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UMB.FYI 2026-02-18

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uProfile February 2026 - Jenny Bradshaw (9 minute read)

Jenny Bradshaw, Managing Director of Moriyama and Umbraco MVP, reflects on her ten-plus years with Umbraco, emphasizing community involvement and leadership. She highlights Moriyama's achievements, the platform's flexibility, and her excitement for future developments, including a new website and responsible AI integration, all while fostering a supportive team environment.

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Announcing: Umbraco Contributing Partners 2025 (2 minute read)

Mats Persson & Emma Burstow announce 25 new and 38 renewed Contributing Partners for Umbraco in 2025. These partners are recognized for their significant contributions to the community, including documentation, events, and mentorship. Their ongoing efforts strengthen and evolve the Umbraco ecosystem, fostering an open and welcoming environment.

[ ] [ #announcement ] [ #partners ]

Community

JCDC Umbraco 17 Package Updates (1 minute read)

Umbraco 17, built on .NET 10, marks a significant advancement in the ecosystem, focusing on stability, performance, and an improved backoffice experience. This Long-Term Support release, available until Q4 2028, introduces better memory handling, a new Dark theme, and a streamlined upgrade path for developers.

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Watch & Listen

Merchello MVP Walkthrough For Umbraco v17+ (1 minute watch)

Lee Messenger discusses the development and testing of Machello, an MVP e-commerce platform built on Umbreco. Key features include a Shopify-like checkout, multi-currency support, and extensive customization options for products and orders. Lee outlines the platform's architecture, integration capabilities, and plans for future open-source release, inviting feedback and questions.

[ #guides ] [ #merchello ]

DevRel Deep Dive: Creating Backoffice Extensions with AI Skills (37 minute watch)

In this week's Umbraco DevRel deep dive, Umbraco Community members Lotte, Sebastiaan, and Phil Whittaker discuss AI "skills" for enhancing the Umbraco Backoffice. Phil explains the installation of these skills, while Sebastiaan demonstrates creating a GitHub User Picker property editor, showcasing the efficiency and capabilities of the new tools.

[ #ai ] [ #backoffice ] [ #devreldeepdives ]

Events

Umbraco London February - Demo night

2026-02-18 from 18:30 to 20:30 (Europe/London) - This Is Embrace, 526 Metal Box Factory, 30 Great Guildford Street, London SE1 0HS, London, GB

Manchester and North West Umbraco Meetup - Phil Whittaker - The future of AI is Skilled

2026-02-19 from 18:00 to 20:00 (Europe/London) - CTI Digital, South Central, 11 Peter Street, Manchester, M2 5QR, Manchester, GB

[ #ai ]

Umbraco India User Group - All About Migrations: Umbraco Explained

2026-02-25 from 16:00 to 17:00 (Asia/Kolkata) - Online

Odense: Umbraco vs. WordPress: Et ærligt kig på performance, pris og frihed

2026-02-25 from 16:30 to 19:30 (Europe/Copenhagen) - MWL, Edisonsvej 2, Odense, DK

[ #comparison ] [ #performance ]

umBristol Lightning Talks + Demos - February 2026

2026-02-25 from 18:00 to 21:00 (Europe/London) - true, Clockwise, Generator Building, Finzels Reach, Counterslip, Bristol, BS1 6BX, Bristol, GB

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Umbraco Scotland - Edinburgh Edition

2026-02-25 from 18:30 to 20:30 (Europe/London) - Needs a location

Packages

BlockFarmEditor.Umbraco

Allows for easy on-page editing using built-in Umbraco data types and property editors.

Truthwillout.Umbraco.RteStylesManager

A visual dashboard for managing Umbraco Rich Text Editor styles and colors.

[ #rte ]

ContentTrace.Umbraco

Content activity tracking for Umbraco 17

[ #logging ]

AF.Umbraco.Azure.Blob.Media.Storage

Azure Blob media storage provider for Umbraco 15/16/17 (.NET 9/10)

[ #azure ] [ #media ]

Umbraco.Community.Merchello

Enterprise ecommerce for Umbraco - making enterprise ecommerce simple

[ #commerce ] [ #merchello ]

OC.MultiHotspot

A property editor that allows users to add multiple hotspots on an image

[ #propertyeditors ]

uAdvancedButton

Enterprise-level CTA system with advanced buttons, button groups, dropdown menus, analytics hooks, and full accessibility

Limbo.Umbraco.BlockList 13.0.3

Umbraco package that extends the functionality of Umbraco's build-in block list.

[ ] [ #blocklist ]

Our.Umbraco.GitHubIssues

Our.Umbraco.GitHubIssues is a small Umbraco package that brings open GitHub issues from the Umbraco project right into your backoffice.

[ #github ]

Crumpled.RobotsTxt

A flexible, configuration-driven robots.txt solution for Umbraco v13, v14, v15, v16 and v17

[ #seo ]

Social

Umbraco Spark Low Ticket Alert!

[ #umbracospark ]

A CLI tool to audit Umbraco 13 LTS projects and estimate upgrade effort to Umbraco 17 LTS.

[ #migrations ] [ #umbracocms ] [ #upgrades ]

Umbraco Developer MCP 17.1.0 is here!

[ ] [ #ai ]

Forum

GitHub Action for Umbraco Cloud Deployments Released

[ #github ] [ #umbracocloud ]

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