Drupal News, Updates, Events, Showcase & Jobs | TheDropTimes

Discover Drupal

13 min read

Eight DAM Decisions for Drupal Teams

A DAM decision changes more than where images are stored. Drupal teams also have to decide which system owns metadata, approvals, transformations, rights, and the published asset lifecycle.

Security

3 min read

Drupal Security Team Marks 16 Contributed Projects Unsupported in Ten Weeks

The latest three projects have limited reported use, but the pattern extends beyond their reach. For affected site teams, the recurring security response is to uninstall the project rather than install an update.

Event

5 min read

TDT August Town Hall Tracks Editorial Shift and Wider Community Outreach

interview

13 min read

Kristen Pol Explains How Drupal’s Context Control Center Governs AI Context

Discover Drupal

4 min read

Agent Skills Share a Format but Not a Distribution Model

Discover Drupal

5 min read

HTML vs HTMX: Architecture, Performance, Use Cases, and Trade-Offs

Artificial Intelligence: News & Updates

Kristen Pol Explains How Drupal’s Context Control Center Governs AI Context

18 August 2026
Agent Skills Share a Format but Not a Distribution Model

18 August 2026
Annotations Builds Human-Curated Context Layer for Drupal

10 August 2026
Marcus Johansson Tests AI Workflow for Drupal Tutorial Video Production

06 August 2026
Drupal AI Learners Club Examines the Learning Gap in Agent-Written Code

28 July 2026
Atelier Packages Drupal as a Self-Contained Site Builder

27 July 2026

Drupal CMS: News and Updates

Cheppers Pairs Custom Drupal Design Systems with AI Page Generation

18 August 2026
Drupal CMS Strategy 2.0 Prioritises Agencies and Professional Developers

17 July 2026
Acquia Guide Compares Drupal Site Templates Marketplace Options

10 July 2026
Drupal CMS 2.1 Adds Site Templates to Speed Website Setup

09 June 2026
Dries Buytaert Highlights Drupal CMS as a Shift in Drupal’s Usability Strategy

25 May 2026
Dominique De Cooman Proposes Athena Milestone for Drupal AI Initiative

13 May 2026

Ask

Drupal Community Needs Your support

Latest News

Blue event graphic promoting A11yTalks Inclusive Arts Gallery with speaker Enrico Bisenzi. Text reads "A11yTalks to Spotlight Inclusive Arts Gallery" "Enrico Bisenzi to Present Artists and Ideas Linked to Social Inclusion for People With Disabilities" and "Join the discussion August 26th 12 PM ET".

A11yTalks to Host Inclusive Arts Gallery Session with Enrico Bisenzi

A wide Discover Drupal graphic uses a map of Europe and cloud infrastructure symbols to highlight concerns among European businesses about reliance on U.S. technology providers. The feature says many firms worry about losing access to critical digital services even when continuity plans are already in place.

Proton Survey Finds 74% Concerned About Losing US Tech Access

Horizontal weekly events graphic with a world map background and three Drupal events arranged along a timeline. Text reads "Events This Week". "AUG 24 - AUG 30 2026". "THE DROP TIMES". "AUG 25". "Pints, Prompts and Page Builders". "AUG 27-28". "Drupalcamp Grenoble 2026". "AUG 27". "Code of Conduct Incident Response Workshop". "Follow us on". "Join us on DrupalSlack". "#thedroptimes". "www.thedroptimes.com".

Drupal Events of the Week: 24 - 30 August 2026

Light blue event graphic promoting speaker proposals for Drupal expertise across development and community topics. Text reads "EVENT". "Drupal Expertise Across the Stack". "Speaker Proposals Close 25 September". "The Call Covers Development DevOps Upgrades Community Work and Case Studies".

Drupal Day Aveiro 2026 Opens Call for Sessions

A wide Discover Drupal graphic shows Drupal core positioned between Symfony 7.4.16 and Symfony 8.1.4 to explain how current and future Drupal releases span two Symfony branches. Drupal 11.4 remains on Symfony 7.4 LTS while Drupal 12 development has moved to Symfony 8.1.

