Drupal Brief
Drupal Brief is the go-to podcast for quick and insightful AI generated summaries of the latest Drupal news, blogs, and podcasts. Stay informed and inspired in just a few minutes as we distill the most important updates and trends in the Drupal community! Drupal Brief is a podcast of Drupal Forge.
Episodes
In this episode, we explore highlights from Issue 682 of TheWeeklyDrop, the essential newsletter for Drupal developers and site builders.
👉 What’s Inside:
- 🔧 Major updates in Drupal core: VanillaJS, deprecated database options, and modular hook reform.
- ⏳ Drupal 7 end-of-life urgency: Free audits, support options, and migration tools.
- 🤖 AI in Drupal: How tools like DXPR Builder and commit summarization are transformi...
This podcast details a conversation between two seasoned Drupal developers, offering insights into the complexities of maintaining open-source projects within the Drupal ecosystem. It examines the varying degrees of emotional investment maintainers experience—contrasting the deep personal responsibility felt for self-initiated projects versus the more logistical challenges of managing inherited modules. The discussion...
This episode highlights the latest issue of a popular weekly newsletter for the Drupal community, packed with curated updates on Drupal core developments, tutorials, videos, podcasts, and module releases. We spotlight key stories, including the upcoming Drupal 7 end-of-life and the importance of extended support, and explore job listings and community initiatives. Whether you're a developer, site builder, or Drup...
In this episode, we explore the newly released "Local Task More" Drupal module, designed to solve a long-standing UX challenge: cluttered local task tabs on content nodes. We talk about how this module introduces a clean, configurable way to manage task overflow by allowing site builders to hide less frequently used tabs, reorder them, and set a display threshold. When the threshold is reached, the extra ta...
In this episode, we break down highlights from the May 1st, 2025 issue of TheWeeklyDrop, a go-to newsletter for the Drupal community. We explore recent changes in core Drupal, including updates to hook implementations and the renaming of key modules. The discussion expands into notable articles, tutorials, and community content—from practical upgrade guidance for older Drupal versions to emerging development best prac...
This podcast discusses the Contact Form Initiative, one of 14 core initiatives launched to make Drupal more competitive and user-friendly, particularly for marketing professionals. The initiative chose to leverage the powerful Webform module to create a simple contact form recipe for Drupal CMS, making it easy for users to add a pre-configured form and page to their site. While the initial focus was on simplicity, fut...
This podcast delves into TheWeeklyDrop Issue #679, offering a curated summary of recent news and resources within the Drupal community.
We discuss upcoming events like DrupalCon Atlanta and the 2025 Global Drupal Developer Survey, explore initiatives such as Drupal Starshot, and highlight announcements about core software updates. Additionally, we touch on sponsor contributions, including Drupal 7 support service...
This podcast explores a recent ruling by the U.S. Department of Justice requiring state and local governments to make their websites and mobile apps accessible under WCAG 2.1 AA guidelines.
Join the hosts of Talking Drupal and guest Josh Mitchell as they discuss what the new requirements mean for public sector organizations, how compliance deadlines vary by population size, and the practical challenges of adaptin...
In this episode, we explore key takeaways from a Nonprofit Summit discussion and a detailed presentation on user experience (UX) in the context of Drupal CMS. The conversation begins by demystifying the concept of “migrating” to Drupal CMS—clarifying that it functions as a pre-configured Drupal installation with bundled features known as "recipes," rather than a new platform altogether. The episode also exam...
This episode kicks off with insights from the Government Summit at DrupalCon, where agency leaders and developers share how public institutions are evolving their digital presence using Drupal. Case studies include the City of Rochester’s website redesign by Promet Source, Pantheon’s scalable open-source solutions for government, and Palantir.net’s creation of an accessible resource database for Wisconsin’s Departmen...
This episode captures highlights from the Drupal Community Summit, offering an inside look into the initiatives and conversations shaping the future of the Drupal open-source ecosystem. In the first segment, community leaders introduce the "New to Drupal" initiative, aimed at better onboarding experiences for newcomers, followed by an open AMA session addressing event planning, module stewardship, and revita...
This episode covers highlights from the Healthcare Summit at DrupalCon 2025, where industry leaders shared how they're leveraging Drupal and AI to transform digital experiences in healthcare.
Key segments include:
- Advent Health & Phase2 on personalizing patient experiences through a data-driven website refresh
- UCLA Health & Slalom showcasing no-code AI tools that streamline editorial workflows with featu...
This episode brings you highlights from the Higher Ed Summit at DrupalCon 2025, where leading universities and Drupal experts share how they’re transforming digital experiences in higher education. Hear from Arizona State University on using AI to enhance marketing and communications, and listen in on collaborative table talks with summit attendees.
The episode also features:
- Evolving Web's redesign journey wit...
This Podcast captures the opening session of a Government Summit at DrupalCon, focusing heavily on digital accessibility. The initial speaker covers logistical announcements before introducing a panel of experts in web accessibility from various backgrounds, including Drupal core maintainers, agency specialists, and platform owners. The subsequent discussion explores critical aspects of accessibility, such as the shif...
This podcast episode explores how George Washington University (GW) achieved remarkable success in digital accessibility by embedding inclusive design principles into every stage of its web development and content creation process. Featuring insights from GW and Siteimprove representatives, the discussion highlights the university’s shift from reactive accessibility fixes to a proactive, education-driven approach. To...
This podcast details Episode Talking Drupal (#497) that explores Drupal Forge, a new community-driven marketplace for ready-made Drupal sites. Guest Darren O, the project lead, joins the hosts to unpack the vision behind Drupal Forge—how it empowers users to launch, demo, and collaborate on Drupal projects with ease. The conversation delves into the platform’s features like instant site previews and flexible hosting...
This podcast dives into the highlights of TheWeeklyDrop Issue 678, a Drupal-focused roundup curated by Bob Kepford. We explore the upcoming alpha release of Drupal 11.2, take a closer look at Composer UI options, and discuss the implications of continued Drupal 7 extended support and migration audits. The episode also unpacks key community trends around AI integration, accessibility, and developer tooling. Whether yo...
Talking Drupal #496 features a discussion about the need to refocus on Drupal basics at community events to attract and retain newcomers, with guest Mike Anello sharing his perspective on this issue. The podcast episode also covers the Entity Reference Override module as the module of the week, explaining its functionality for customizing referenced entities and featuring comments from Mike Anelo as a co-maintainer. T...
This podcast episode offers a comprehensive dive into the latest developments in the Drupal ecosystem, anchored by highlights from The Weekly Drop: Issue 676 and the DrupalCon Atlanta 2025 keynote.
We explore:
- 🛰️ The momentum behind the Starshot initiative and the official launch of Drupal CMS
- 🛠️ A deep look at the new Experience Builder, designed for both end-users and front-end developers
- 🧱 The future of site tem...
In this episode, Greg Dunlap presents a compelling case for rethinking how we design content management systems—not from the perspective of developers or end users, but from the often-overlooked viewpoint of content creators. In his talk, "Building A Better Authoring Experience," Dunlap argues that a great editorial experience is essential to delivering high-quality content.
Drawing on real-world examples and...
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