January 15th 2025 marks the launch of Drupal CMS, an innovative platform that empowers marketers and content teams to create exceptional digital experiences. This release is an important milestone in Drupal's mission to make enterprise-grade web development available to all, while maintaining its commitment to open source values.

Drupal CMS is a marketer-friendly launchpad for creating websites. Built on Drupal's robust foundation, it lowers the learning curve and reduces adoption barriers for content editors and marketers in using Drupal. The platform features smart defaults for common marketing tasks, AI-powered tools for faster implementation, and integration with popular marketing technologies—while preserving Drupal's renowned flexibility and scalability.

Here are the top reasons you should try it out:

A screenshot of Drupal CMS offering a choice of content templates
Drupal CMS makes it easy to build pre-configured or customized content pages without any technical background.

 

1. It’s designed for content editors and marketers

  • Streamlined setup: Drupal CMS offers a setup process that includes SEO tools, content types like events and blogs, and other essential out-of-the-box features.
  • Built-in functionality: Friendly URLs, responsive images, and easy content interlinking come standard, eliminating the need for additional customization often handled by Drupal experts.
  • Modern admin interface: The admin UI has been redesigned for ease of use, featuring an admin search tool, built-in dark mode, and a customizable dashboard for content editing. The experience is both modern and accessible.

A screenshot of the Drupal CMS SEO checklist
With Drupal CMS, you get marketing tools and optimizations for content authoring out-of-the-box.

 

2. It gives you a fully-fledged CMS—Not a simplified version

  • With Drupal CMS, you get the full power of Drupal core. This isn’t a scaled-down version—it’s Drupal, thoughtfully optimized for content editors and marketers.

3. It makes it faster to customize your website to your needs

  • Smart defaults: Skip time-consuming setup tasks with community-recommended best practices built into the platform.
  • AI-powered tools: These tools focus on site-building tasks, not content generation. For example, the AI chatbot can guide you through configuring your site based on your prompts, perform configurations automatically, or review your setup afterward. This accelerates tasks like adding content types and setting up taxonomies. You don’t have to be a Drupal expert to customize the content model to your specific needs.

 

Interface for adding content types with AI chatbot assistant
Drupal CMS offers an AI chatbot with a customizable language model. The tool speeds up processes and makes it easier to learn Drupal.

 

4. Best practices are built-in

  • Accessibility features: Drupal CMS includes a content accessibility checker and tools to generate detailed accessibility reports.
  • Compliance tools: Built-in consent management tools provide GDPR compliance out of the box.
  • Responsible AI: Drupal CMS adheres to a responsible AI policy, ensuring transparency and human oversight. You can also customize the language model used.

A screenshot of site-wide content accessibility analysis
Drupal CMS generates detailed site-wide accessibility checks and offers other tools to help build sites that are compliant and consistent.

 

What’s coming next?

The next release of Drupal CMS will include Experience Builder, a dynamic low-code page-building tool. For now, you can use familiar tools like Paragraphs and Layout Builder for flexible drag-and-drop page creation.

Find out more about Drupal CMS

  • Product Availability: Drupal CMS launches on January 15, 2025. Documentation and a link to the one-click trial experience will be available at drupal.org/drupal-cms before noon EST.
  • Launch Event: Join in the celebration around the launch on January 15th. 
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