shape digital services.
EvolveUX Montreal UX/UI Feedback Meetup Returns July 29 — Free Event for Designers

A free UX/UI design feedback meetup is happening in Montreal on July 29. Hosted by Evolving Web, EvolveUX invites designers to share their work and get peer feedback. The event runs from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. and includes networking, snacks, and drinks.
The Ultimate Drupal SEO Guide for 2025: Modules, Strategies, and Technical Best Practices

This comprehensive 2025 Drupal SEO guide covers essential modules, strategies, and architecture insights for search success.
AI Innovations Transforming Drupal: New Tools, Trends, and Use Cases from 2025

From AI-generated components to semantic search and content automation, Drupal is embracing AI fast. This in-depth report from ImageX highlights key tools and trends reshaping the platform in 2025.
LocalGov Drupal Camp 2025 Recap: Drupal 11 and Community Projects

Phil Norton of Hashbangcode reports on LocalGov Drupal Camp 2025 in London. He highlights the near-complete Drupal 11 upgrade, the launch of the Accessibility Governance Group and five community-funded projects. Technical sessions covered gov.uk payment integration, event listing Finder patterns and AI-driven PDF imports.

16 July 2025

Drupal AI 1.2.0-alpha1 Released and Open for Testing

Drupal AI 1.2.0-alpha1 is now available, previewing major new features for testing. Highlights include AI-powered field buttons, prompt libraries, and expanded content suggestions across blocks and taxonomy. A new mock library and vector database abstraction improve testing and integration flexibility.
How the AI Test Module Streamlines Testing in Drupal AI Development

Avoid API costs and streamline testing with Drupal’s AI Test module for efficient mock responses.
Drupal Japan Hosts First-Ever Contribution Day Ahead of DrupalCon Nara 2025

Japan's Drupal community gathered in Tokyo for its inaugural Contribution Day, fostering local engagement and preparing for DrupalCon Nara 2025.
PNW Drupal Summit 2025 Tickets Now Available – Early Bird Discounts, Student Rates, and More

Tickets are now available for the 2025 PNW Drupal Summit, happening October 18–19 in Portland. General admission is $100 and includes meals, sessions, and networking. Discounts are offered for early registration, students, and those in need.
DICTU Hosts Cooperation Day for GIDD Social Intranet in Zwolle

DICTU will host a cooperation day for its Generic Intranet for Dutch Government (GIDD) on 24 September in Zwolle, showcasing a turnkey, Drupal-based intranet that meets national standards without a tender process. Attendees can explore its social features—blogs, groups, interactive newsfeeds and fast search—meet current users, and help prioritise future enhancements. The event is free to join, with personalised demos available afterwards.
DrupalTVM July 2025 Meetup: SSO in Drupal and Community Collaboration

Drupal Trivandrum’s next meetup is on Saturday, July 19, from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m. IST at Coffee Day, Kowdiar. This month’s topic is implementing Single Sign-On in Drupal, led by Anish Anilkumar. The hands-on session is open to all skill levels.
Drupal for Nonprofits Hosts Virtual Chat Tomorrow, July 17

Drupal for Nonprofits will hold its July chat on Thursday, July 17, 2025, at 1 p.m. Eastern Time. This free, hour-long virtual event invites nonprofit Drupal developers and users of all skill levels to share insights and solve problems. NTEN.org sponsors the session, which uses an open agenda with topics submitted in advance via a collaborative Google doc.
The AI Guy from QED42: Alphons Jaimon in Talks with TDT

Two years ago, AI Engineer Alphons Jaimon transformed a simple ChatGPT–powered semantic search experiment into full-production projects and an AI product. He holds certifications in TensorFlow and Drupal 9 and advocates for using flexible API endpoints rather than embedding everything in a CMS module. In an interview with The DropTimes, Jaimon explains how he transitioned AI from experimentation to production, addressed chatbot costs, and sees future opportunities for Drupal and AI to work together.

