The Chapter Three team is excited to announce the first stable release of Next-Drupal 2.0, offering powerful integration for building decoupled, Next.js-based front-ends with Drupal. This release brings major performance improvements, expanded API capabilities, and a smoother developer experience, reinforcing Next-Drupal’s role as a leading solution for modern headless Drupal architectures.
What’s New in Next-Drupal 2.0?
Next-Drupal 2.0 introduces key enhancements that make it easier and faster to develop high-performance web experiences powered by Drupal’s robust back-end. Highlights of this release include:
- Full Support for Next.js App Router – Leverages Next.js ’s App Router for better routing, server components, and dynamic data fetching.
- Tag-based Invalidation - invalidate content on your Next.js site using Drupal's powerful cache tag system. This configuration can provide more targeted cache invalidation than path based invalidation, resulting in more up to date content for your end users.
- Next.js 15 and Drupal 11 - this release provides support for the latest versions of Next.js and Drupal.
Why It Matters
As organizations increasingly adopt headless and decoupled architectures, Next-Drupal 2.0 enables developers to leverage Drupal’s content management power while delivering lightning-fast, dynamic web experiences with Next.js. This release ensures that teams can build scalable, future-proof websites with the flexibility of a modern frontend stack.
Join the Next-Drupal Community
Next-Drupal 2.0 is open-source and community-driven, with ongoing contributions from developers worldwide. Developers are encouraged to explore the new features, contribute to the project, and join discussions on improving the integration.
Modernize Your Drupal Platform
If you want to know what options exist to modernize your Drupal platform, contact Chapter Three.
