Project present and future
- Version 1.26 current release (released September 15, 2023)
- Goals for Version 1.27 (release scheduled for January 15, 2023)
- Goals for future 1.x releases
- Version 2.0 (not before Jan 2025)
Key features in version 1.26
Release date: September 15th, 2022
Backdrop 1.26 (release notes) new features include:
- PHP 8.2 support
- jQuery 3.7.1
- CKEditor version reporting
- Configuration for themes
Features planned for version 1.27
Scheduled release date: January 15th, 2024
- Add field group functionality to core.
- TBD!
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 out-of-the-box Experience.
- 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, 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.