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

  • The Impact of bot traffic on websites and how to mitigate It

    Bot-generated traffic on the internet has grown significantly, negatively impacting website performance and increasing operational costs. This rise is driven by the growth of artificial intelligence, the spread of crawlers used to train models, and the increase in malicious bots...

    • Photo Luis

      Luis Ruiz

    • Fran Rouco

      Fran Rouco

  • Jenkins and Job DSL plugin

    Automating processes such as test execution or other frequently used operations can speed up the software development, and tools such as Jenkins and its Job DSL plugin are very useful for this purpose.

    • Eduardo Morales Alberti

      Eduardo Morales

  • Drupal Updater: Streamlining Drupal Maintenance Updates from CLI

    Maintaining a Drupal website involves keeping multiple components up to date, including Drupal modules, themes, vendor packages, and external libraries. This article introduces the Drupal Updater, a console tool helper designed to automate the tedious process of updating these components...

    • Jorge Tutor

      Jorge Tutor

  • Successful QA testing and issue reporting

    Within the web development workflow we follow at Metadrop, one of the crucial steps is the review of the implemented task's quality. This process aims to detect possible errors or bugs in order to correct them before the work reaches...

  • 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

  • Updating Drupal to PHP 8

    Almost 2 years ago PHP 7.4 reached its end-of-life, and in a little less than 2 months it will no longer have security support as well. Consequently, in recent months a large number of clients and providers have felt the...

    • Alberto Ortega

      Alberto Ortega

    • Eduardo Morales Alberti

      Eduardo Morales

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