News Roundup

A new AI webinar series for Drupal has launched, backed by the European Commission. It offers free, hands-on sessions on using AI tools in Drupal, running through October. Topics include installing the AI module, search, no-code agents, and coding custom AI features.

Jim Birch of Kanopi Studios earned his 100th Drupal CMS issue credit by fixing bugs and enhancing platform usability. His milestone contribution released the “AI Chatbot based on Agent system 1.1.0” under the Drupal AI initiative. The project, built with Marcus Johansson and Jürgen Haas, highlights Birch’s commitment to open-source digital experiences.

Greg Boggs of Multnomah County Library has flagged a critical caching bug in the Easy Breadcrumb module that impacts over 86,000 Drupal sites. By adding url.path to the breadcrumb cache context, each unique 404 page spawns its own entry in the dynamic page cache, leading to database bloat and potential performance issues. Developers are invited to review his reproduction steps, propose a patch, and join the discussion on Drupal.org issue #3516169.

CampusDrop is an open-source web platform for higher-education institutions built on Backdrop CMS. Prototype testing began on the Pantheon hosting platform in June 2025 after migrating a University of Colorado Denver site from Drupal 7. The platform offers modular site-building tools, editorial workflows, central service integrations, and multiple authentication options.

Automated Testing Kit delivers a ready-made collection of Drupal-focused end-to-end smoke tests, helper functions, and pre-flight checks for both Cypress and Playwright in a single, easy-to-install package. By shifting testing left, running tests early and often, you can catch bugs before they reach production, reduce costly downtime, and focus more on building new features. The kit’s thorough documentation and demo recipe make it simple to get started on fresh or existing Drupal sites.

Adaptive’s new AX+ toolkit and playbook enhances Drupal’s admin interface by combining popular modules like Admin Toolbar, Layout Builder, Entity Browser with Media Library, Gin Admin Theme, and Permissions by Term with custom drag-and-drop page building, smarter media embedding, and built-in reporting. Its role-based dashboards streamline workflows for editors, marketers, and developers, cutting training time, accelerating content production, and reducing technical support needs.

The Drupal Association is hosting a public webinar on its new AI Initiative this Thursday, June 26 at 17:00 CEST. The session will outline the initiative’s goals, participants, and community involvement. A Q&A will follow, and a recording will be made available afterward.

The selected sessions for DrupalCon Nara have been finalized. Speakers are now receiving confirmation emails. The full session lineup will be announced soon.

Developer Portal of the Dutch Government, Developer.overheid.nl’s API registry is moving to a REST-only model based on OpenAPI Specifications to enhance consistency, tooling support, and long-term maintainability. It will consolidate all REST/JSON, REST/XML, OData, and geoservices under a single REST category, deferring less common protocols like GraphQL, CKAN, Atom, and Socrata until adoption grows. Metadata and lifecycle statuses will be sourced directly from submitted OAS documents and managed via a backend API, and the Municipality of Amsterdam has joined the pilot.

The Drupal CMS team has started building its first real-world site template for SaaS and product-focused businesses. The recipe targets B2B expense-management platforms and includes features like virtual and physical company cards, mobile receipt capture, and role-based approval workflows. The initial MVP provides structured content types, layout components, demo content, and a pricing comparison table, with deeper integrations planned for future phases.

DrupalCon Vienna 2025 is now accepting sponsors. Sponsorships help fund sessions, scholarships, and community programs. Companies gain visibility, hiring access, and a stronger presence in the Drupal ecosystem.

Drupal Mumbai's third meetup is set for June 28 at Iksula Services in Andheri East. Sessions will cover Google API integration and a contribution sprint. The event also includes networking and planning for DrupalCamp Mumbai.

Drupal core is officially adopting the Gin admin theme, replacing Claro as the default interface. The change targets a smoother admin experience by unifying design efforts under one modern theme. Gin is set to be included in Drupal 11.3, expected this December.

The DropTimes has curated a week of Drupal and open source events happening from June 23 to 29, 2025. The lineup includes in-person meetups in Denver, Bern, Granada, Madrid, Mumbai and Kochi, and virtual sessions on accessibility, content workflows and incident response. Attendees can join technical talks on multi-site setups, data visualizations, Google API integration and AI in Drupal, as well as hands-on workshops and networking socials.

CKEditor is hosting a webinar on June 25 to explore new Drupal CMS Recipes and updates to the CKEditor Plugin Pack. Experts from Acquia, Kanopi Studios, Four Kitchens, and CKEditor will discuss how these tools improve site-building and editorial workflows. The session targets Drupal developers and digital teams aiming to enhance content efficiency.

Droptica has released version 1.0.0 of Open Intranet, a Drupal-based platform for internal communication. It includes team directories, calendars, AI tools, and integrates with Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace. The stable release follows a beta phase and is now available on Drupal.org.

The Austin Drupal Meetup is hosting a social happy hour on June 24 from 5:30 to 7:30 PM at Bouldin Acres. This informal event welcomes all experience levels and is focused on casual networking. Drinks are sponsored by BigTuna Interactive, and food is available for purchase.

Session videos from the EvolveDigital Boston conference are now online. Topics include brand trust, Drupal’s Experience Builder, and AI in digital experiences. Some moments, like karaoke and hallway chats, remain exclusive to those who attended in person.

SPARC is a Drupal-based system that helps homeowners schedule appliances and forecast solar energy output using Solcast data stored in InfluxDB. It employs best-fit, worst-fit, and first-fit allocation algorithms and sends real-time notifications via a Discord integration powered by a custom Drupal module. Future enhancements include adding Forecast.solar and ENTSO-E data, EPREL device metrics, and local consumption insights for dynamic, cost-based scheduling.

Drupal 11.2.0 delivers major performance and developer-experience upgrades, with site and extension installs now completing up to four times faster thanks to optimized container rebuilding and a revamped installer. It brings full object-oriented hook support, auto-generated JSON Schemas for content entities, front-end boosts like AVIF conversion with WebP fallback and conditional CSS loading, plus navigation and render-cache optimizations. The release also updates core leadership roles and shifts Drupal 10.5.0 to a six-month maintenance schedule through December 2026.

Bernardo Martinez of Vaultes will speak tomorrow, June 20, at the Chattanooga Convention Center during Scenic City Summit on “Why Has Modern Drupal Taken Over Chattanooga?”. He’ll cover Drupal’s strengths and limits, comparing it to other platforms, and showcase how UTC and the City of Chattanooga leverage it for faster, cost-effective site maintenance. Martinez, a Drupal veteran since v8.3, has contributed to local user groups, Drupalcamps, DrupalCon, and tools like the Drupal recording initiative and DDEV.

DrupalCon Vienna has extended the Splash Awards submission deadline to June 23, 2025. This gives developers and teams an extra week to enter their top Drupal projects. The awards spotlight design, functionality, and impact in the global Drupal community.

Dries Buytaert is experimenting with publishing “living notes” on his website. These are informal updates on what he's learning or working on. He says the approach favors usefulness over polish and helps him share knowledge early.