Symfony Releases 7.4.16 and 8.1.4 Maintenance Updates

Layout Builder Audit Adds Granular Change Tracking to Drupal

Interviews

The AI Guy from QED42: Alphons Jaimon in Talks with TDT

The AI Guy from QED42: Alphons Jaimon in Talks with TDT

Interview graphic titled “Open Source Needs Budgets, Not Just Values” with text reading “Matthew Saunders on funding, Drupal AI governance, and inclusive contribution.” A portrait of Matthew Saunders appears on the left, with byline text reading “By Allen Jason, Junior Sub-Editor TheDropTimes.”

Matthew Saunders Calls for Open-Source Funding to Move From Values to Budgets

Interview graphic titled “Accessibility Must Move Upstream” with subtitle “On Open Source, Government, and Digital Public Infrastructure.” A black and white portrait labeled “Mike Gifford” appears beside the byline “By Allen Jason, Junior Sub-Editor, TheDropTimes,” with The Drop Times website, Drupal Slack hashtag “#thedroptimes,” and social icons along the bottom.

Mike Gifford: Accessibility Must Move Upstream in Public-Sector Open Source

Benji Fisher on Drupal Security, Usability, and Focusing on the Basics

Robert Menetray Builds DruScan to Simplify Drupal Audits

Landscape TDT interview cover featuring Randy Kolenko. Title: “Drupal’s Automation Tools Need a Common Handoff.” Deck: “Randy Kolenko explains how Maestro can share data and execution context without giving up durable state.”

Randy Kolenko on Maestro and Drupal’s Emerging Orchestration Work

This Week's Must-Reads

Latest Drupal Tutorials

Drupal Training Publishes Drupal 11 and 12 Curriculum Outline

14 August 2026
Jadu Migration Extends Migrate Plus for LocalGov Drupal

14 August 2026
Marcus Johansson Tests AI Workflow for Drupal Tutorial Video Production

06 August 2026
DrupalBridge Guide Covers HubSpot Webform Mapping

06 August 2026
Jaymie Strecker Demonstrates Reusable Text in Drupal CKEditor

31 July 2026
LocalGov Drupal Override Filters Same-Day Food Waste Entries

28 July 2026

Latest Drupal event sessions

Editor's Picks

Featured

A11yTalks to Host Inclusive Arts Gallery Session with Enrico Bisenzi

24 August 2026
Proton Survey Finds 74% Concerned About Losing US Tech Access

24 August 2026
Drupal Events of the Week: 24 - 30 August 2026

24 August 2026
Drupal Day Aveiro 2026 Opens Call for Sessions

24 August 2026
Symfony Releases 7.4.16 and 8.1.4 Maintenance Updates

24 August 2026
Layout Builder Audit Adds Granular Change Tracking to Drupal

24 August 2026

Blog Syndication

Content Sync Flags Governance Bottleneck as AI Speeds Drupal Content Creation

21 August 2026
Accessible Drupal Theming With Twig and BEM

19 August 2026
Community-First Enquiries Bring Open-Source Values Into Drupal Business Development

19 August 2026
Drupal AI Context Beta 4 Adds Selection and Governance Controls

19 August 2026
Dries Buytaert Says AI Could Shift Software Spending Toward Dependability

18 August 2026
Unit 42 Says AI System Found 14,090 Open-Source Vulnerabilities

18 August 2026

Discover Drupal

Symfony Releases 7.4.16 and 8.1.4 Maintenance Updates

24 August 2026
Layout Builder Audit Adds Granular Change Tracking to Drupal

24 August 2026
Content Sync Flags Governance Bottleneck as AI Speeds Drupal Content Creation

21 August 2026
Scolta 1.2.0 Adds Incremental Indexing and Removes Deleted Content From Search

21 August 2026

Organization News

Community-First Enquiries Bring Open-Source Values Into Drupal Business Development

