Backdrop CMS in 2026: what features should you know about? | Backdrop CMS

Posted by herb on September 17th, 2026
The Backdrop CMS community wrapped up an exceptional year with three releases in 2026 following our steady four-month release cycle, and marking the project's 11th birthday along the way. This year brought a large set of changes in Backdrop's history, with major features aimed squarely at site builders and content editors.
Highlights for site builders include some new capabilities: selecting a single layout on multiple paths; grouping fields together with field groups; a UI for setting the responsive priority per Views table column; and providing URL history support for Views filters and pagers to easily link to Views with AJAX support.
Highlights for content editors include: selecting all items across all pages for Views bulk operations; uploading multiple files in a single file field; easy setting of anchors in text; and continuous CKEditor5 updates culminating in version 48.4.0 — plus many smaller refinements that make building and maintaining sites easier than ever.
As always, none of this would be possible without the global community of contributors behind every line of code, test, and translation. Thank you!
Here are some of the major features this year.
Backdrop CMS is built by a global community of volunteers and contributors. Every release is the result of collaboration among developers, testers, documentation writers, designers, translators, and site builders who donate their time and expertise to improve the project.
Thank you to everyone who contributed code, reviewed pull requests, tested fixes, reported issues, and helped prepare this release.
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