Drupal 12

Drupal Odyssey has published an analysis examining how delayed upgrade planning could create operational risks as Drupal 10 approaches end of life in December 2026. The article discusses infrastructure requirements, agency capacity constraints, Upgrade Status tooling, and phased migration strategies connected to Drupal 11 and Drupal 12 planning. ...more

Drupal 12 will introduce Argon2id as its default password hashing algorithm, replacing bcrypt and aligning the platform with current security best practices recommended by OWASP and NIST. The change, outlined by Drupal founder Dries Buytaert, strengthens resistance against modern hardware-based attacks while maintaining backward compatibility. Existing passwords will be automatically rehashed upon user login, ensuring a seamless transition for site owners and users without requiring manual intervention. ...more

Drupal 12 has moved into its second release window after maintainers confirmed that critical requirements will not be completed in time for a June release. The revised timeline shifts attention to a smaller set of high-priority tasks spanning testing infrastructure, frontend tooling, upgrade paths, and core cleanup. Whether Drupal 12 ships in August now depends on completing this work within a narrow timeframe. ...more

Version 2.2.1 of the File Upload Secure Validator module introduces a maintenance-focused update aligned with Drupal 11 and upcoming Drupal 12 requirements. Maintainer Stefanos Petrakis reports that the release resolves CI failures, removes deprecations, and expands automated testing. The update reflects ongoing efforts to stabilise widely used security-related modules without introducing new features. ...more

Drupal core is preparing to retire the Migrate Drupal and Migrate Drupal UI modules as part of the Drupal 12 development cycle. The modules were created to migrate Drupal 6 and Drupal 7 sites and will remain available throughout the Drupal 11 lifecycle, currently expected to run until around 2028. The change reflects the end-of-life status of those legacy platforms and forms part of a broader effort to remove deprecated components from Drupal core. ...more

Drupal core has committed the change that makes the Navigation module the default administrative navigation experience, replacing Toolbar in the Standard profile and recipes. Drupal.org shows the issue was marked fixed on 3 March 2026, with commits to both the main and 11.x branches. The move advances a longer-term plan to make Navigation the standard admin interface for Drupal, replacing the older Toolbar-based experience with a more customisable vertical navigation system. ...more

Drupal core now includes an experimental administrative theme named Admin, created by merging the contributed Gin admin theme with the foundations of the Claro theme. The move aims to reduce duplication of work across the two themes and accelerate development of Drupal’s administrative interface as the new theme evolves toward stability. ...more

Drupal 12 will remove procedural Database API wrappers such as db_query() and db_select(), completing a deprecation process that began in Drupal 8. Any remaining usage will trigger fatal errors after upgrade. A new CLI command from VictorStackAI offers a lightweight way for teams to audit codebases before the next major release lands. ...more

Drupal core contributor Gábor Hojtsy has announced the updated platform requirements for Drupal 12.0.0. The release marks a significant shift in PHP and database backend versions while maintaining browser and web server standards from Drupal 11. ...more

Gábor Hojtsy has relaunched the Drupal Deprecation Status Dashboard with up-to-date Drupal 12 compatibility data. Backed by a major policy shift deferring disruptive deprecations to Drupal 13, the dashboard gives contributors real-time insights into upgrade readiness. Learn what’s changed, why it matters, and how tools like Upgrade Status are helping the community prepare. ...more

Drupal 12 requires attributes for plugins—are you ready? Joachim shows how Module Builder and Rector make the annotation-to-attribute conversion smoother, with practical tips to streamline your upgrade path. ...more

The Drupal core team has set December 2026 as the end-of-life date for Drupal 10 and scheduled disruptive API removals for Drupal 13.0.0. Drupal 12 remains on course for a mid-June 2026 launch, with security coverage for the 10.5.x series continued through June 2026. ...more