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We are thrilled to announce that our development team has achieved a significant milestone by releasing Silverstripe CMS 5.0.0 Beta 1! This release marks the end of major development work and the start of an exciting journey towards a stable release.

Silverstripe CMS 4.12.0 has just been released. It comes with a host of quality of life improvements and bug fixes. It also sets up some of the groundwork to transition to Silverstripe CMS 5 next year. Upgrade now for an improved content authoring experience.

We are releasing Silverstripe CMS Recipe 4.11.1. The primary purpose of this release is to address 9 vulnerabilities in Silverstripe CMS.

The StripeCon EU CMS conference is back once again, for a historic 9th year! And this time around it is being held in the wonderful city of Stockholm in Sweden!

We've released Silverstripe CMS Recipe 4.11 and it comes with some exciting new features! Along... read

We are publishing a Request For Comment (RFC) on a new Major Release Policy proposal. Our primary objective with this policy proposal is to provide certainty to Silverstripe CMS project owners by adopting a major release cadence that is sustainable and manageable. We are seeking feedback from the Silverstripe CMS community.

Digital experience agency, UnDigital, has been working with Thyme Lifestyle Resort, owned by Serenitas, to develop four websites using Silverstripe CMS with subsites. Throughout the build, both Serenitas and UnDigital have been excited by the usability of the CMS and the efficiencies the use of subsites has created for them both. This case study article discusses the brief Serenitas gave and the flawless websites UnDigital was able to deliver, using Silverstripe CMS. 

Out with the old, in with the new. This release brings official support for PHP 8.0 and PHPUnit 9.5 while dropping support for legacy technologies like PHP 7.2 and Microsoft Internet Explorer 11. Upgrade today and set up your project for long term success.

We're giving the Silverstripe CMS community a heads up about three changes that are coming up around adding support for PHPUnit 9, dropping support for end-of-life PHP releases, and dropping support for Internet Explorer.

This release is jam-packed full of exciting improvements. Better website performance out of the box? Check. Stronger CMS account management of logged-in devices? Check. A new release pattern that gives faster access to bug fixes? Check. There’s even more too!

Silverstripe CMS 4.8 is here! In this release, we're introducing a smooth transition for projects to adopt the latest improvements to the new GraphQL v4 module and some security changes to the log-in process.

What happens when open-source moves from being a hobby to being a full-time job? Take a look at the recollections of a Silverstripe CMS open-source developer.

Customer experience agency, UnDigital, has been working with Landcom, the NSW Government’s land and property development organisation, to develop multiple websites using Silverstripe CMS. Both Landcom and UnDigital have been pleased with how simple it is to build exceptional websites. This article explores the different sites built by the team and shows the multiple elements of functionality available to Silverstripe CMS users.

The world of content management is becoming increasingly API-driven. Learn how you can use Silverstripe CMS to create a high-performing GraphQL API with just a few lines of configuration in this 45-minute presentation by Aaron Carlino (Uncle Cheese).

With CMS 4.x supported until at least 2023, we're taking the time to incrementally innovate on the Silverstripe CMS ecosystem rather than prioritising a monolithic CMS 5.x release. Change should be a choice, and we hope to make it an easy one by continuing our work on APIs, Decoupled, and a modern CMS UI architecture.

We’re bringing in the new year with the recently released Silverstripe CMS 4.7. This release focuses on an improved view for Content Managers to track where files are being used in your project. Highlights for Developers include PHP 8 support, the ability to trigger actions from the toast notification component, plus a wide range of house-keeping improvements and fixes.

How are you tracking security advisories in your dependencies? Silverstripe regularly publishes security fixes and there are various tools to get notified. Read all about them here.

Gatsby is a development framework that delivers high performing websites and apps. And if you’re willing to experiment, it’s a match made in heaven with Silverstripe CMS. Lead Developer at First Table, Gene Dower shares his experience with this web development dream team.