Issue 673 - March, 13th 2025

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Headlines

Drupal Blog: Drupal CMS Leadership Changes

From Our Sponsor

Core

Added New DebugDump Extension for PHPUnit

Classloader with Support for Moving/deprecating Classes

Dispay Classes for All Description Elements in Form-element.html.twig

New Key 'submit_button' Added to Type Button

PerformanceData getCacheTagChecksumCount and getCacheTagIsValidCount Deprecated

The UI for Updating Modules and Themes via the Admin Interface Has Been Removed

DrupalCon

Drupal Association Blog: Detailed Agenda Released for the Nonprofit Summit at DrupalCon Atlanta

Drupal Association Blog: Top Reasons to Attend the Government Summit at DrupalCon Atlanta 2025

Drupal Association Blog: Why Marketers Should Pack Their Bags for DrupalCon Atlanta 2025

Articles

1xINTERNET Blog: Drupal England’s Heart Is Back Beating Strong

ComputerMinds.co.uk: Views Data Export: Sprint 4 Summary

Time to Break Up with Drupal 7—We’ll Help You Move on (Free Audit Available at OPTASY)

Sticking with an outdated site is like staying in a bad relationship—it’s only going to get worse. Let’s upgrade. Claim your FREE Drupal 7 migration audit and move forward with confidence.

Drupalize.Me: Drupal CMS Docs: Should We Combine the CMS and User Guides?

Selling Courses Online in a Store on Drupal - Guide | Droptica

The Drop Times: Open Source Has No Borders!

The Drop Times: Top Drupal CMS SEO Modules for Better Search Rankings and Site Optimization

Wim Leers: XB Week 28: Previews, Patterns and Pages

Wim Leers: XB Week 29: Adieu, Dizzying Drag and Drop

Tutorials

Golems GABB: Overview: Media Content Management in Drupal 9

joshics.in: How to Update Drupal Core, Modules & Themes with Composer and Drush

Visit Our Booth at DrupalCon Atlanta

We’re looking forward to spending time with the Drupal community at DrupalCon Atlanta 2025! Visit the amazee.io booth, listen to one of our informative and fun in-booth talks, and get one of our new personalized pet tags! We’d be happy to discuss your enterprise Drupal hosting needs and challenges and any Drupal AI questions you have.

Keeping Your Raspberry Pi Online with Watchdogs

LN Webworks: Drupal Performance Unlocked: Expert Caching Practices for Lightning-Fast Websites

LN Webworks: Enhancing Drupal Performance with PHP 8.1 Fibers

Specbee: How Can the Block ID Module Improve Your Block Management in Drupal

Releases

Ai 1.0.5

custom_field 3.1.4

Drupal 10.4.4

Drupal 11.1.4

editor_load() Is Deprecated

email_registration 2.0.0-Rc8

Fences 3.0.7

file_get_content_headers() Is Deprecated

Oidc 2.3.0

permissions_by_term 3.1.37

Tfa 8.x-1.10

Podcasts

Lullabot Podcast: The Shadow DOM {Frontend.Darkside}

Talking Drupal: Talking Drupal #492 - Pantheon Content Publisher

Events

Drupal Camp Asheville: Dates Announced + Call for Sessions & Trainings!

Get ready to gather with the Drupal community in the mountains! Drupal Camp Asheville returns July 11-13, 2025. Have knowledge to share? Training and session proposals are now open! Whether it’s a hands-on workshop or an insightful talk, we’d love to hear from you. Don’t hibernate on this—submit your proposal today!