https:\/\/www.drupal.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nHistory<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Originally meant as a message board, Drupal was created by Dries Buytaert in 2001, and eventually the project picked up steam and a following in 2003. It gained even more traction after one of the candidates of the Democratic party in the US election, Howard Dean, used the CMS to build a website. By 2008, millions of downloads had already been registered. In 2017, it’s listed that 1.18 million websites use Drupal. The most recent version of Drupal is Version 10.0 released in December 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Requirements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Requirements for Version 10 include:
– Web Server<\/strong>: Apache 2.4.7 or higher, Nginx 1.1 or higher, or any other web server with proper PHP support.
– Database<\/strong>: MySQL 5.7.8 or higher, MariaDB 10.3.7 or higher, Percona Server 5.7.8 or higher, PostgreSQL 12 or higher, SQLite 3.26 or higher.
– Memory<\/strong>: 1GB of RAM (unless you are using multiple modules or tools such of Solr, or memcache. Then more may be necessary), PHP memory requirements are a minimum of 64mb, or 128-256mb in production systems.
– PHP<\/strong>: Version 10 requires at least PHP 8.1, but 8.6 is strongly recommended. Required PHP extensions are: PDO, XML, GD-library, OpenSSL, JSON, cURL, and Mbstring.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHosted vs Self-Hosted<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Like Joomla and WordPress, Drupal is self-hosted. Anything that meets the requirements above can successfully run Drupal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cost<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
As with the other open source CMS’s, Drupal itself is free, but various companies and sites provide hosting options for Drupal. Uniquely enough, they have a list of featured agencies on their site that allow for hosting of their CMS. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
User Base<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Currently, Drupal is used on 1.5% of all websites globally. This gives them ~2.4% of the market share between all CMS’s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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