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Craft Cloud Updates
Big updates for Craft Cloud, including redirects, CDN rewrites, a new builder, and lots more.


Accessibility Updates for Q2 2025
Learn about the accessibility improvements we’ve made in the last few months.


Craft 5.8 Released
Craft 5.8 introduces new ways to structure and organize your content.


Accessibility Updates for Q1 2025
Learn about the accessibility improvements we’ve made in the last few months.


Craft 5.7 Released
Craft 5.7 makes working with nested content smoother and more intuitive.


Craft 5.6 Released
Craft 5.6 is here with several exciting improvements across the system.




Accessibility Updates for Q4 2024
Learn about the accessibility improvements we’ve made in the last few months.




Migrating from WordPress
Migrating from WordPress to Craft CMS just got a whole lot easier, with the help of a new CLI command.


Craft 5.5 Released
Craft 5.5 has been released, bringing a new batch of authoring, accessibility, and development improvements.


Introducing Craft Cloud
Craft Cloud, a first party hosting solution from the makers of Craft CMS, is officially here!


Craft 5.3 Released
Craft 5.3 is out, with new CLI commands for taming your content model, and a new Link field.


Two-Step Verification added to Craft Console
We’re excited to announce that two-step verification has been added to Craft Console.


Change of Plans
Dot All Lisbon has been postponed to September 23 – 25, 2025, and we’re taking Dot One on the road this year, with events in London, Amsterdam, Toronto, and Melbourne.


Craft Commerce 5 and New Stripe Plugin Released
Craft Commerce 5.0 is here! Plus, we’ve introduced a new standalone Stripe plugin.


Craft 5 Released — with New Team Edition!
Craft 5 is out of Beta, and we’re introducing a new Team edition.






Dot All 2023: Recap and Videos
Dot All 2023 in Barcelona was a huge success! Here’s a recap of what we announced, and links to the session videos.


Commerce 4.3 + Stripe 4.0 Released
Stripe 4.0 brings out-of-the-box support for Stripe Billing, Stripe Checkout, Apple Pay, and Google Wallet.


Craft 4.5 Released
Craft 4.5 packs several new features like activity indicators, validation summaries, and more!


Craft Console Updates for Organizations
Updates to the organization features in Craft Console






Designing for Reduced Motion
It’s important to consider the reduced-motion experience during design and development.




Craft 4.4 Released
We’re thrilled to announce that Craft 4.4 has been officially tagged!


The Entrification Plan
Craft is undergoing a transition: categories, tags, and global sets are going away, in favor of entries.


Accessible Target Sizes
Appropriately sized touch targets improve both accessibility and overall usability.


Rethinking Volume Subfolders
The way we navigate to subfolders within Craft is about to change.




Craft Generator
Scaffold new Craft CMS plugins, modules, and system components with the new Craft Generator tool.




Introducing Craft Console
Craft Console is the new place to manage your licenses and plugins, with a major new feature: Organizations.


What we Announced at Dot All 2022
Dot All 2022 is a wrap! Here’s what we announced during the conference.


Craft for Ukraine
We’re offering free Craft CMS licenses to all initiatives working to help the people of Ukraine.


Retiring Craft Nitro
Craft Nitro, our local development environment, is no longer undergoing active maintenance or support.


Accessible Custom Fields
As part of our journey toward achieving WCAG 2.1 AA compliance, we’ve been working to ensure that custom fields are accessible to all users.






New Demo Sites
Two new demo sites are now available for taking Craft CMS and Craft Commerce for a spin.




Nitro 2 Released
Nitro 2 brings better cross-platform support and lots of exciting new features.


Craft 3.6 Released
Craft 3.6 brings a slew of accessibility, usability, and DX improvements.




Doubling Down on Accessibility
We’re thrilled to announce the newest member of our team, Matsuko Friedland, as Lead Accessibility Engineer!




Craft 3.5 Released
Craft 3.5 brings improvements to accessibility, author experience, and GraphQL.


Commerce 3.2 Released
Commerce 3.2 introduces multiple PDF templates and store management improvements.


Introducing Craft Nitro
Nitro is a new local development environment for Craft and other PHP projects.




Craft Commerce 3.1 and New TaxJar Integration Released
Craft Commerce 3.1 and TaxJar take the pain out of tax management.


Update on Craft Cloud
Here’s an update on our latest progress and planning for Craft Cloud.


Commerce 3 is Here!
Commerce 3 brings back-end order editing, GraphQL support, and customer management.


Craft 3.4 is Here!
Craft 3.4 brings improvements to user experience, collaboration, GraphQL, and more.


2019 Year in Review
Here’s a look at the major events in 2019, what what it all means for the future of Craft CMS.


Commerce 2.2 Released
Commerce 2.2 has been released with some exciting new features.


Craft 4 and Craft Cloud Announced at Dot All 2019
Dot All 2019 is a wrap! Here’s a look at the exciting announcements we made.


Craft 3.3 Released with GraphQL and Headless Mode
Craft 3.3 introduces a built-in GraphQL API, Headless Mode, and templating improvements.


Craft 3.2 is Here
Craft 3.2 brings several enhancements focused on improving the author experience.


We’ve Acquired Feed Me
We’re excited to announce that we have acquired Feed Me from Verbb, and it’s now completely free!


500 Plugins!
The Craft Plugin Store hit a major milestone in February: it now features over 500 plugins!




New Preferred Hosting Provider: Media Temple
For over 20 years Media Temple has been an innovator in the hosting space and now they’re a Craft Preferred Hosting Provider.


Odds & Ends
Craft 2 and Commerce 1 EOL dates updated, and Commerce gateway integrations go MIT.


