Why “Drupal” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
Agreed. Brochure sites... use whatever. But once you begin to pile on the requirements: automatic image manipulation (resizing, scaling, focal point), complex user roles and per…
by jpsalter · Oct 21, 2026
Is it just me, or is it the truly brave that decide to deploy and protect PHP instances? Especially if WordPress or Drupal are involve? I finished moving the remainder of my stu…
by pseudosavant · Oct 21, 2026
Rural lost almost all of the good will, and foe good reason. It was a dumpster fire with a half arsed ecosystem of extensions. During that period WordPress was flourishing, list…
by anakaine · Oct 21, 2026
The very most you can say for Drupal is that it is better than Wordpress at its worst. All the goodwill for Drupal was burnt years ago.
by lambdaone · Oct 21, 2026
I switched to ProcessWire [1] a couple of years ago, and haven't been happier. It succeeded to do what Drupal tried but never managed to do: It is both extremely stable and extr…
by samuell · Oct 21, 2026
Drupal is a name I haven't heard in a long time, so the reputation that they're light-years ahead of is probably a low bar for me. I just recall every time I tried to adopt it o…
by eddieroger · Oct 21, 2026
Interest
Proportion of Hacker News items mentioning "drupal" over time.
Mentions
Total number of Hacker News items mentioning "drupal" over time.
Drupal is a free and open-source web content management system (CMS) written in PHP and distributed under the GNU General Public License. Drupal provides an open-source back-end framework for at least 14% of the top 10,000 websites worldwide and 1.2% of the top 10 million websites—ranging from personal blogs to corporate, political, and government sites. Drupal can also be used for knowledge management and for business collaboration. Read more on Wikipedia