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UMBRAAD

UMBRAAD

2026-05-21 from 10:20 to 18:00 (Europe/Copenhagen) - Online

[ #umbraad ]

UMBRAAD - Umbraco Accessibility Awareness Day

2026-05-21 from 09:00 to 17:00 ((UTC) Coordinated Universal Time) -

[ #accessibility ] [ #umbraad ]

Umbraco HQ

AI on Your Terms: How Umbraco Reimagines AI (7 minute read)

At Digital Excellence 2026, Jeppe Birkebæk Truelsen demonstrated how Umbraco enables membership organizations to scale content while maintaining brand voice and data security. By implementing a governance layer for AI, organizations can define boundaries and retain control, ensuring AI acts as an assistant rather than a decision-maker, fostering accountability and trust.

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uProfile May 2026 - Bernadet Goey (8 minute read)

Bernadet Goey transitioned from a decade-long career as a PHP specialist to becoming a confident Umbraco Developer at ilionx. Emphasizing the importance of full immersion and community support, she reflects on overcoming challenges and aims to inspire new developers, particularly women in tech, through workshops and knowledge sharing.

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Community

Umbraco 18 and OpenAPI: a heads-up for extension developers (8 minute read)

Laura Neto discusses the upgrade to Umbraco 18, highlighting the transition from Swashbuckle.AspNetCore to Microsoft.AspNetCore.OpenApi for OpenAPI document generation. Users can migrate using the new AddBackOfficeOpenApiDocument method or directly call Microsoft's AddOpenApi method. The article outlines migration steps, configuration options, and the implications of continuing with Swashbuckle.

[ #openapi ] [ #umbracocms ] [ #upgrades ]

Building a Passwordless Authentication Library for Umbraco - Part 1: Why? (5 minute read)

Nik Rimington discusses the development of HCS Passwordless, a library for Umbraco that facilitates passwordless authentication through NuGet packages. The library includes options for Magic Links, email OTPs, and WebAuthn passkeys, aiming to enhance security in response to rising phishing threats. The series will explore the library's design and implementation details.

[ ] [ #authentication ] [ #membership ]

Releasing Image Hotspot 17.0.0 (3 minute read)

Søren Kottal launches the Image Hotspot package version 17.0.0 which addresses previous issues, including block editor support and a race condition fix. It introduces a new versioning scheme for clarity, enhances UI components, and adds localization in 29 languages. The update simplifies installation and improves usability, leveraging AI for efficient localization.

[ #packages ]

Share the Love - Bringing #H5YR to jcdc.dev (1 minute read)

James Carter shares how to integrate the #H5YR widget, meaning "High Five, You Rock!" on your site. This feature allows users to acknowledge helpful content or contributions. James encourages community feedback to enhance content quality and invites participation in the #H5YR initiative.

[ #guides ]

uSkinned Site Builder for Umbraco 17 (6 minute read)

uSkinned Site Builder 7.0.0 is now available, fully supporting Umbraco 17.4 and featuring a modernized backoffice, improved editor tools, and dark mode compatibility. This significant upgrade enhances user experience with new functionalities like the uSkinned Page Editor and Block Grid support, while ensuring existing content remains intact during migration.

[ #packages ] [ #uskinned ]

The Umbicosaurus De-Extinction: The Community Effort that Brought a Better Icon Picker to Umbraco 17.4 (3 minute read)

Joe Glombek discusses the challenges of icon selection in Umbraco development, leading to the creation of Umbicosaurus, a custom icon picker that categorized icons and improved search functionality. Although development ceased in 2022, the project's contributions were integrated into Umbraco 17, enhancing the user experience with better keyword management and fuzzy searching.

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Umbraco Scotland: Glasgow Edition, May 2026 (4 minute read)

The Umbraco Scotland Meetup on May 7, 2026, at Factory73 HQ in Glasgow attracted over 25 attendees, fostering valuable discussions. Carol provided updates on the Umbraco roadmap and community growth, while Marc Love detailed uSkinned's migration to Umbraco 17. The event highlighted the importance of community engagement and collaboration.

[ #roundups ]

Watch & Listen

Start With Markdown (11 minute watch)

Paul Seal introduces "Start with Markdown," an open-source content publishing workflow that automates post creation from markdown files in a GitHub repository. The system interacts with a CMS, generating edit, preview, and publish URLs. Users can fork the project and utilize custom resolvers for enhanced functionality.

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Events

Brisbane Umbraco Meetup

2026-05-20 from 18:00 to 20:00 (Australia/Brisbane) - Zeroseven, 340 Adelaide St, Brisbane City, AU

Umbraco India User Group - The Future of Search in Umbraco Starts Here

2026-05-20 from 16:00 to 17:00 (Asia/Kolkata) - Online

[ #search ]

Umbraco Community Hour - Virtual Meetup

2026-05-20 from 13:00 to 14:00 (Europe/Copenhagen) - Online

[ #virtual ]

umBristol Talks - May 2026

2026-05-20 from 18:00 to 21:00 (Europe/London) - Runway East Bristol Bridge, 1 Victoria Street, Bristol, GB

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Manchester and North West Umbraco Meetup - Matt Wise - Vibe Coder to AI Engineer

2026-05-21 from 18:00 to 20:00 (Europe/London) - CTI Digital, South Central, 11 Peter Street, Manchester, M2 5QR, Manchester, GB

[ #ai ]

Umbraco Meetup (Copenhagen)

2026-05-28 from 16:30 to 19:30 (Europe/Copenhagen) - Knowit, Nyropsgade 41 5 Sal, København, DK

UmbraCymru - Lightning Talks

2026-05-28 from 18:00 to 20:00 (Europe/London) - Spindogs, Spindogs, 3, Sovereign Quay, Havannah St, Cardiff CF10 5SF, Cardiff, GB

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Packages

Start With Markdown

Write a post in markdown, open a pull request, and a draft appears on your site within seconds.

[ #markdown ]

HCS.Passwordless.MagicLink

Magic link passwordless authentication for Umbraco 17 members.

[ #authentication ] [ #membership ]

HCS.Passwordless.WebAuthn

WebAuthn/FIDO2 passkey add-on for Umbraco 17 passwordless member authentication.

[ #authentication ] [ #security ]

HCS.Passwordless.Otp

One-time password (OTP) email add-on for Umbraco 17 passwordless member authentication.

[ #authentication ] [ #security ]

Modgift.Umbraco.Breakable

A Breakable property editor for Umbraco CMS that lets editors mark soft-hyphen break points inside text values using | as a delimiter.

[ #propertyeditors ]

Our.Umbraco.PropertyToolTip

Property ToolTip keeps Umbraco property descriptions available, but shows them as small tooltip help text beside each property label.

Umbraco.AI.Agent.Copilot

Copilot chat UI for Umbraco AI Agents

[ #ai ]

Articulate v6 RC 2

Blog engine built on Umbraco

DocTypeDoctor

Identify unused properties, find inconsistencies, and keep your content model healthy.

Umbraco.Community.SmartRedirectSuggester

Improve the Umbraco trash flow by suggesting redirect targets for published content before it is moved to the recycle bin.

Umbraco.Community.HoldYourHorses

Replaces the Save and Publish button in the Umbraco backoffice with a configurable, cancellable countdown to give editors a short window to catch mistakes before content goes live.

Social

Clean starter kit for Umbraco 18 out in Beta

[ #starterkits ] [ #umbracocms ]

UmbracoTees day May 29th

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