Drupal

noun · content management system · element 100 of 117

An open-source PHP content management system known for structured content, permissions and large government and university sites.

My levelWorking knowledgeUsed on real projects, with the documentation open.

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What is Drupal?

Drupal is an open-source CMS written in PHP, first released in 2001. It is strong on structured content types, fine-grained permissions and multilingual sites, which is why governments and universities use it. Modern versions are built on Symfony components.

How I use Drupal

Drupal is working knowledge for me: I know how a Drupal site is put together, its content types, views and modules, but WordPress is where I build.

What Drupal connects to

WordPressThe open-source content management system behind roughly two in five websites. Written in PHP and extended with themes and plugins.
JoomlaAn open-source PHP content management system, forked from Mambo in 2005, with built-in multilingual support.
PHPThe server-side language WordPress, WooCommerce and Moodle are written in. It runs on the server and builds each page before it reaches the browser.