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UMB.FYI 2026-10-14

UK Conference

Umbraco UK Conference - Pre-Party

2026-10-15 from 17:00 to 20:00 (Europe/London) - Players Social Cocktail & Games Bar Spitalfields, 1 Crispin Pl, London E1 6DW, UK, London, GB

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Umbraco UK Conference

2026-10-16 from 09:00 to 20:00 ((UTC) Coordinated Universal Time) - Codenode, 10 South Place, London, EC2M 7EB

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Umbraco HQ

uProfile October 2026 - Asha Chaudhary (10 minute read)

Asha Chaudhary, a Certified Master and MVP with over 11 years of experience in Umbraco, actively contributes to the community by organizing meetups and leading the Umbraco Education Program in India. Passionate about integrating AI with Umbraco, she aims to enhance accessibility and knowledge sharing within the platform.

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Community

Giving AI agents tools for the Umbraco backoffice with WebMCP (17 minute read)

Rick Butterfield explores Chrome's WebMCP API, testing its application in the Umbraco 18 backoffice. This API allows AI agents to interact with named tools directly, enhancing efficiency in navigating the interface and executing tasks without relying on visual elements. The results indicate significant speed improvements in automated testing processes.

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The Umbraco MCP Benchmark, part 2: Haiku 5.5 and the budget models (14 minute read)

Kaspar Boel Kjeldsen's analysis reveals that Haiku 5.5 significantly improved its performance on the Umbraco MCP benchmark, achieving a score of 93 compared to Haiku 4.5's 47. The study also evaluates budget and open models, highlighting the importance of verified recipes for consistent results and honesty in outputs.

[ #ai ] [ #performance ] [ #umbracomcp ]

Three Years of UMB.FYI, and a Second Pulse Check (2 minute read)

In Matt Brailsford's second Pulse Check for UMB.FYI, he reflects on the Umbraco ecosystem's developments over the past year, highlighting the significant rise of AI, increased community engagement, and the growth of new packages. As UMB.FYI celebrates its third anniversary, Brailsford emphasizes the importance of community contributions.

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Examine 3.10.1 and 4.0.1 released (2 minute read)

Examine 3.10.1 and 4.0.1 are now available on NuGet, addressing an analyzer issue that misparsed queries due to default analyzer caching. The fix ensures field value types are resolved before analyzer construction. Additionally, a new release process streamlines package deployment, promising more frequent updates. Release notes are available on GitHub.

[ #examine ] [ #search ]

Estimating the CO2 of your Umbraco AI usage (6 minute read)

Matt Brailsford introduces the Umbraco.Community.AI.Carbon package, which adds a CO2 tab to Umbraco AI’s Analytics, estimating energy and CO2e for AI chat usage. Utilizing EcoLogits' method, it provides insights without new tracking. The beta version is available, aiming to enhance understanding of AI's environmental impact.

[ ] [ #ai ] [ #sustainability ] [ #umbracoai ]

Watch & Listen

Why become Umbraco Partner (2 minute watch)

Umbraco HQ highlights the value of their partnerships through testimonials from various partners. Key benefits include direct access to Umbraco HQ, ongoing developer training, and enhanced client satisfaction, contributing to high net promoter scores. Potential partners are encouraged to engage with Partner Managers to explore opportunities for agency growth.

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Events

Umbraco Community Hour - Virtual Meetup

2026-10-14 from 13:00 to 14:00 (Europe/Copenhagen) - Online

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Umbraco Kent Meetup - Hybrid - Monday 19th October 2026 @ 7pm

2026-10-19 from 19:00 to 21:00 (Europe/London) - Dragon Coworking (Rochester), 7-8 New Road Avenue, Rochester, GB

Umbracokalaset 2026 (Sweden)

2026-10-20 from 08:00 to 18:00 ((UTC) Coordinated Universal Time) -

US Umbraco Fest Recap and more

2026-10-20 from 13:00 to 14:30 (America/New_York) - Online

umBristol Talks - October 2026

2026-10-21 from 18:00 to 21:00 (Europe/London) - Runway East Bristol Bridge, 1 Victoria Street, Bristol, GB

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Umbraco Meetup (Copenhagen)

2026-10-22 from 16:30 to 20:30 (Europe/Copenhagen) - Charlie Tango, Rosenvængets Allé 11, København Ø, DK

Social

Umbraco version of Beta Blast

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UmbraDesktop 17.3.0 is out!