19 August 2026
GovCMS Moves From Drupal 9 Prototype Testing to Drupal 11 Completion

18 August 2026
PreviousNext Explains Support for Drupal's Open Future Manifesto

14 August 2026
PreviousNext’s Drupal Record Spans Contrib, Core, and Governance

11 August 2026

Drupal Community

Drupal Association Board Election Voting Closes 14 August

14 August 2026
Drupal AI Initiative Launches The AI Byte as Monthly Newsletter

23 July 2026
The DropTimes to Host July 2026 Open Townhall on 22 July

13 July 2026
Drupal Association Names 2026 At-Large Board Candidates

08 July 2026

More News

Event

Fox Valley Drupal to Host Custom Field Session With Andy Marquis

Share

× SHARE

Site builders weighing Custom Field against Paragraphs or entity-reference approaches will get a maintainer-led look at its data model and workflow. ...more

Read Full Content
Event

Drupal Events This Week: 17–23 August 2026

Share

× SHARE

The week combines hands-on contribution work with practical technical learning, while online and hybrid formats open several sessions to participants beyond their host communities. ...more

Read Full Content
Event

Southwestern Ontario Drupal Camp Opens 2026 Call for Sessions

Share

× SHARE

The call extends beyond Drupal-only talks, giving speakers room to propose sessions on the wider work of building and managing websites. ...more

Read Full Content
Event

TDT August Open Townhall Scheduled for 19 August 2026

Share

× SHARE

Questions, story leads, and feedback on future Drupal coverage are on the agenda for contributors and community members joining the monthly meeting. ...more

Read Full Content
Training

Drupal Training Publishes Drupal 11 and 12 Curriculum Outline

Share

× SHARE

Drupal 12 preparation extends beyond the major-version upgrade itself, with changes to dependencies, administration, testing, and development tooling also approaching. ...more

Read Full Content
Policy & Governance

Tiffany Farriss Says Public-Sector Budgets Should Fund Open Source Maintenance

Share

× SHARE

Open-source software still depends on infrastructure and human maintenance that carry real costs. Farriss argues that institutions should plan for those costs before contracts are awarded. ...more

Read Full Content
Event

Drupal Cafe Lutsk #32 Sets PHP and Business Analysis Talks

Share

× SHARE

Drupal Cafe Lutsk #32 pairs a PHP request-lifecycle session with a discussion of business analysis. A third speaker will appear only for the in-person audience. ...more

Read Full Content
Standards & Compliance

W3C Publishes Updated ARIA in HTML Recommendation

Share

× SHARE

A formal standards update does not automatically become a Drupal release. For maintainers, the practical question is how revised conformance rules interact with existing markup and with browser and screen-reader behaviour. ...more

Read Full Content

DrupalCon Global Events

Upcoming Drupal Events

Mon, Sep 28 2026
|
Netherlands

Drupal Government Summit - Rotterdam
Mon, Sep 28 2026
|
Netherlands

DrupalCon Rotterdam, 2026
Mon, Sep 28 2026
|
Netherlands

Drupal AI Dev Summit - Rotterdam
Mon, Mar 22 2027
|
United States

DrupalCon Orlando 2027
Thu, Aug 27 2026
|
United States

Drupalcamp Colorado 2026
Sat, Sep 12 2026
|
Poland

DrupalCamp Poland 2026
Sat, Oct 17 2026
|
Canada

Pacific Northwest Drupal Summit 2026

Drupal Jobs

Drupal Developer at General Dynamics Information Technology

United States
Drupal Developer at PROPULSE IT

Paris, France
Drupal Developer at Inetum

Lisboa, Portugal
Drupal Developer at Infosys

Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Full Stack Drupal Developer at Specbee

India
Drupal Developer at System Soft Technologies

Arizona, United States

Latest Drupal Podcasts

Talking Drupal #566 - DrupalEasy: Responsible Drupal AI

20 August 2026
Talking Drupal #565 - That Geerling Guy

13 August 2026
Talking Drupal #564 - Approachable Open Source

06 August 2026
TD Cafe #020 - AI & Development Teams

03 August 2026

Follow @thedroptimes

Recent DrupalCamps