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At DrupalCon Vienna 2025, Maksym Yemets and Artem Dmitriiev of 1xINTERNET present a hands-on session on modernizing Drupal site setups using recipe-based installations. Moving beyond traditional distributions, their talk covers how Drupal CMS eliminates the need for profiles, showcasing a real-world migration of an 8-year-old custom distribution. Attendees will learn to apply recipes effectively while future-proofing their projects.

Acquia and Velir will host a CMSWire-presented webinar, “Beyond Storage: Smarter Content, Bigger Impact with DAM + AI”, on October 22, 2025, at 4:00 PM UTC. The session will highlight how DAM systems and AI can streamline content libraries, boost personalization and discoverability, and embed accessibility into content strategies.

Michael Anello has introduced DrupalEasy Show & Tell, a new YouTube series featuring unrehearsed demos of Drupal modules and techniques with subject matter experts. The series aims to deliver practical, 30–45 minute sessions for Drupal users of all levels, with early episodes covering Drupal Forge, Storage Entities, and more.

The Drupal Ahmedabad community has announced its upcoming meetup on October 11 at cmsMinds, featuring Jitesh Khatwani on Mautic and Ujval Shah on Drupal’s agency opportunities. Join the morning of talks, networking, and community discussion in Prahlad Nagar, Ahmedabad.

At DrupalCon Vienna 2025, Artem Dmitriiev of 1xINTERNET will demonstrate how the Field Widget Actions module can simplify content workflows in Drupal. The session will show how to add actionable buttons to fields, reduce repetitive tasks, and create custom plugins—making the editing experience more intuitive for site builders and content editors alike.

On October 10, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. CEST, the Drupal community will host Drupaladas #10 — a virtual session led by Óscar Novás on how to use OBS for recording and managing online events. The free workshop will take place in the #drupal-es Slack channel and be recorded for YouTube.

The Search API Solr Dense Vector module for Drupal 10 and 11 has released version 1.0.0-alpha7. This update introduces a flexible plugin system for ranking vector search results, enabling site-specific semantic relevance and custom Solr query logic. Requires Solr 9.6+, Search API Solr 4.x, and Drupal AI.

At DrupalCon Vienna, 1xINTERNET and Dropsolid will lead a hands-on workshop, “Start with Drupal and AI”, teaching how to integrate AI into Drupal using the Drupal AI module. Participants will build real use cases like content generation, PDF summarization, and intelligent workflows, and explore advanced topics like Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and custom AI agents. No prior AI experience is needed — by the end, attendees will have working code and confidence to extend AI features in Drupal.

At the upcoming Pacific Northwest Drupal Summit, Amber Matz will lead a session on self-awareness in open source and is also running a personal AI sprint to explore automated help topic generation in Drupal. Her work bridges emotional intelligence and emerging tech, offering practical insights for anyone navigating open source roles with more intention.

Website maintenance is more than just technical upkeep—it’s the backbone of digital reliability and trust. As websites grow increasingly complex, structured maintenance becomes essential for performance, security, and user experience. DrupalFit explores how consistent updates, audits, and accessibility checks help keep digital platforms “fit, fast, and built to last.”

Drupal is getting a major update to its editorial tools. The new ProseMirror module, developed by Thiemo Müller and supported by Content Sync, introduces structured, JSON-based editing to Drupal’s flexible content architecture. In this article, we compare it with Markdown Easy, Gutenberg, EditTogether, Pantheon’s publishing tools, and discuss how it fits into Drupal’s evolving ecosystem, from UI Suite to Canvas.

Adaptive announces the seamless integration of its Interact AI engagement tool with AX+, enabling Drupal users to add conversational prompts, interactive links, and smart buttons—without custom development.

Alexander Shabanov has released Typography Filter 2.0.0, introducing fine‑grained filter control and a developer‑ready backend service. Built on the JoliTypo PHP library, the update automatically improves typography to make content cleaner, more polished, and consistent across Drupal sites.

Speakeasy 1.2 adds accessible, in-page text-to-speech to Drupal using the browser’s built-in Web Speech API. The latest release introduces sentence highlighting, voice whitelisting, and saved user preferences—all without external dependencies or subscription costs.

LocalGov Drupal invites councils and suppliers to submit session proposals for its third annual LocalGov Drupal Week this November. The virtual event features 45-minute interactive sessions focused on collaboration, best practice, and digital service improvement across local government.

Centarro, maintainer of Drupal Commerce, has added PayPal Fastlane support to the Commerce PayPal module. The update introduces single-page checkout, faster guest purchases, and a migration path for merchants moving from PayPal’s legacy Payflow gateways.

DDEV has released the new ddev-upsun add-on, enabling developers to automatically mirror Upsun Flex and Fixed environments locally. The add-on simplifies PHP versioning, database setup, and service detection, minimizing manual configuration and ensuring closer alignment with production.

DrupalCamp Brasil 2025 is set for November 8 in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina. The one-day, in-person event invites developers, site builders, testers, managers, and newcomers to share expertise, network, and explore Drupal’s future in a collaborative setting.

ONLYOFFICE Docs Enterprise Edition with Drupal Connector v9.0.4 introduces native PDF form editing directly inside Drupal. The update lets users modify fields, layouts, and templates without re-uploading files, streamlining form management and collaboration within the CMS.

In Volume 3, Issue 40 of The Drop Times, we explore how Drupal is redefining AI integration—not as a side project, but as core infrastructure. From the new 1.2.0-beta release to AI automation modules and major adoption milestones in the UK and Ireland, this issue highlights how Drupal is leading with flexibility and intelligence. Plus: exclusive interviews, design system tutorials, and fresh updates from DrupalCon Vienna and Nara.