Craft 3.1
Craft 3.1 includes over 100 enhancements that drastically improve collaboration and deployment workflows.




Introducing the New Craft Plugin Store
Browse plugins, view their changelogs, and purchase them directly from plugins.craftcms.com.


Craft CMS is Coming to Australia
Join us in Melbourne, Australia for a one-day Craft Conference.


State of Craft 2018
Here’s a recap of what happened in 2018, and a look at what’s to come in 2019 and beyond for Craft CMS and Craft Commerce.




Introducing the Craft Partner Network
We’re excited to announce the launch of our Craft Partner Network.


Dot All 2018 Videos
Enjoy all 20 talks on topics ranging from plugin development to GraphQL and Craft from Dot All 2018 in Berlin.


Learn Craft for Free with CraftQuest!
CraftQuest’s “Up and Running with Craft” video course is now completely free to watch.


Meet the New Craftcms.com
Yesterday a new Craft site launched that we’re particularly excited about — ours!


Craft 3.1 Dev Preview is Here
Craft 3.1 is coming later this year, and it will bring two major new features that we’re pretty excited about.


Craft 2.7 Released with PHP 7.2 Compatibility
We just released Craft 2.7.0 with just one feature, but it’s a big one: PHP 7.2 compatibility.


New Craft Hosting Partner: Hyperlane
We’re excited to announce our partnership with Hyperlane, a Belgium-based hosting provider for modern agencies.


Dot All 2018 is Coming to Berlin
Craft CMS is bringing Dot All, the official Craft developers conference, to Berlin, Germany September 26 – 28, 2018.


Introducing The Craft Plugin Store
Discover, purchase, and download plugins from within the Control Panel with the Plugin Store.






Introducing Craft ID
Yesterday we launched Craft ID, our new portal for Craft CMS developers.


2017 Year In Review
2017 was a great year for Craft. We experienced tremendous growth, hosted our first conference, moved the HQ into a new office space, and grew the team by 3 people.


Dot All 2017 Speaker Videos
Enjoy every talk from Dot All 2017 including Creating a Full REST API in Craft 3 to an Intro to Craft Plugin Development. Check out all the session videos, available now.


New Awards and Recognition!
We’re excited to announce that Craft CMS has been voted Best CMS for Small to Midsize Business and Best Wordpress Alternative in CMS Critic’s 2017 People’s Choice Awards! Craft was also named a High Performer in G2 Crowd’s Best Web Content Management Software report.


Dot All Recap
A recap of our first Dot All conference, plus links to each of the speakers’ slide decks.


What We Announced at Dot All 2017
Here’s a rundown of what Craft founder and CEO Brandon Kelly announced on stage at our first Dot All conference.


Dot All: The Official Craft Conference!
The first official Craft CMS developer conference is coming to Portland on October 22 – 23.


Craft 3 Beta Update
A look at where things stand with the Craft 3 Beta, and what’s left before the GA release will be ready.


The State of Craft: End-of-2016 Edition
Even with all its faults, 2016 was an incredible year for Craft. The CMS has now been deployed on over 22,000 unique domains. The community has grown larger, more diverse, and more helpful than ever. The software has seen big improvements on security and performance fronts. And internally we think we’ve matured a bit as a company, in a good way.


Mijingo Releases Free Lesson on Element API
It’s never been easier to get up and running with Craft + Element API, because just today, Mijingo released a new free lesson on it.


Learn Craft Commerce with Mijingo
Mijingo just released a new video course for the Craft CMS community: Fundamentals of Craft Commerce.


Learn Craft CMS with Envato Tuts+
Envato Tuts+ just published an 11-lesson tutorial on Craft CMS, taught by the wonderful Kezz Bracey. The tutorial covers how Craft is different from other CMSes, how to install it, how content is organized, an introduction to templating, and other fundamentals.


Craft 3 is Back in Action
We just released Craft Dev 3.0.2910, the first Craft 3 Dev Preview update in almost a year. This update brings tons of bug fixes, a few new features, some code cleanup/refactoring, and most notably, we’ve ported all of the changes that came to Craft 2 in the past year.


Sell Digital Products with Craft Commerce
Introducing Digital Products, a new plugin that makes it possible to sell licenses for digital goods with Craft Commerce.


Publish Your Craft Content to Apple News
Introducing a new Apple News integration for Craft CMS, providing a seamless way for publishers to reach new readers.


Get Introduced to Craft Commerce at the First Straight Up Hangout
Join Luke Holder, Brandon Kelly, and Ben Parizek on the first Straight Up Hangout event tomorrow at 1pm PT, as we dive deep into Craft Commerce.


Craft CMS Wins Best CMS for Developers
Craft CMS has been voted Best CMS for Developers in CMS Critic’s annual People’s Choice Awards!


Integrate Algolia Search Into Your Craft Site with Search Plus
SquareBit released their highly anticipated Search Plus plugin this week, which provides an Algolia integration for Craft CMS.


Learn about Craft CMS on SitePoint
SitePoint, the popular learning resource site for web professionals, recently published an Introduction to Craft CMS article.


The State of Craft: End-of-2015 Edition
2015 has been an incredible year for Craft. Here’s a recap of some of the big things that happened, and a sneak peak at where we’re headed in 2016.


Mijingo’s Craft Starter Pack is 50% Off
In celebration of Craft 2.5, Mijingo has put their Craft Starter Pack on sale for just $49.99, for a limited time!


Craft Commerce 1.0 Released
The powerful, feature-rich ecommerce solution for Craft CMS is available now!


Craft 2.5 Released
Sporting a redesigned Control Panel and Author Experience improvements across the board, Craft 2.5 raises the bar yet again.