15 July 2025

Melbourne Drupal Meetup – July 2025: New Platform, Community Updates, and CKEditor Focus

The Melbourne Drupal group will meet online on July 23 to discuss upcoming events and recent Drupal updates. Topics include Drupal 10.5 and 11.2, with a focus on CKEditor issues. Attendees can also share updates or propose short talks.
Stanford Humanities Center Debuts SHC Today on Drupal

Kalamuna developed SHC Today to unite the Stanford Humanities Center, Arcade and Today Hub subsites on a Drupal platform hosted by Acquia. The site delivers curated publications, blogs, videos and interactive research tools designed for scholars, students and the public.
Evaluating Drupal Automatic Updates for Patch-Level Security

Drupal’s Automatic Updates feature adds a UI and optional unattended workflow for applying patch-level core updates. It uses a contributed module, the core Package Manager, and a sandboxed Composer process to safely validate and deploy security and bug-fix releases. It requires Composer 2.7+, file system write access, and an automated backup strategy, with host-provided or CI/CD tools still recommended for more complex sites.
Drupal Views Infinite Scroll Module Introduces Page Control Feature

Drupal’s Views Infinite Scroll module now includes a Page Control feature contributed by Mugesh S. Site builders can set distinct item counts for the initial page and for all subsequent scrolls. This enhancement boosts layout flexibility and refines the browsing experience without changing existing Infinite Scroll settings.
DrupalCamp Colorado 2025: Decoupling Drupal and WordPress for Headless Commerce

DrupalCamp Colorado 2025 will be held July 25–26 at the Tivoli Student Union on the Auraria Campus in Denver. Matt Dorman will lead a hands-on workshop on decoupling Drupal and WordPress, featuring live coding with JSON:API and WPGraphQL. In-person attendees will learn to connect headless CMSs to React and Vue and receive a free 30-day trial of O’Reilly Media’s learning platform.
Beyond the Build Episode 6: Hamilton Education Program Migrates to Modern Drupal

Drupal Association and Axelerant sponsor Episode 6 of Beyond the Build, where hosts Kelly Delaney and Prateek Jain join Andrew Williamson of Kanopi Studios and Nicholas Gliserman of the Gilder Lehrman Institute to explore the migration of the Hamilton Education Program website from Drupal 7 to a flexible, educator-focused Drupal platform.
Symfony Launches Symfony AI Initiative for PHP Developers

Symfony has introduced the Symfony AI Initiative, led by Fabien Potencier, to bring advanced AI features into PHP applications. The new symfony/ai mono-repository offers components for chatbots, Retrieval-Augmented Generation workflows, multi-step agents, data storage, semantic search, and seamless Symfony integration. It’s under active development and not yet production-ready, and the team invites community feedback via its GitHub issue board.
How Carlos Ospina and Ana Laura Coto Balance AI, Community, and Life in Drupal

In TD Cafe #006, Carlos Ospina and Ana Laura Coto explore the balance between personal life and Drupal work. They share real-world uses of AI in projects, insights on sustaining the ecosystem through SME clients, and their push for a more inclusive global community.
Aaron Crosman on Balancing Work, Learning, and Side Projects

Salesforce architect Aaron Crosman outlines how to blend employer-directed learning with personal projects. He shares routines, side project tips, and the value of curiosity, friendships, and teaching as lifelong learning tools.
DDEV Nested Virtualization with VMware Workstation Pro

Stas Zhuk of DDEV explains how to configure VMware Workstation Pro for running Docker and DDEV inside Windows 11 and Linux virtual machines. The guide covers VM hardware settings, VMware Tools setup, disk optimisation and nested virtualisation tips for reliable CMS development.
BackupScale Releases Drubernetes Terraform Module for Drupal on Kubernetes

BackupScale has introduced Drubernetes, an open-source Terraform module by Colan Schwartz that embeds Drupal sites and services directly into Kubernetes clusters. It secures all internal traffic with network policies and funnels public access through a single ingress point. Available now in the Terraform Registry, Drubernetes supports any managed or self-hosted Kubernetes environment with minimal configuration.

