Editing Drupal (section)

{{short description|Web content management system}}
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{{Infobox software
| name = Drupal
| logo = Drupal-wordmark.svg
| screenshot = File:Drupal 9 content authoring.jpg
| screenshot size = 
| caption = Screenshot showing the Drupal 9 content authoring interface
| author = [[Dries Buytaert]]
| developer = Drupal community
| released = {{start date and age|2001|1|15}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/core%21CHANGELOG.txt/8.0.x|title=CHANGELOG.txt|website=Drupal.org|access-date=8 June 2020}}</ref>
| discontinued = 
| latest release version = <!-- If you update [[Template:Drupal version]], it will automatically update this page and [[List of content management systems]]--> {{Drupal version}}
| latest release date = {{Drupal version|releasedate}}
| latest preview version = 
| latest preview date = 
| repo = {{URL|https://git.drupalcode.org/project/drupal|Drupal Repository}}
| programming language = [[PHP]], using [[Symfony]]
| operating system = [[Unix-like]], [[Windows]]
| platform = [[Web platform]]
| size = 100&nbsp;MB
| language = 
| genre = [[Content management framework]]<br>[[Content management system]]<br>[[Blog software]]<br>[[Open source]]<br>[[Knowledge management]]
| license = [[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]]<ref name=licensingfaq />
| website = {{URL|https://www.drupal.org/|drupal.org}}
}}{{Primary sources|date=October 2022}}
'''Drupal''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|d|r|uː|p|əl}})<ref>A query on '''Drupal'''{{'}}s official website in March 2009: [https://drupal.org/node/394746 How does one pronounce "Drupal"?] (accessed 19 June 2013)</ref> is a [[free and open-source]] web [[content management system]] (CMS) written in [[PHP]] and distributed under the [[GNU General Public License]].<ref name=licensingfaq>{{Cite web | url= http://drupal.org/licensing/faq | title= Licensing FAQ | work= drupal.org | access-date= 8 April 2009}}</ref><ref name=over>{{Cite web | title= The Drupal Overview| url= http://drupal.org/node/265726 | work= drupal.org | date= 2 June 2008 | access-date= 8 April 2009}}</ref><ref name="reqs">{{Cite web | url= http://drupal.org/requirements | title= System Requirements | work= drupal.org | access-date= 8 April 2009}}</ref> Drupal provides an open-source [[Front and back ends|back-end]] framework for at least 14% of the top 10,000 [[World Wide Web|websites]] worldwide<ref>{{Cite web|author=|date=2 January 2022|title=Open Source Usage Distribution in the Top 10k Sites|url=https://trends.builtwith.com/shop/open-source/traffic/Top-10k|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220108072246/https://trends.builtwith.com/shop/open-source/traffic/Top-10k#selection-443.1-459.5|archive-date=8 January 2022|access-date=7 January 2022|website=BuiltWith Pty Ltd}}</ref> and 1.2% of the top 10 million websites<ref>{{Cite web|author=W3Techs|date=13 June 2022|title=Usage Statistics and Market Share of Content Management Systems|url=https://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/content_management|access-date=13 June 2022|website=W3Techs}}</ref>—ranging from personal [[blog]]s to corporate, political, and government sites.<ref>{{Cite web | url= https://archive.org/details/Css3TheFutureIsNow | title= The State of Drupal 2010 speech| date= 10 March 2001 | access-date= 31 August 2011}}</ref>  Drupal can also be used for [[knowledge management]] and for business collaboration.<ref>{{Cite web | url= https://drupal.org/node/7888 | title= Knowledge management with Drupal| date= 19 May 2004}}</ref>

{{As of|2022|03|df=US}}, the Drupal community had more than 1.39 million members,<ref>{{Cite web|date=3 June 2020|title=Drupal launches newest version of the CMS already powering top organizations around the world|url=https://www.drupal.org/about/media-kit/drupal-9|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210310163252/https://www.drupal.org/about/media-kit/drupal-9#selection-1135.179-1135.229|archive-date=10 March 2021|access-date=10 March 2021|website=Drupal.org|publisher=Drupal Association}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.drupal.org/getting-involved|title=Getting Involved {{!}} Drupal.org|date=21 December 2019|website=www.drupal.org|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20191222063836/https://www.drupal.org/getting-involved|archive-date=22 December 2019|access-date=21 September 2018|quote=Drupal.org Activity}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.drupal.org/node/2110205|title=1 Million Users on Drupal.org!|date=11 October 2013|work=www.drupal.org}}</ref> including 124,000 users actively contributing,<ref name="dohome">{{Cite web |date=18 March 2022 |title=Drupal for Developers {{!}} Drupal.org |url=https://www.drupal.org/developers |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220318195114/https://www.drupal.org/developers#selection-1865.0-1869.21 |archive-date=18 March 2022 |access-date=21 April 2017 |work=www.drupal.org}}
</ref> resulting in more than 50,000 free modules that extend and customize Drupal functionality,<ref name=":0" /> over 3,000 free themes that change the look and feel of Drupal,<ref name=":1" /> and at least 1,400 free distributions that allow users to quickly and easily set up a complex, use-specific Drupal in fewer steps.<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 March 2022 |title=Distribution project {{!}} Drupal.org |url=https://www.drupal.org/project/project_distribution |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220318195617/https://www.drupal.org/project/project_distribution#selection-761.0-761.19 |archive-date=18 March 2022 |access-date=21 September 2017 |website=www.drupal.org}}</ref>

The base of Drupal is known as '''Drupal core''', contains basic features common to [[content management system|content-management system]]s. These include user account registration and maintenance, menu management, [[RSS]] feeds, taxonomy, page layout customization, and system administration. The Drupal core installation can serve as a simple website, a single- or multi-user blog, an [[Internet forum]], or a community website providing for [[user-generated content]].

Drupal also describes itself as a [[web application framework]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://munich2012.drupal.org/program/sessions/drupal-7-enterprise-web-application-framework.html|title= Drupal 7 as an enterprise web application framework|work= drupal.org}}</ref> When compared with notable frameworks, Drupal meets most of the generally accepted [[Web application framework#Features|feature requirements]] for such web frameworks.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://radar.oreilly.com/2014/08/the-drupal-api-turns-a-cms-into-a-true-enterprise-application.html|title=The Drupal API turns a CMS into a true enterprise application - O'Reilly Radar|last=O'Connor|first=William|date=19 August 2014|website=[[O'Reilly Media]]|access-date=11 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/drupal-framework-why-everyone-needs-understand|title=Drupal Is a Framework: Why Everyone Needs to Understand This|last=Diana|first=Dupuis|date=15 May 2013|website=[[Linux Journal]]}}</ref>

Although Drupal offers a sophisticated [[Application programming interface|API]] for developers, basic Web-site installation and administration of the framework require no programming skills.<ref name=features/>

Drupal runs on any [[computing platform]] that supports both a [[web server]] capable of running PHP and a [[database]] to store content and configuration.

In 2023/2024, Drupal received over 250,000 Euros from Germany's [[Sovereign Tech Fund]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Drupal |url=https://www.sovereigntechfund.de/tech/drupal |access-date=26 May 2024 |website=Sovereign Tech Fund |language=en}}</ref>