Let’s be honest, not every month is about big shiny releases. Some months are about lining things up so the next one actually matters. This is one of those months.
May the 4th Join The Force...
We didn’t ship a core release in April, but we are setting up for a focused push starting the week of May 4th. If you have ever thought about jumping in, this is the moment. We are planning to spend that entire week working through pull requests, reviewing code, triaging issues, and staying active in the forums and GitHub.
If you have time to help, even a little, it makes a difference. The goal is to move fast, clear out backlog, and get things into a strong place for the next release.
That work is building toward 9.5.0, along with continued 9.4.x updates. You can expect support for the latest PHP versions, a collection of bug fixes, and security improvements. A lot of this has been sitting in branches, getting attention over time, and now it is about bringing it all together.
Community Thank Yous
One thing that stood out this month is how much of the progress is coming from steady community contribution. It is not always loud, but it is consistent.
A big thank you goes out to dbuerer for documentation work. On the GitHub side, appreciation for aashish-aenow, hissy, c5dragon, mlocati, and again dbuerer.
If you have ever wondered whether small contributions matter, they do. This is exactly how the platform stays healthy.
Fun in the Forums
Over in the forums, a few discussions stood out this month.
There was a deep dive into how multisite actually works when it comes to page types. Specifically, why page types cannot be shared across different site types, and how that is by design, not a limitation. Once you understand the structure, it starts to click, but getting there can be a little unintuitive if you did not plan for multisite from the beginning.
You can follow that discussion here
https://forums.concretecms.org/t/share-page-types-across-a-multisite/9843
There was also a question around generating sitemap.xml files for multisite setups. This is one of those features people expect to exist, but it is not currently in core. There is ongoing discussion about how best to implement it, and in the meantime, the community pointed to a package that fills the gap.
That thread is here
https://forums.concretecms.org/t/sitemap-xml-for-multisite-setup/9836
And then there is the kind of thread that reminds you exactly why the community matters.
A request to change the default calendar interval from one hour to three hours turned into a full collaborative effort. Multiple contributors jumped in, tested approaches, refined solutions, and ultimately got it working in a way that fits into how Concrete handles dashboard behavior.
If you want to see that play out, it is worth the read
https://forums.concretecms.org/t/customizing-the-interval-between-the-start-and-end-times-of-calendar-events-to-3-hours/9803/31
It is a bit of an odyssey, but that is kind of the point.
Site in the Wild
This month’s site in the wild is gwrr.com, built by Worx Branding. It is one of those sites where you can tell right away that the team understood both the platform and the problem they were solving.
You can check it out here
https://www.gwrr.com/
The navigation makes sense. The structure holds up even though the underlying data is complex. There are interactive maps, detailed pages for over a hundred railroads, and filtering tools that do not fall apart under real use.
This is not a simple marketing site. It is a functional system with real complexity, and it holds together cleanly. That is exactly where Concrete tends to shine.
It is also worth noting that this site migrated from WordPress, which makes the end result even more interesting.
Marketplace Highlights
Vertical Timeline Cards by Gary Brown takes structured content and turns it into a clean, flexible timeline layout. It is simple, but in a good way.
You can see it here
https://market.concretecms.com/products/vertical-timeline-cards/1ecb16a4-2846-11f1-a674-0affd5227f07
Nordic Blocks by David Elvar brings a collection of 22 blocks and 68 templates, all self-contained so they work across themes without a lot of extra effort. If you have ever tried to standardize layouts across a site, you can probably see the value immediately.
That one is here
https://market.concretecms.com/products/nordic-blocks/07367f78-24ba-11f1-a674-0affd5227f07
Wrapping Up
Concrete is moving forward, but it is doing it through focused effort, community involvement, and real-world usage. Not hype, not noise, just steady progress.
So if you are looking for a way to get involved, the May 4th sprint is the place to do it. Show up, help out, and be part of pushing things forward.
That is where the momentum is right now.