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Why use Drupal + Gatsby together?

Using Drupal as a headless CMS with Gatsby is a great way to get an enterprise-quality CMS for free, paired with a great modern development experience and all the benefits of the JAMstack, like performance, scalability, and security.

It only takes a few steps to use Gatsby with Drupal as a headless CMS (also known as decoupled Drupal).

An example Gatsby + Drupal site

How to implement Drupal + Gatsby

Quick start

This guide assumes that you have a Gatsby project set up. If you need to set up a project, head to the Quick Start guide, then come back.

gatsby-config.js

Hooking up Gatsby to a new or existing Drupal site takes only a few steps.

An example of how to include the gatsby-source-drupal plugin in your gatsby-config.js file:

Why use Gatsby and Drupal together?

“Decoupled Drupal” has become an increasingly popular approach to building enterprise-grade websites, and has the full-throated support of Drupal community leaders. Using Gatsby in a decoupled Drupal setup allows your team to access the powerful content modeling and access workflow capabilities of Drupal 8, as well as the powerful UI creation & performance toolset of Gatsby.

When is Drupal a great choice?

Many development teams, content teams, and client decision-makers are familiar with Drupal. Here are some scenarios in which Drupal is a great choice (and a few scenarios for which it’s not-so-great):

Drupal is great for:

  • Complex page layouts or content modeling with multiple sections per page
  • Teams with multi-stage content creation and review processes
  • Development teams who value using popular, open-source technologies

Drupal is not-so-great for:

  • Content teams who require a slick content editing experience as it gets complex because of the multiple sections present
  • Teams requiring the use of Drupal UI Kit as this is constantly under development and sometimes doesn’t work as expected

Interested in learning more?

Using Gatsby together with Drupal offers a powerful, full-featured, open-source, and free alternative to expensive enterprise content management systems. To learn more:


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