Issue 715 - January, 22nd 2026
Last week was the 25th birthday of Drupal! This we highlight some reflections on this milestone.
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Dries Buytaert: 25 Years of Drupal: What I've Learned
Drupal Association Blog: Drupal Turns 25 Today
Drupal Core News: Announcing Drupal 12.0.0 Platform Requirements
Drupal Core News: Introducing the Main Branch for Drupal Core
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Core
Deprecation of DrupalCoreThemeRegistry::getBaseHook()
The History Module Has Been Removed from the Standard Profile and Recipe
Views Table Alignment Style Options Now Relies on Core Alignment Classes
Articles
Cameron Eagans: 25 Years of Drupal
Drupal Site Templates – Launch Websites in Minutes - Droptica
mark.ie: AI Single Page Importer: Fast, Flexible Single-Page Imports for Drupal
> AI Single Page Importer is a Drupal contributed module designed to help bring content into a Drupal site from a single URL or source page in a streamlined way.
Planning for Another Great DDEV Year in 2026 | DDEV
Protect Your Drupal Site V.2026
Start the year off right by releasing your Drupal site from costly malicious traffic. Promet Source stops bad traffic at the edge before it impacts performance or drives up costs—so you can ship faster, stay secure, and keep your budget intact.
Software as Clay on the Wheel
The Third Audience - Dries Buytaert
> For two decades, we built sites for two audiences: humans and search engines. AI agents are now the third audience, and most websites aren't optimized for them yet.