Issue 703 - October, 9th 2025

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Headlines

Drupal AI Initiative: Drupal AI 1.2.0-Beta1 and AI Agents 1.2.0-Beta1 Are Out!

Drupal AI Initiative: Drupal AI at DrupalCon Vienna: Sneak Peek at the Program

From Our Sponsor

Core

Block Content Module No Longer Ships with field.storage.block_content.body.yml

Broken "RSS Publishing" Settings Form, system.rss Config and RSS Viewmode Are Removed from Core

The Path Alias Preload Cache Has Been Removed

Articles

Artificial Intelligence Will Supercharge Your CMS (Not Replace It)

Centarro: Drupal Commerce Now Supports PayPal Fastlane

Cheppers: Drupal: The CMS for Responsible AI

Upgrade with Confidence: Drupal Migration by Senior Developers

Accelerate your website’s future with secure, reliable Drupal migration led by senior developers. Our experts ensure smooth transitions, optimized performance and support 24/7.

DrupalEasy: Introducing DrupalEasy Show & Tell: Our New YouTube Video Series

ImageX: Spam Protection for Your Drupal Forms: A Guide to CAPTCHA and reCAPTCHA

Specbee: Top 10 Drupal SEO Tips You Can’t Skip in 2025

The Drop Times: How to Build a Scalable Design System in Drupal Projects

Tutorials

Colorfield: Semantic Search with Drupal and Typesense

DDEV on Linux in 10 Minutes | DDEV

Drupal 7 Data Migration Playbook: Tools, Tips & Checklists

Data migrations are often the most challenging part of any Drupal upgrade. That’s why Tag1 Consulting’s migration experts created this free, comprehensive 31-part guide —complete with source site audit checklists, preconfigured environments, and techniques for transforming content models. Claim this essential resource today!

Tag1 Consulting: Using Artificial Intelligence to Improve the Usability of Drupal’s AUTO_INCREMENT Alter Module

Gizra.com: Make Impossible States Impossible (In Drupal Theming)

Mario Hernandez: Normalize Images Captions in Your Website

The Drop Times: Unmanaged Files in Drupal: Rendering via a Twig Template (Part 4)

Upsun Support for DDEV in a New Add-on | DDEV

Releases

Ai 1.1.5

Drupal 10.5.4

Drupal 11.2.5

Editoria11y 2.2.18

entity_share 8.x-3.12

json_field 8.x-1.6

Sitemap 8.x-2.4

Tour 2.0.14

Trash 3.0.20

v3.25.6

Podcasts

Talking Drupal: Talking Drupal #523 - Pantheon, Google & AI

Events

PNW Drupal Summit - Portland, or - Late Registration - Event Is Oct 18-19

A great lineup of veteran community members will be presenting at PNW Drupal Summit on the grounds of the historic McMenamin's Edgefield Hotel. Breakfast and Lunch included, plus an unconference and community outing on Sunday (waterfalls or Chinese Garden). If you aren't in Vienna, we will be sharing the latest news!

The First Ever Southwestern Ontario Drupal Camp Is Coming October 24

Join us in Kitchener for the first ever Southwestern Ontario Drupal Camp in Kitchener on October 24! We’ll have a full day of informative sessions, free lunch and refreshments, awesome networking opportunities & more. Thanks to our generous sponsors, admission is free. Registration is open now!