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Vardot is providing a free enterprise Drupal audit focused on security, performance, SEO, UX, and code quality. The audit includes technical findings and executive-ready recommendations. It is available to help organizations improve their Drupal websites at no cost.

DrupalCamp Colorado 2025 attendees can enter a quilt raffle by donating $25 per ticket, up to 8 tickets per person. The drawing takes place July 25–26 at Tivoli Student Union in Denver.

DrupalCamp Colorado 2025 is back with two full days of free sessions, a focus on accessibility and inclusion, and community-led insights. Organizers share with The Drop Times what’s planned, why it matters, and how attendees can get involved.

The 12-week Drupal Career Online course from DrupalEasy starts September 1 with live, instructor-led training focused on Drupal best practices. A free Taste of Drupal webinar on August 20 offers an overview for prospective students. The program includes lessons on Drupal 10 and 11, Composer, Git, and developer workflows.

DrupalCon North America 2026 will be held in Chicago from March 23–26. The Call for Speakers is open through September 26, 2025. Organizers invite session proposals from Drupal professionals of all experience levels.

Théodore Biadala has introduced HTMX support in Drupal’s BigPipe module, reducing JavaScript size and paving the way for a modern frontend architecture. This move is part of a broader effort to replace the aging Ajax framework with a more efficient, DOM-driven approach.

Tiffany Farriss shared key changes to the Drupal Marketplace pilot, including removal of listing fees, better support for small contributors, and future plans for on-site purchasing. Board review is scheduled for July 24.

The Leaflet Choropleth module brings professional-grade choropleth mapping to Drupal using Leaflet.js for the first time, offering statistical classifications, color schemes, and flexible legends—all integrated with standard Drupal content architecture.

DrupalCon Vienna 2025 will host a series of contribution sprints from October 14 to 17, offering hands-on opportunities to support Drupal core, modules, themes, and documentation. The sprints are open to all skill levels and include workshops, mentoring, and collaboration across a range of contribution areas. Participants can earn contribution credits and engage directly with Drupal community leaders.

Drupal has opened a community survey to gather input on its AI development roadmap, focusing on the features and capabilities most important to users. The survey seeks responses from end-user organizations, digital agencies, and consultants to better understand practical use cases and adoption challenges. Results will help shape how AI is integrated into future Drupal releases.

New updates to the Drupal Event Platform include improved session moderation, anonymous review options, waitlist management, and enhancements to the Event Horizon theme. A site starter recipe and a ready-to-use template on Drupal Forge are also now available. These changes aim to simplify event site setup and improve session workflows for Drupal camp organizers.

Augusto Fagioli's latest Drupal Bee Hotel release strengthens the distribution's position in hospitality tech with IoT integration, privacy-focused staff interfaces, and improved system reliability—showcasing Drupal's growing influence in vertical-specific solutions.

Drupal’s new Template Marketplace sounds promising—but it’s not the first time the project has tried reusable site kits. This time, the stakes are higher, and the questions are sharper: Who maintains them? Who benefits? And will it make building Drupal sites easier long-term?

Texas Drupal organizers join Longhorn PHP Conference 2025 to connect Drupal and PHP communities in Austin, October 23–25. The event features joint sessions, an extended CFP through August 1, and highlights Drupal innovations like phpstan-drupal, composer-stager, and open-source AI tooling.

Join the Drupal community in Kitchener this October for a full day of sessions, networking, and collaboration at SouthWestern Ontario Drupal Camp 2025. Open to developers, designers, strategists, and anyone working with Drupal or open source tech.

Marcus Johansson has released the AI Drush Agents module for Drupal, offering new Drush commands to run AI agents, explain config changes, and support terminal-based workflows. The module is part of the AI Agents ecosystem and targets developers who prefer command-line interfaces.

In a new opinion piece, Carlos Ospina argues that Drupal project pricing remains too high and is limiting adoption. He proposes new delivery models using mixed-skill teams and invites community feedback on managing cost pressures.

Commerce Core 3.1.0 is now available, featuring 21 fixes and improvements. Updates include a new checkout completion page, JSON:API serialization fixes, backend performance gains, and enhanced admin tools. Shared by Matt Robison on Centarro.

John Faber’s recent LinkedIn post questions whether pure-play Drupal agencies can survive amid falling margins, AI disruption, and shifting client expectations. This article summarises key responses from industry leaders, covering agency business models, Drupal AI, productisation, and the evolving role of digital service firms. Read for insights on how agencies are adapting—or failing to.

On September 11, 2025, Drupal developers will gather at Liip in Zurich for the Swiss Drupal AI Hackathon. The event will focus on building and demoing AI-driven prototypes using open-source language models and the Drupal AI module.