11 - Awesome community 1,000,0000 strong and a passionate team of maintainers including well thought about security

Published Sep 30, 2021
Updated Sep 27, 2022
By Simon

You can't really mention Drupal without mentioning this: Drupal is one of the largest open source communities in the world.

1 million community members and 40,000+ modules
1 million community members and 40,000+ modules strong source: https://www.drupal.org/about

This community helps build and maintain not only Drupal core but the 40,000 plus8 modules available for download.

Contributed Modules

Many contributed modules can be easily plugged in because of this community.

Some of these modules such as SEO modules, path management modules, and CK Editor enhancements are all very stable and feature-rich. With a handful of modules and configurations, you can have a very future-proofed site.

Security

Drupal has a security team whose primary mission is to keep the core codebase secure and also stable releases of contributed modules. This is amazing as you know that there is a team of professionals that take your site and its security seriously.

Security releases come out when needed so be sure to sign up for Drupal security news or have someone to keep your site up to date for you.

drupal module with a stable release shield from the Drupal security team
 Look for a stable shield on the modules page if you want to be 100% sure.

Drupal Usage Numbers Speak for Themself

drupal usage statics 2022
Drupal only falls 2nd to Wordpress in both CMS and open source CMS making it one of the most used systems in the world.

 

8At the time of writing there is 46,999 modules.

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