The Backdrop CMS Project Management Committee is responsible for guiding the direction of the Backdrop project. Three most recent updates from PMC are: Backdrop CMS was a sponsor of Badcamp in October 2024, Joseph Flatt has recently been added to our team of core committers, Irina Zaks has recently been added to our PMC team.
Occassionally, I find a PR in the core issue queue that is near completion, but the origional author of the PR is unavailable at the time. I just need a copy of their PR that I can work on.
The Backdrop community is proud to announce the release of version 1.29 of Backdrop CMS!
As part of our commitment to deliver the most usable product, "minor" releases come out three times a year, on a regular schedule. This allows site maintainers to know when to expect updates, and they can plan accordingly. (See https://backdropcms.org/releases for more information on this)
Version 1.29 includes the following new features and enhancements:
The Backdrop community is proud to announce the release of version 1.28 of Backdrop CMS! As part of our commitment to deliver the most usable product, "minor" releases come out three times a year, on a regular schedule. This allows site maintainers to know when to expect updates, and they can plan accordingly. (See https://backdropcms.org/releases for more information on this)
The lifespan of Backdrop 1.x has been extended several times as the lifespan of Drupal 7 has been extended. Initially, our goal was for Backdrop 2.x to be released at least 2 years after the end of Drupal 7 support. Our hope was to give Drupal 7 site owners the time they need to both move to Backdrop, and prepare for the first Backdrop major version upgrade.
The Backdrop community is proud to announce version 1.27 of Backdrop CMS, which was released as scheduled on January 15, 2024. As part of our commitment to deliver the most usable product, "minor" releases come out three times a year, on a regular schedule. This allows site maintainers to know when to expect updates, and they can plan accordingly.
Backdrop plans to include CKEditor 5 in the next core feature version (1.27.0). This will be released January 15, 2024. CKEditor 5 will be enabled by default in all new sites that are installed with version 1.27.0 and higher.
The Backdrop community is proud to announce version 1.26 of Backdrop CMS, which was released as scheduled on September 15, 2023. As part of our commitment to deliver the most usable product, "minor" releases come out three times a year, on a regular schedule. This allows site maintainers to know when to expect updates, and they can plan accordingly. (See https://backdropcms.org/releases for more information on this)
Version 1.26 includes a few enhancements:
PHP 8.2 support
The Backdrop community is proud to announce version 1.25 of Backdrop CMS, which was released as scheduled on May 15, 2023. As part of our commitment to deliver the most usable product, "minor" releases come out three times a year, on a regular schedule. This allows site maintainers to know when to expect updates, and they can plan accordingly. (See https://backdropcms.org/releases for more information on this)
Version 1.25 includes a number of enhancements which improve the usability of Backdrop CMS, including these new features:
We recently held a discussion about and demonstration on how to use Configuration Recipes at Backdrop LIVE, we followed up with a recorded Community Meeting that covers the same topic and demonstrates the six available recipes at that time.