Category: Developer & Technology
Improving Fluid Developer Experience with TYPO3 v14
Simon Praetorius gives us an update on his Community Budget idea for improving the Fluid developer experience — and the first results are already landing in Fluid 5.2.
Read moreTYPO3 Contribution in Numbers: March 2026
See the full recap of TYPO3's March core contributions with 66 contributors, 255 reviews, bug fixes, features, and a big thank-you to our developers.
TYPO3 and its Accessibility in the Backend — Changes from v6 to v14
A look at how the TYPO3 community has tackled backend accessibility over the years — and what a dedicated sprint in 2025 revealed about how far it's come, and how far it still has to go.
Changing the Playing Field — Visual Editing in TYPO3 v14
Last weekend at Web Camp Venlo, developer Matthias Vogel demonstrated how the default Camino theme supports visual editing in TYPO3 v14. I believe this is a quantum leap for our CMS, both in terms of usability and for its appeal to potential clients.
TYPO3 Contribution in Numbers: February 2026
See the full recap of TYPO3's February core contributions with 76 contributors, 239 reviews, bug fixes, features, and a big thank-you to our developers.
Content Blocks: Q4/2025 Milestones and Q1/2026 Goals
The Content Types Team wrapped up the major milestone of TYPO3 v14 support and focused on the long-awaited Content Blocks GUI.
Community Budget Report: A PHP Firewall for TYPO3
Sascha Egerer provides an update on his Community Budget Idea to add a PHP-based firewall to TYPO3, helping site owners block common attacks even when they can’t rely on server-level security.
TYPO3 Contribution in Numbers: January 2026
See the full recap of TYPO3’s January core contributions with 53 contributors, 163 reviews, bug fixes, features, and a big thank-you to our developers.
AI Integration in TYPO3 Via MCP: The End of Backend Fumbling
Content management meets artificial intelligence — and takes a quantum leap. With the Model Context Protocol (MCP) extension for TYPO3, editors control their content directly from ChatGPT & Co. No more copy-paste, no more backend hopping. Simply write, edit, publish — all in one tool.
Coder's Corner: December 2025
See the full recap of TYPO3’s November core contributions with 47 contributors, 148 reviews, bug fixes, features, and a big thank-you to our developers.
Enhanced Email Configuration — Approach and First Version
Email may be old, but it remains critical when reliability matters — and TYPO3 still lacks awareness of modern deliverability standards. This article outlines a first approach to central, validated sender configuration in TYPO3, making email setup safer and simpler for editors.