Issue 701 - September, 25th 2025

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Headlines

Security Public Service Announcements: Third-Party Libraries and Supply Chains - PSA-2025-09-17

Drupal Association Blog: A New Era of Digital Accessibility: The EAA and Its Implications for Drupal

Drupal Association Blog: Meet Dominique De Cooman and His Vision for Open Digital Experiences

From Our Sponsor

Core

Correctly Display Form Description Before the Field Prefix

Using Specific PDO Drivers Instead of PDOConnection on PHP 8.4+

Articles

Building an AI-Powered Project Management System

CKEditor: What’s New in CKEditor Drupal Modules: Merge Fields, Export with Inline Styles, and More

Drupal AI Initiative: Drupal AI Development Progress Week 36-37

Freelock Blog: Easy Unit Testing with Drupal Flake and AI - Group PURL, a Case Study

Freelock Blog: Use Drupal Flake for PHPUnit Testing

From Outdated to Outstanding: Claim Your Free Drupal 7 Audit

An upgrade isn’t just about staying current; it’s about evolving. OPTASY’s certified migration specialists provide a free audit to guide your transition to Drupal 11, helping you build a faster, smarter, and more secure digital experience.

Metadrop: Aljibe: Quality and Testing for Drupal Developments with DDEV

Tag1 Consulting: Beyond Code Generation: How AI Enhanced Our Load Testing Workflow and Documentation

The Challenge of Building Premium Drupal Themes with Zero Dependencies

The Drop Times: 17 Drupal Modules to Power AI-Driven Search and Discovery

The Drop Times: How Drupal Plans to Beat Commercial CMS Platforms with AI-First Approach

Tutorials

1xINTERNET Blog: Preparing Your Website for the Future of AI Search with llms.txt

ComputerMinds.co.uk: Fixing Sass @import Deprecation Warnings

ComputerMinds.co.uk: Rendering Plugin Blocks the Right Way

Jofitz: How to Add a Composer Package from a GitHub Repository

Specbee: How to Export Data from Views Using the Drupal Views Data Export Module

Tag1's AI Applied Series: Results Beyond the Hype in Enterprise AI

Ready to move past AI buzzwords? Our new series reveals how we’re actually implementing AI internally, from testing tools, sharing failures, and documenting what delivers real business value. From load testing improvements to development acceleration, discover practical AI strategies that work in enterprise environments. Follow our journey from experimentation to impact.

The Accidental Coder: Unmanaged Files - Part 1

The Accidental Coder: Unmanaged Files - Part 2

The Drop Times: Unmanaged Files in Drupal: Building a Random File Handler (Part 2)

Releases

Ai 1.1.4

Ddev v1.24.8

Eca 2.1.14

Eca 3.0.4

Features 8.x-3.15

Metatag 2.2.0

Oauth 8.x-2.5

scheduled_publish 4.1.0

Podcasts

Talking Drupal #521 - Tugboat

Events

6th Longhorn PHP Conference Oct 23-35 in Austin, TX

Longhorn PHP is a community-run, regionally focused conference brought to you by members of the PHP (and Drupal!) communities. Level up at the optional tutorial day on Thursday, October 23, with main conference days on Friday and Saturday, October 24-25 featuring 5 speakers from the Drupal community. Early Bird pricing ends tomorrow!