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UMB.FYI 2026-09-16

Umbraco HQ

If we want Umbraco to grow, we need to start with the next generation (4 minute read)

Jonas Poulsen discusses the importance of education in expanding Umbraco's presence in new markets. By partnering with educational institutions to teach Umbraco fundamentals, skilled developers can be cultivated, fostering local ecosystems. This initiative not only benefits students but also enhances recruitment and awareness, ultimately driving Umbraco's adoption and growth.

[ ] [ #business ] [ #industry ]

Community

Upgrading Umbraco 13 to 17 on Umbraco Cloud? Set the .NET runtime first (3 minute read)

Nathaniel Nunes discusses his experience upgrading a website from Umbraco 13 to 17 on Umbraco Cloud, encountering a NETSDK1045 error due to the absence of .NET 10 on the build machine. He emphasizes the importance of updating the .NET runtime setting in the portal before deployment to avoid such issues.

[ #upgrades ]

Manage video in Umbraco, stream elsewhere (4 minute read)

Søren Kottal introduces uMux, now supporting Umbraco 18, alongside uBun and uGum for seamless video syncing with Mux, Bunny Stream, and Gumlet. These integrations allow editors to manage videos within Umbraco while offloading processing and playback to external providers, maintaining the original files for future flexibility.

[ #integrations ] [ #packagedev ]

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How I built the Umbraco Kent Meetup website using Umbraco and Astro (18 minute read)

Justin Neville details his experience using AI to build the Umbraco Kent Meetup website entirely without manual coding. He outlines the project's requirements, architecture, and development process, emphasizing the importance of specific performance goals. The site successfully achieves high security and performance standards while being cost-effective and user-friendly.

[ #ai ] [ #astro ]

Writing My First Umbraco Extension: Building ThtaAI (10 minute read)

David Whalley details his journey in developing ThtaAI, an open-source Umbraco extension that integrates AI-assisted content generation. He shares insights on starting small, enhancing user experience, and the complexities of generating content that aligns with Umbraco's structure. Ultimately, he emphasizes the importance of iterative learning and user-centric design.

[ #ai ] [ #packagedev ]

Watch & Listen

Umbraco Cloud: From Running Projects to Growing Portfolios (53 minute watch)

Umbraco HQ's webinar explores the evolution of Umbraco Cloud, focusing on its benefits for agencies managing multiple client projects. Key discussions include partner insights, product updates, and aligning client needs with cloud tiers. Upcoming features aim to enhance user experience, while feedback from partners is encouraged for ongoing improvements.

[ ] [ #umbracocloud ] [ #webinars ]

Events

Umbraco Community Hour - Virtual Meetup

2026-09-16 from 13:00 to 14:00 (Europe/Copenhagen) - Online

[ #virtual ]

umBristol Talks - September 2026

2026-09-16 from 18:00 to 21:00 (Europe/London) - Design West, 16 Narrow Quay, Bristol, GB

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Umbraco London September - Discussion Evening at SampsonMay

2026-09-17 from 18:00 to 21:00 (Europe/London) - SampsonMay, Arch 30, Old Union Yard Arches, 229 Union St, London, SE1 0LR, London, GB

Umbraco Newcastle Meetup

2026-09-17 from 18:00 to 20:00 (Europe/London) - Keel House, Garth Heads, Newcastle upon Tyne, GB

Umbraco Kent Meetup - Online - Monday 21st September 2026 @ 7pm

2026-09-21 from 19:00 to 21:00 (Europe/London) - Online

[ #virtual ]

Dutch Umbraco Alliance Festival

2026-09-22 from 13:00 to 18:00 ((UTC) Coordinated Universal Time) - Vlijtseweg 114, 7317 AG, Apeldoorn

[ #festivals ]

Umbraco India User Group - Automation for the people

2026-09-23 from 16:00 to 17:00 (Asia/Kolkata) - Online

[ #automation ]

UmbraCymru - September Meetup

2026-09-24 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

DarkStrata.CredentialCheck.Umbraco

Blocks compromised passwords and logins for Umbraco members and backoffice users by checking them against the DarkStrata breach corpus using k-anonymity.

[ #security ]

Umbraco.Community.UmbraDesktop.Entertainment

Games for UmbraDesktop

PartnerDashboard

A branded partner dashboard for the Umbraco backoffice

Umbraco.Community.uGum

Automatically sync local video assets from Umbraco to Gumlet

Umbraco.Community.uBun

Automatically sync local video assets from Umbraco to Bunny Stream

UmbHost.FallbackImagePickerProperty

An Umbraco image picker property editor with a fallback/default image that editors can optionally override

UmbHost.FallbackTextProperty

An Umbraco property editor with a fallback/default value (Mustache template over node properties) that editors can optionally override

[ #propertyeditors ]

Umbraco.Community.RazorSearch

Search rendered page content with Umbraco Search

[ #search ] [ #umbracosearch ]

Umbraco.Community.Catalyst

Umbraco Catalyst is a backend-extending package for Umbraco CMS with useful, out-of-the-box property editors and backoffice extensions

umContactManager

Umbraco backoffice package for managing contact form submissions, email history, and related CRM workflows

UMBFY.Umbraco.ContentGuard

UMBFY Content Guard protects Umbraco content integrity with Where Used, Safe Delete, Publish Guard, Content Health, multilingual dependency validation, and dependency impact analysis

Limbo.Umbraco.Spa 17.0.0-alpha001

SPA (single page application) package for Umbraco.

[ ] [ #spa ]

Limbo.Umbraco.Spa 13.0.0

SPA (single page application) package for Umbraco.

[ ] [ #spa ]

Limbo.Umbraco.Seo 17.0.0-alpha001

SEO package for Umbraco.

[ ] [ #seo ]

Limbo.Umbraco.Seo 17.0.0-alpha002

SEO package for Umbraco.

[ ] [ #seo ]

Limbo.Umbraco.MultiNodeTreePicker 17.0.0-alpha002

Umbraco package that extends the functionality of Umbraco's build-in Multinode Treepicker property editor.

[ ] [ #propertyeditors ]

Limbo.Umbraco.Boolean 17.0.0-alpha001

Limbo.Umbraco.Boolean is a small package for Umbraco that adds a new boolean property editor which some extra functionality compared to Umbraco's build-in boolean property editor.

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Limbo.Umbraco.RecycleBin 17.0.0-alpha001

Limbo.Umbraco.RecycleBin is small package for Umbraco that takes out the trash.

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Skybrud.Umbraco.Redirects 17.1.0-beta002

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