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A new alpha experimental "Admin" theme just landed in Drupal 12 dev (and 11 dev) which is a merge of the Claro and Gin themes. Gin historically extended Claro which caused complications on both sides. The merged theme allows to iron out things much faster and more effectively without duplication of efforts in two themes. Going forward the plan is for "Admin" to replace Claro. Until "Admin" becomes stable, Claro will remain the default admin experience. https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/issues/3556948

The Drop is Always Moving Mar 3

More good news in Drupal 12 development. Long time in the making, the Navigation module just replaced Toolbar as the default navigation experience in the upcoming Drupal version. Not only more customisable, the new UI is also faster to use even with deep administration trees. https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/issues/3575171

The Drop is Always Moving Mar 3

Historic moment in Drupal core! Migrate Drupal and Migrate Drupal UI will not be in Drupal 12 anymore. These are core modules dedicated to migrating Drupal 6 and Drupal 7 sites to core. Drupal 7 was end of life on January 5, 2025 while Drupal 6 EOL was February 24th 2016. The modules will still be in Drupal 11 core until its end of line expected at the end of 2028. See https://www.drupal.org/node/3466088 for issues around all deprecated modules and themes.

The Drop is Always Moving Jul 18, 2025

HTMX is coming to Drupal core! BigPipe is being refactored to use HTMX for faster, modern page updates—moving away from legacy AJAX toward a simpler, more flexible approach: https://tresbien.tech/blog/drupal-bigpipe-now-uses-htmx/ #HTMX #Drupal #BigPipe

Drupal BigPipe now uses HTMX | Très Bien Tech

The BigPipe module in Drupal is a very clever and efficient little module. It's just a little bit heavy on it's frontend. How is HTMX helping?

The Drop is Always Moving Jun 23, 2025

Drupal core will adopt Gin admin theme to replace Claro -- how does this affect you and how to get involved? https://www.drupal.org/about/core/blog/drupal-core-will-adopt-gin-admin-theme-to-replace-claro

The Drop is Always Moving Jun 19, 2025

Drupal 11.2.0 improves backend and frontend performance and scalability, completes the introduction of OOP support of hooks, adds JSON Schema support, includes AVIF image format capability, supports SDC variants, and more. https://www.drupal.org/blog/drupal-11-2-0

The Drop is Always Moving Jun 9, 2025

AI is reshaping how we build websites. Instead of creating everything from scratch, we're moving toward setting goals where AI helps deliver results.

Today we're launching a coordinated effort to accelerate AI innovation in Drupal:

✓ Clear strategy and shared vision
✓ Funded delivery team with full-time contributors
✓ $120,000 in operational funding
✓ Active work tracks: AI Core, Products, Marketing, and UX

Join us: https://www.drupal.org/ai/
Blog post: https://dri.es/accelerating-ai-innovation-in-drupal

The Drop is Always Moving May 28, 2025

UX as a first class citizen in Drupal core! Announcing new UX Manager role for Drupal core and Cristina Chumillas and Emma Horrell as first UX Managers: https://www.drupal.org/about/core/blog/ux-as-a-first-class-citizen-in-drupal-core

The Drop is Always Moving May 1, 2025

From Drupal 11.2, the last APIs that needed .module files are OOP too! Devs can make use of Preprocess attributes to declare object-oriented preprocess hooks. Now there is no need for a .module file if all of the hooks are on classes in the Hook namespace. https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/issues/3495943

The Drop is Always Moving Apr 18, 2025

Announcing four new Drupal core leaders and a strategy update in the works! With the excitement surrounding Drupal CMS, many in the community are asking: what’s happening with Drupal core? We’re thrilled to share some great updates.

https://www.drupal.org/about/core/blog/announcing-four-new-drupal-core-leaders-and-a-strategy-update-in-the-works