Project present and future
- Version 1.31 current release (released May 15, 2025)
- Goals for Version 1.32 (scheduled for September 15, 2025)
- Goals for future 1.x releases
- Version 2.0 (not before Jan 2026)
Key features in version 1.31
Release date: May 15th, 2025
Backdrop 1.31 (release notes) new features include:
- Allow Image Styles to be used with inline images with CKEditor #2658
- Provide CKEditor 5 Emoji integration #6772
- Allow attaching libraries, js, css with hook_theme. #6859
- Update CKEditor5 to version 44.3.0 #6788
- PHP 8.4 Support #6777
Features planned for version 1.32
Scheduled release date: September 15th, 2025
See the GitHub issue tracker for all 1.32 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
- A more intuitive administrative interface with every release.
- Improved the experience for those new to Backdrop CMS.
- Ensure that a transition from Drupal 7 is as smooth as possible.
- More TBD!
Specific Goals
- Automatic core updates (push-button core updates have been available since 1.11).
- Improved multilingual support (especially for RTL languages).
- More TBD!
Goals for 2.0
Backdrop 2.0 will NOT be released before January 15th, 2026.
Backdrop Version 1 will continue to be the active branch of development until at least January 15th, 2026. 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 which may require updates to themes.
The upgrade from Backdrop 1 to Backdrop 2 will be easier than the upgrade between major Drupal versions.
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.