LocalGov Drupal

Mark Conroy’s September 2025 contributions to LocalGov Drupal bring improved accessibility, enhanced microsite integration, and expanded theme customization. The update also delivers a full JavaScript refactor of LocalGov Services, fixes multiple UI bugs, and marks the stable 1.0 release of the LocalGov Replicate module. ...more

Digital Health Check’s latest update to its LocalGov CMS Directory shows significant momentum: Drupal is now used by 100 councils (nearly 25 % of councils in UK & Ireland), with 59 running the LocalGov Drupal distribution. The top six CMSs remain Drupal, Jadu, Umbraco, GOSS iCM, Contensis and WordPress. Among council types, Drupal ranks first in seven of ten categories — underlining its growing dominance in the public sector. ...more

Drupal EU Government Day 2026, a free conference on January 29, is seeking speaker proposals on AI, cybersecurity, design systems, and digital services for European governments. ...more

LocalGov Drupal will host a community meetup on Sept. 25 at Brighton Town Hall. Council digital teams will share experiences, explore functionality, and tackle challenges together; registration is required and subject to approval. ...more

New to Drupal? Mark Conroy breaks down nodes, terms, blocks, Views, and more in this beginner-friendly explainer—perfect for anyone starting their Drupal dev journey. ...more

Mark Conroy documents his August 2025 contributions to LocalGov Drupal, including fixes to Microsites layout issues, updates to the Replicate module, accessibility improvements, and progress on the Modules List and Telemetry features. ...more

Mark Conroy from The Confident Logo has published a 10-part blog series on Drupal and LocalGov Drupal training, starting with a guide to setting up a local development environment using DDEV. ...more

The Confident is launching an online course, Build a LocalGov Drupal Website, covering design, site building, module development, and theming. Led by LocalGov Drupal expert Mark Conroy, the course is aimed at helping local government organisations improve their digital services. ...more

Mark Conroy reports on his July 2025 LocalGov Drupal work, covering module development, theme refactoring, bug fixes, and support for multiple UK councils. His update includes new features for LocalGov Base, security discussions, and efforts to align code with Drupal standards. ...more

Governments worldwide rely on Drupal for secure, accessible, and scalable digital infrastructure. Specbee’s Priyanka Phukan explains why, with global examples and a case study on New York’s Department of Health. ...more

Andy Terry shares takeaways from LocalGov Drupal Camp 2025 on accessibility, AI, and why real users—not just devs—should shape digital services. ...more

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. ...more