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UmbHost GreenStack MCP and Skills

[ #ai ] [ #sustainability ]

Packages

DynamicDave.Umbraco.ContentHealth

Finds broken internal links in Umbraco content

Umbraco.Community.LogExplorer

A rich log explorer for the Umbraco backoffice and a drop-in replacement for the built-in Log Viewer

TheBuilder.SchemaCity

See your Umbraco content model as a 3D city in the backoffice, with the relationships between Document Types, schema checks, content usage, change impact and snapshot comparison.

Crumpled.VerifyOwnership

Google Search Console site-ownership verification for Umbraco

Cogworks.Umbraco.FormsGuard.UmbracoAI

Optional decision provider for Forms Guard that uses any AI model configured through an Umbraco.AI profile, instead of the default TypeSafe provider.

[ #umbracoai ]

Cogworks.Umbraco.FormsGuard

Stops AI-written spam in Umbraco Forms

[ #ai ] [ #umbracoforms ]

Lait.Umbraco.Awesome.SEO

SEO report and action plan inside the Umbraco backoffice

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HuSignal

Microsoft Clarity analytics, behavioural insights and AI-assisted SEO reporting for the Umbraco backoffice.

[ #ai ] [ #seo ]

Flowcourier.Umbraco.GoogleAnalytics

Google Analytics 4 inside the Umbraco backoffice

[ #seo ]

Flowcourier.Umbraco.Matomo

Matomo inside the Umbraco backoffice

Flowcourier.Umbraco.Analytics.AI

Makes the Flowcourier Analytics data answerable in the Umbraco AI Copilot

[ #ai ]

Umbraco.Community.FrontendBlockPreview

Preview Block List and Block Grid blocks in the backoffice rendered by your real frontend, with the editor's unsaved values

Umbraco.Community.RecentMediaPicker

An alternative Umbraco Media Picker that surfaces recently uploaded media first

Umbraco.Community.UmbraDesktop.Accessories

The small tools for UmbraDesktop

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Umbraco.Community.Search.Provider.AzureAI

An Azure AI Search provider for Umbraco Search

[ #azure ] [ #search ]

Umbraco.Community.DocumentBlueprintsInContent

Adds Document Blueprints to the Umbraco Content section, behind a dedicated user group permission, so editors can manage them without access to Settings

uSync.AI

uSync for Umbraco.AI

[ #ai ] [ #umbracoai ] [ #usync ]

uSync.AI.Sync

uSync handlers and serializers for Umbraco.AI connections, guardrails, contexts, profiles and settings

[ #ai ] [ #umbracoai ] [ #usync ]

uSync.AI.Complete

Push and pull Umbraco.AI connections, profiles, prompts and agents between servers with uSync.Complete, and Umbraco.AI agent tools that publish content, pull content and take restore points, each checked against the acting user's permissions. Needs uSync.Complete.

[ #ai ] [ #umbracoai ] [ #usync ]

uSync.AI.Tools

Umbraco.AI agent tools that run uSync reports, exports and imports, each checked against the acting user's uSync access.

[ #ai ] [ #umbracoai ] [ #usync ]

uSync.AI.Agent

uSync handler and serializer for Umbraco.AI.Agent agents, including their tools, contexts and per-user-group tool permissions.

[ #ai ] [ #umbracoai ] [ #usync ]

uSync.AI.Prompt

uSync handler and serializer for Umbraco.AI.Prompt prompts, so they travel between servers with the rest of your uSync files.

[ #ai ] [ #umbracoai ] [ #usync ]

uSync.Complete.AI

uSync.Complete for Umbraco.AI. Everything in uSync.AI, plus push and pull of AI items between servers and AI agent tools that publish content, pull content and take restore points. Needs uSync.Complete.

[ #ai ] [ #umbracoai ] [ #usync ]

Jumoo.TranslationManager.Publicis

Publicis Translation Api Connector for Translation Manager for Umbraco

[ #translations ]

Limbo.Umbraco.Iddqd 13.0.2

Limbo.Umbraco.Iddqd package with various developer oriented improvements for the Umbraco backoffice.

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Limbo.Umbraco.Emply 13.0.1

Umbraco integration for the Emply API.

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Limbo.Umbraco.TextBox 17.0.0-alpha003

Limbo Textbox (or Limbo.Umbraco.TextBox) is a package that adds new textbox and textarea property editors for Umbraco 10+.

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Limbo.Umbraco.Iddqd 17.0.0-alpha005

Limbo.Umbraco.Iddqd package with various developer oriented improvements for the Umbraco backoffice.

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