14 July 2025

Drupal Community Pulls Fabricated Form API Article from Planet Drupal

A fake article claiming to reveal new features in Drupal 11 was pulled from Planet Drupal after developers confirmed the entire piece was made up. It appeared to be AI-generated, listing functions and systems that don’t exist, and even made it into trusted community newsletters. The Drupal community responded quickly, removing the content, tightening standards, and warning others about the risks of unverified technical information.
Decoupled Days 2025 Session: Josh Koenig on Digital Experience Platforms

Decoupled Days returns Aug 13–14, 2025 at CUNY City College for headless content and commerce strategies. Josh Koenig will guide platform selection, and in-person attendees get a free 30-day O’Reilly Media trial.
Paul Taylor Launches Docker Development Environments for WordPress and Drupal

Paul Taylor has released two Docker-based development environments for WordPress and Drupal. Each stack uses Docker Compose with MariaDB and Ngrok to provide secure HTTPS tunneling and isolated, reproducible setups. Developers can clone the docker-dev-wordpress and docker-dev-drupal repositories and begin plugin or module testing within minutes.
Automating Drupal Code Refactoring and Reviews with LLMs

Scott Weston of Bounteous explores how Drupal teams can integrate Large Language Models into CI/CD pipelines to automate code refactoring, detect deprecated APIs and enforce coding best practices on Drupal 10 and 11 projects.
Call for Speakers: New England Drupal Camp 2025 Opens Session Proposals

New England Drupal Camp 2025 has opened its call for session and training proposals. The event will be held on November 14 and 15 at Rhode Island College. Organizers welcome submissions from across the Drupal community, including newcomers and experienced speakers.
Drupal Meetups This Week: (July 14–20, 2025)

Two key Drupal meetups are happening this week. The Boston group meets Monday with a hybrid session featuring Brian Perry and open Lightning Talks. On Thursday, the DC-MD area meetup offers networking, talks, and snacks in Gaithersburg.
Annertech Offers Free Six-Month LocalGov Drupal Trial for Councils

Annertech is offering a free six-month trial of LocalGov Drupal to interested councils. The package includes hosting, onboarding, consulting, and compliance-ready features. Councils also get a discount for referrals and access to a safe, eco-friendly sandbox environment.
Why PHP Still Powers the Web in 2025: Tools, Frameworks, and Real-World Scale

Explore PHP’s 2025 evolution with insights on Laravel, Symfony, PHP 8.4 features, and enterprise adoption by Slack and Tumblr. Paweł Cierzniakowski breaks down why PHP remains a modern backend powerhouse.
How to Disable Auto-Generated .htaccess Files in Drupal 11.3

Drupal 11.3 introduces a long-awaited setting to disable auto-generated .htaccess files on non-Apache servers. Clean up your codebase and prevent deployment issues with a simple config update.
How Drupal CMS Enables Composable Architecture for Scalable Digital Transformation

Explore how Drupal CMS powers composable architectures that improve flexibility, speed, and digital scalability. SparkFabrik outlines proven implementation patterns, key benefits, and best practices for future-ready ecosystems.
CKEditor Introduces Email-Focused Tools and Layout Enhancements for Drupal Modules

CKEditor released updates to its Drupal modules on July 2. Version 1.5.0 of the Premium Features module adds an Email Configuration Helper and deprecates a custom fullscreen plugin. Version 1.4.0 of the Plugin Pack introduces three new plugins and improves link attribute handling.
Essential AI Tools and Modules for Smarter Drupal Development

Discover how Drupal sites can benefit from AI modules for automation, translation, chatbots, and smarter workflows. Attico offers a detailed guide for developers and site admins looking to integrate AI today.

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