Issue 689 - July, 3rd 2025

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Headlines

Drupal AI Initiative: A Coordinated Leap Forward: Introducing the Drupal AI Strategic Initiative

Drupal Association Blog: DrupalCon North America 2026: Evolving for the Community

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Core

Automatic Creation of .htaccess Files Can Be Disabled

Calling RenderElementBase ::__construct Without ElementInfoManagerInterface Is Now Deprecated

DrupalCoreUtilityError::currentErrorHandler Is Deprecated

JSON:API Filter Constants Have Been Deprecated

New Object Oriented Approach for Working with Form/render Arrays

node_type_get_description Is Deprecated

Status and Info Settings in block_content Blocks Are Deprecated

Update Details Element Templates to Add Description ID Attributes

Widget Elements Can Be Written Using Object Oriented Approach

Articles

Drupal Starshot Blog: Marketplace Share Out #7: The MVP Proposal Is Here - What We’re Testing and How to Shape It

From Code to Production: Enterprise PR Workflows That Work

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ImageX: A Step-by-Step Walkthrough of Drupal CMS

joshics.in: Fortifying Your Drupal Site: Best Practices for Security with a Real-World Example

Marketplace Share Out #6: Preparing for the MVP Proposal | Drupal.org

PreviousNext: Navigating Drupal AI

The Web's Broken Deal with AI Companies

Xjm: "Anemone": The Brief Tale of a Drupal Core Security Advisory

Tutorials

Drupal Life Hack's: Drupal 11.2 Hook Migration Guide: Modernize Your Module’s Hooks with Attributes

Drupal Life Hack's: How to Efficiently Load and Process 10,000 Nodes in Drupal Without Killing Performance

Drupal Life Hack's: Why More Indexes in MySQL Aren't Always Better

How to Future-Proof Your SEO with Links in an AI-First World

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Releases

ckeditor5_youtube 1.0.4

Daterangepickerwidget 2.0.0

Docker4drupal 6.1.5

Drupal 10.5.1

Drupal 11.2.2

Emulsify 6.0.1

Libraries 4.1.0

Linkchecker 2.0.2

node_title_list Is Deprecated

paragraphs_bundles 1.0.12

paragraphs_table 2.0.5

purge_file 1.2.0

smart_date 4.2.4

Social 12.4.13

symfony_mailer 1.6.2

Workflow 2.1.2

Podcasts

Modeler API with Jürgen Haas - Beyond Blocks

Talking Drupal #509 - a WordPresser @ DrupalCon

Talking Drupal: TD Cafe #005 - Mike Miles and Aubrey Sambor