Project present and future

Key features in version 1.29

Release date: September 16th, 2024

Backdrop 1.29 (release notes) new features include:

  1. Automatically download translation files at install time.
  2. Add layout configuration options to the content type admin area.
  3. Add a visibility condition for 200/403/404 response codes.
  4. Add new file type icon views field handler.
See the GitHub issue tracker for all 1.29 issues.

Features planned for version 1.30

Scheduled release date: January 15th, 2025

  1. Basic backup and restore functionality when running updates.
  2. Allow a layout to be selected on additional paths.
  3. Replace the current token browser in core with the Fast Token Browser implementation from contrib.
  4. Increase minimum MySQL version to 5.5.
See the GitHub issue tracker for 1.30 issues.

Goals for 1.x

All Backdrop 1.x releases will include new features that do not require API breaks. A subset of proposed topics are listed below. Please note: our priorities may change based on the most urgent needs of the Backdrop community.

General Goals

  1. A more intuitive administrative interface with every release.
  2. Improved the out-of-the-box Experience.
  3. Ensure that a transition from Drupal 7 is as smooth as possible.
  4. More TBD!

Specific Goals

  1. Automatic core updates (push-button core updates have been available since 1.11).
  2. Improved multilingual support (especially for RTL languages).
  3. More TBD!

Goals for 2.0

Backdrop 2.0 will NOT be released before January 15th, 2025.

Backdrop Version 1 will continue to be the active branch of development until at least January 15th, 2025. Backdrop version 1 will continue to be supported until Backdrop version 3 is released.

Backdrop 2.0 will include the removal of deprecated functions, and will most likely include changes in HTML markup.

The upgrade from Backdrop 1 to Backdrop 2 will be easier than the upgrade from Drupal 7 to Backdrop CMS, which is already easier than the upgrade from Drupal 7 to Drupal 8 or Drupal 9.

See the GitHub issue tracker for more 2.x issues for a set of proposed changes that cannot happen during the 1.x cycle.

See the summary of discussions that took place in early 2024.