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UMB.FYI 2026-04-15

Umbraco HQ

uProfile April 2026 - Will Steed (10 minute read)

Will Steed, a Junior Software Engineer at Simon Antony Ltd, transitioned from traditional education to hands-on development, becoming an Umbraco Certified Master at just 16. His journey highlights the importance of community engagement and practical experience in tech, as he actively contributes to projects and builds useful packages within the Umbraco ecosystem.

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Community

How to Bypass Umbraco Cloud Basic Auth for Preview URLs (4 minute read)

Paul Seal discusses how to bypass Umbraco Cloud's Basic Authentication for specific preview URLs using a shared secret feature and lightweight ASP.NET middleware. This solution allows sharing unpublished content previews without compromising the security of the staging site, ensuring that only designated paths are accessible while maintaining overall protection.

[ ] [ #authentication ] [ #umbracocloud ]

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Introducing Umbraco AI Search (6 minute read)

Matt Brailsford introduces Umbraco.AI.Search, a semantic vector search add-on for Umbraco that enhances search capabilities by understanding user intent rather than relying solely on keyword matching. This tool addresses limitations of traditional searches, supports multilingual queries, and integrates with Umbraco.Cms.Search, offering improved content discovery and related content features.

[ ] [ #ai ] [ #search ] [ #umbracoai ]

File Uploads in Umbraco.AI (4 minute read)

Matt Brailsford discusses the new file upload feature in Umbraco.AI, allowing users to drag and drop documents into Copilot. The system supports various file types, enabling text extraction from Office documents and direct processing of images and PDFs. The extensible architecture allows for additional file formats to be integrated seamlessly.

[ ] [ #ai ] [ #umbracoai ]

Watch & Listen

Umbraco Cloud testimonials (2 minute watch)

Umbraco HQ utilizes Umbraco Cloud for approximately 95% of their clients, enabling rapid site deployment and reducing project time and costs. This stable hosting solution allows developers to focus on client-specific needs rather than server maintenance, often leading to better outcomes compared to self-supported solutions.

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Events

Dutch Umbraco meetup

2026-04-16 from 16:30 to 21:00 (Europe/Amsterdam) - iO | Digital agency | Utrecht, Boven Clarenburg 2, Utrecht, NL

Manchester and North West Umbraco Meetup - AI Hackathon - Exploring AI Tools in Umbraco

2026-04-16 from 18:00 to 20:00 (Europe/London) - Cantarus, Lower Ground Floor, Jutland House, 15 Jutland St, Manchester M1 2BE, Manchester, GB

[ #ai ] [ #hackathons ]

Umbraco London Social - April

2026-04-16 from 18:15 to 21:15 (Europe/London) - The Old Thameside Inn, Clink Street, SE1 9DG, London, GB

[ #social ]

Umbraco Kent Meetup - Online - Monday 20th April 2026 @ 7pm

2026-04-20 from 19:00 to 21:00 (Europe/London) - Online

[ #virtual ]

Umbraco US Meetup Group - A look at Umbraco.AI

2026-04-21 from 13:00 to 14:30 (America/New_York) - Online

[ #ai ] [ #umbracoai ] [ #viru ]

Umbraco Community Hour - Virtual Meetup

2026-04-22 from 13:00 to 14:00 (Europe/Copenhagen) - Online

[ #virtual ]

Umbraco AI Hackathon: Opbygning af fremtidens AI i Umbraco og Umbraco i AI

2026-04-22 from 14:00 to 20:00 (Europe/Copenhagen) - twoday Aarhus, Søren Frichs Vej 44D, 8230 Åbyhøj, Aarhus, DK

[ #ai ] [ #hackathons ]

Umbraco Users Group India - Sitecore to Umbraco Migration: Real-World Strategy & Architecture

2026-04-23 from 17:00 to 18:00 (Asia/Kolkata) - Online

[ #migrations ] [ #virtual ]

Packages

Umbraco.Community.Favourites

Lets editors pin and quickly navigate to their most-used content items

Our.Community.Tags.Popular

Property editor that displays the most-used tags in a named group.

[ #propertyeditors ] [ #umbracocms ]

Social

Umbraco UK Conference announced in London on October 16th 2026

[ #announcement ]

Partner Summits 2026 annoucned

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Suggest your ideas for a Codegarden T-Shirt design on the community swag store

[ #codegarden ] [ #swagstore ]

Dotnet templates released preconfigured for our UmbHost Green Stack platform

[ ] [ #starterkits ] [ #sustainability ]

The value of Open Source Community

[ ] [ #opensource ]

CSP Manager 17.0.0-beta.1 is out

[ #releases ]

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