UMB.FYI 2026-07-22

📰 AEO for Umbraco: Your Next Visitor Is an AI (7 minute read)

Jukka-Pekka Keisala introduces a free Umbraco extension for Answer Engine Optimization (AEO), enhancing site visibility to AI crawlers like ChatGPT and Claude. The extension simplifies content structuring, improves discoverability, and provides analytics on AI traffic. This tool aims to make Umbraco sites ready for the evolving search landscape.

[ #ai ] [ #search ]

📰 Assume your software will outlive its end-of-life (5 minute read)

Tim Gaunt discusses the rationale behind intentionally running an Umbraco v4 site despite its end-of-life status. He emphasizes that end-of-life dates do not dictate a software's effectiveness for customers. Gaunt advises on managing software longevity, ensuring security, and distinguishing between managed risks and neglect while recognizing the value of stable, functioning systems.

[ #business ]

📰 Build a custom Umbraco Automate action (6 minute read)

Owain Williams discusses creating a custom action in Umbraco Automate to convert blog tags into social media hashtags. The action processes tags stored as a JSON array, formatting them with a '#' prefix for seamless integration into posts on platforms like Mastodon, Bluesky, and LinkedIn, enhancing automation efficiency.

[ @Owain Williams ] [ #automation ] [ #umbracoautomate ]

📆 Umbraco India User Group - Unlocking the Power of Umbraco's Commercial Products

2026-07-22 from 16:00 to 17:00 (Asia/Kolkata) - Online

[ #business ]

📆 Umbraco India User Group - Unlock the Power of Umbraco Automate

2026-07-23 from 17:00 to 17:45 (Asia/Kolkata) - Online

[ #umbracoautomate ]

📆 Manchester and North West Umbraco Meetup - Codegarden 2026 Review & Discussion

2026-07-23 from 18:00 to 20:00 (Europe/London) - Cantarus, Lower Ground Floor, Jutland House, 15 Jutland St, Manchester M1 2BE, Manchester, GB

[ #codegarden ] [ #codegarden26 ]

📆 UmbLeeds Summer Social

2026-07-23 from 18:00 to 20:00 (Europe/London) - Enjoy Digital, 23 The Calls, Leeds, GB

[ #social ]

📆 .NET Hub Kathmandu - Kickstart .NET Web Development using Umbraco CMS

2026-08-01 from 11:30 to 15:30 (Asia/Kathmandu) - Needs a location

📦 Umbraco.Community.AdminOnly

A friendlier backoffice for non-admin editors.

📦 Umbraco.Community.IconPicker

Pick SVG icons straight from your own sprite.

[ #propertyeditors ]

📦 Umbraco.Community.HeadsUp

Protects Umbraco editors against lost content when the same document is open in multiple tabs or edited by multiple users.

📦 Umbraco.Community.AI.MediaJanitor

An AI Media Assistant for the Umbraco Media section.

[ #ai ] [ #media ]

📦 TheBuilder.WebAnalytics

Vercel Web Analytics inside the Umbraco backoffice.

📦 uTPro.Feature.UrlViewer

Fetch and inspect any URL as Googlebot, Bingbot or a real browser, directly from your Umbraco site (Umbraco 16, 17, 18).

[ #seo ]

📦 CloudLens

Compare content between Umbraco Cloud environments from the backoffice before every deployment.

[ #umbracocloud ]

📦 Umbraco.Community.FormsAuditTrail

A view-only audit trail for Umbraco Forms design changes.

[ #umbracoforms ]

📦 Flowcourier.Umbraco.AEO

Make your Umbraco site readable by AI answer engines (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, …).

[ #ai ]

📦 Esatto.Umbraco.Backoffice.DictionaryLocalization

Bridges Umbraco 17 content Dictionary items into the backoffice UI localization system.

[ #multilingual ]

💬 Owain.Codes v2 Umbraco Automate packages for Bluesky, Mastodon and LinkedIn have been released.

[ @Owain Williams ] [ #releases ] [ #umbracoautomate ]