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uProfile September 2026 - Aaron Sadler (4 minute read)

Aaron Sadler, founder of UmbHost, has been an active member of the Umbraco community since 2015/2016, contributing through package maintenance, documentation, and mentorship. He emphasizes the community's supportive atmosphere and aims to help both new and experienced developers while pursuing his own projects, including the recently launched UmbPanel.

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Community

ByteEditor Website Builder 17 Release: Rebuilt for Umbraco 17, See What's New and View a Demo. (4 minute read)

ByteEditor 17 has been fully migrated to Umbraco 17 LTS and .NET 10, featuring a new token-based Design Builder for consistent theming across blocks. It introduces live SEO insights, per-block theme variants, and an automatic upgrade script for existing users. Notably, animations and the Knowledge Base feature have been paused or removed.

[ #theming ]

Retiring Named Pipes: A Simpler Fix for Dev Port Conflicts (5 minute read)

Matt Brailsford discusses improving the management of dev-server port conflicts in parallel Claude Code sessions. He transitioned from using named pipes to leveraging Git's per-worktree configuration to remember ports, simplifying the process. This led to the creation of the open-source package Umbraco.Community.WorktreeDevPort, enhancing efficiency without unnecessary complexity.

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Building a QR-Code Walking Route App with Umbraco, Next.js and AI (6 minute read)

Johan Reitsma developed a QR-code walking route app using Umbraco 18 and Next.js, leveraging an AI coding agent for implementation. The project features a reusable pole system for various themed routes, emphasizes a clear content model, and establishes strict development rules to enhance AI predictability and maintainability.

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Running the Umbraco backoffice behind Windows Authentication (5 minute read)

Justin Neville discusses the issue with Umbraco's backoffice functionality when IIS is configured with Windows Authentication enabled and anonymous authentication disabled, starting from Umbraco 14. He introduces a package that resolves this problem for Umbraco 17 and 18, ensuring seamless operation without modifying existing configurations.

[ #authentication ]

Events

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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Umbraco U.S. Festival 2026

2026-09-30 to 2026-10-01 ((UTC) Coordinated Universal Time) - 800 W Fulton Market Chicago, IL 60607

[ #festivals ]

Umbraco Community Hour - Virtual Meetup

2026-09-30 from 13:00 to 14:00 (Europe/Copenhagen) - Online

[ #virtual ]

Umbraco Melbourne - October 2026

2026-10-01 from 18:00 to 19:30 (Australia/Melbourne) - Luminary, Level 1, 195 Little Collins Street, Melbourne, AU

Umbraco Leeds Meetup - Jonny Muir : Service Design – From Potato Peelers to Butterflies

2026-10-01 from 18:30 to 20:30 (Europe/London) - Enjoy Digital, 23 The Calls, Leeds, GB

Packages

Umbraco.AI.Alibaba

Alibaba Cloud (Qwen) provider for Umbraco AI

[ #ai ] [ #umbracoai ]

Umbraco.AI.ZAI

Z.AI provider for Umbraco AI

[ #ai ] [ #umbracoai ]

Umbraco.AI.Moonshot

Moonshot AI (Kimi) provider for Umbraco AI

[ #ai ] [ #umbracoai ]

Umbraco.Engage.AI

AI integration for Umbraco Engage

[ #ai ] [ #umbracoengage ]

Umbraco.AI.OpenRouter

OpenRouter provider for Umbraco AI

[ #ai ] [ #umbracoai ]

Dyfort.Umbraco.HTagEditor

H-tag editor is a simple property editor that lets the editor pick a desired heading size (H1 down to H6) and the text-alignment (left, center or right)

[ #propertyeditors ]

Umbraco.Community.SchemeWeaver.TypeSafe

Calibrated, typed AI judgments for SchemeWeaver's Schema.org auto-mapper, powered by TypeSafe System One (Jev)

[ #ai ]

Koben.Umbraco.PendingChanges

Shows Umbraco editors which of a page's fields are saved but not published yet

Umbraco.Community.WorktreeDevPort

Gives every git worktree its own stable local dev port for an Umbraco site, discoverable by any tool via `git config`

[ #ai ] [ #git ]

Our.Umbraco.ErrorDashboard

Tracks the errors real visitors actually hit - 404s, 500s, TLS and DNS failures

[ #logging ]

Our.Umbraco.ContentDashboard

Three Content-section dashboards for Umbraco 18 that show a team of editors who owns which pages

Our.Umbraco.TrueCopy

TrueCopy adds a True Copy action that performs a copy and then repoints every internal link whose target was itself part of the copy

UBookIt

A booking system for Umbraco 17

FestiveUmbraco

Temporarily transforms the Umbraco backoffice into a festive experience during date ranges you choose.

[ #theming ]

Element.Preview

Preview every page an Umbraco Element is used on, before you publish it.

Umbraco.Community.Search.Examine.Reindex

Add on for the Umbraco Search Examine provider that adds a re-index function to the backoffice UI

[ #examine ] [ #search ] [ #umbracosearch ]

Umbraco.Community.Security.WindowsAuthentication

Lets the Umbraco backoffice run behind IIS Windows Authentication with anonymous authentication disabled, without affecting front-end, member or custom authentication

[ #authentication ]

Skybrud.Umbraco.Redirects 17.1.0-beta003

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Limbo.Umbraco.YouTube 17.0.0-alpha003

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Limbo.Umbraco.UrlPicker 17.0.0-alpha002

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Limbo.Umbraco.TextBox 17.0.0-alpha002

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Limbo.Umbraco.Tables 17.0.0-alpha002

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Limbo.Umbraco.Skyfish 17.0.0-alpha002

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Limbo.Umbraco.Seo 17.0.0-alpha003

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Limbo.Umbraco.MediaPicker 17.0.0-alpha002

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Limbo.Umbraco.DreamBroker 17.0.0-alpha002

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Limbo.Umbraco.BlockList 17.0.0-alpha002

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