Expert Drupal & Tech Articles

Expert Drupal & Tech Articles

Practical articles and deep dives on Drupal development, AI, web accessibility, DevOps, and software quality from Metadrop's engineering team.

Engineering knowledge from real Drupal projects

Everything published here comes from production work: the contributed modules we maintain on drupal.org, the migrations, upgrades, and audits we deliver for enterprise clients, and the tooling we build to raise quality on every project. We document what we learn so your team can apply it.

Topics we write about regularly:

  • Drupal development — architecture, contributed modules, upgrades, migrations, and performance
  • AI and automation — practical AI integrations in Drupal, LLM tooling, and editorial workflows
  • Web accessibility — WCAG compliance and the European Accessibility Act
  • DevOps and infrastructure — hosting, CI/CD, local environments, and platform migrations
  • Software quality — testing strategy, Behat, PHPUnit, and QA tooling
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  • Crear un layout custom con Layout API

    Aprende a registrar tu primer layout custom desde cero en Drupal 8, de esta manera tendrás disponibles plantillas personalizadas en tus contenidos. Una guía básica para que a partir de unas nociones básicas de programación y tematizado puedas hacer más...

    • Eduardo Morales Alberti

      Eduardo Morales

  • Understand your project's site structure and data with Xray Audit

    At Metadrop, we regularly work on complex projects such as multisites with over 20 sites, numerous contributed and custom-installed modules, various types of profiles, and where Config Split is used for configuration management. Dealing with this complexity can be challenging...

    • Photo Luis

      Luis Ruiz

  • CKEditor widgets: an alternative to Paragraphs?

    Whenever users require to be able to enter predefined HTML snippets such as quotations, tabs or even simple layouts, our first option is usually to create new fields or paragraphs. However, there is an alternative that in some cases is...

  • Managing Drupal Status Report requirements

    Drupal's status report often shows warnings that clutter your admin interface. We built Requirements Manager to hide or modify these requirements through a simple UI instead of writing custom code for every project.

    • Eduardo Morales Alberti

      Eduardo Morales

    • Jorge Tutor

      Jorge Tutor

  • Implementing an AI customer support agent in Drupal using Voiceflow

    Voiceflow is a platform that facilitates the creation of highly customizable AI chatbots and develop complex conversation flows without programming. With the Voiceflow module, you can easily i ntegrate your chatbot in Drupal effortlessly and intuitively.

    • Alberto Ortega

      Alberto Ortega

  • Solr9 upgrade on Acquia

    Discover how to perform a self-service upgrade to Solr 9 in Acquia environments. This guide covers key changes, Drupal configuration with custom configsets, and the step-by-step process to ensure a smooth and seamless transition.

    • Fran Rouco

      Fran Rouco

  • Optimizing Drupal Performance - Internal Page Cache

    In this article, we explain how Drupal's Internal Page Cache works, a core module that caches pages for anonymous users, optimizing performance by avoiding repeated rendering. We also provide some recommendations on how to use this module effectively.

    • Photo Luis

      Luis Ruiz

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