{"id":55865,"date":"2020-05-27T10:20:01","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T15:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.cpanel.com\/?p=55865"},"modified":"2020-05-27T10:20:01","modified_gmt":"2020-05-27T15:20:01","slug":"drupal-9-focusing-on-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devel.www.cpanel.net\/blog\/tips-and-tricks\/drupal-9-focusing-on-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"Drupal 9: Focusing on innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Everyone gets excited when their favorite software gets an update! The Drupal Community is currently abuzz about the release of Drupal 9. Wondering what the big deal is? Let’s talk about Drupal and the new improvements. The Drupal project<\/a> was started 20 years ago by Dries Buytaert in his college dorm room as one of the world’s first Open-Source Content Management Systems. Online years before WordPress<\/a> or Joomla<\/a>, Drupal has the distinction of being original GPL code, whereas WordPress and Joomla are “forks” of previous GPL software<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Drupal began, the internet was a different world. At that point, there were around 50 million websites online, Google was still a private company, mobile browsers weren’t even a concept, and social media didn’t exist. Over the past 20 years, Drupal has become a massive project funded by the parent company Aquia <\/a>and used by Fortune 50 corporations, governments, and education facilities worldwide. Over 150 countries use Drupal in government and intergovernmental agencies. While WordPress and other DIY CMSs have focused on democratizing websites and content, Drupal set its eyes on a developer’s first experience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drupal is not for everyone – and that’s fine. There are thousands of articles comparing the top three open-source CMSs, but the world of open-source CMSs was not meant to be a popularity contest, but instead, it was meant to be tools for developers. Let’s take a quick look at the primary usages of Drupal:<\/p>\n\n\n\n