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New Year, New Perspectives: The Importance of Togetherness (4 minute read)

Allen Smith discusses the importance of community and togetherness in achieving personal and collective resolutions for the new year. He highlights the value of retreats, like CODECABIN, in fostering meaningful connections and collaboration among individuals from diverse backgrounds, ultimately enhancing resilience and shared purpose within the Umbraco Community.

[ ] [ #codecabin ] [ #community ]

Community

Using Umbraco Media Picker Crops with Next.js (6 minute read)

Nathaniel Nunes discusses integrating Umbraco Media Picker crops with Next.js using the Umbraco Content Delivery API. He outlines setting up Umbraco for headless delivery, configuring Next.js, and interpreting JSON responses for media crops. Nunes provides a TypeScript helper function to generate crop URLs and emphasizes the seamless use of next/image for rendering.

[ #contentdeliveryapi ] [ #headless ]

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Upgrading from Umbraco 13 to 17: My Practical Approach (5 minute read)

Johan Reitsma talks about how upgrading from Umbraco 13 to Umbraco 17 involves a structured, phased approach focusing on analysis, validation, and incremental upgrades. Key phases include database validation, core project upgrades, custom property editor adjustments, and thorough testing, prioritizing backoffice stability. This method ensures a manageable and predictable upgrade process across projects.

[ ] [ #upgrades ]

Readable, simple Chinese URL segments in Umbraco with NPinyin (4 minute read)

Søren Kottal discusses converting Chinese URLs to Latin characters for improved SEO and user experience. By using pinyin, a phonetic transcription system, the project generates readable, shareable URLs without complex character mapping. A custom URL segment provider in Umbraco facilitates this process, enhancing accessibility for mixed-language content.

[ ] [ #seo ]

Watch & Listen

Umbraco 17.1 highlights with Lee Kelleher (20 minute watch)

In the first Devrel deep dive of 2026, Lottie, Seb, and Lee Kelleher discuss the release of Umbraco 17.1, highlighting features like Block Sort Mode and support for Additional Preview Environments. The update includes numerous UX improvements, bug fixes, and enhancements aimed at improving accessibility and developer experience.

[ #devreldeepdives ]

Packages

Our.Umbraco.Extensions.Polyfills

Polyfills for broader compatibility in Umbraco

Perplex.ContentBlocksToBlockList

Migrates Perplex.ContentBlocks data types and property data to Umbraco.BlockList

[ #blocklist ]

Our.Umbraco.Extensions.Localization

Extensions for improved localization in Umbraco

[ #multilingual ]

Our.Umbraco.Extensions.Blocks

Extensions for working with Blocks in Umbraco

FastGooey

Render content into native iOS and macOS UI directly from your Umbraco projects.

Rewdboy.Umbraco.EditLink

Adds a floating Edit Page button to the website frontend

Social

Merchello, the community ecommerce package for Umbraco is making a come back

[ #packagedev ]

DevRel Deep Dives are back!

[ ] [ #devreldeepdives ]

Umbraco CMS Developer MCP v17.0.1-beta.3 is out!

[ #ai ] [ #releases ] [ #umbracomcp ]

UmBootstrap-17.1.0 released to match the release of Umbraco-17.1.0

[ ] [ #packages ]

The Call for Speakers for Umbraco Spark is now closed!

[ #umbracospark ]

Busra Sengul from true digital will be one of the MCs at Umbraco Spark 2026

[ #umbracospark ]

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