Talking Drupal #372 - CKEditor 5

Today we are talking about CKEditor 5 with Wiktor Walc &
Piotrek Koszuliński.


For show notes visit:
www.talkingDrupal.com/372
Topics

What is CKEditor

What does it do for Drupal

Differnece between CKEditor 4 and 5

Biggest benefit

Improvements to the editing experience

Plugin ecosystem

Plugin language

Roadmap

Paid Features

Supporting the Drupal community

Security

Native Web Components

Resources

CKEditor Premium Features Module

CKEditor Inspector

Firefox github extension

Guests

Wiktor Walc - ckeditor.com @w_walc
Piotrek Koszuliński - ckeditor.com @reinmarpl
Hosts

Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan
John Picozzi - www.epam.com @johnpicozzi
Randy Oest - randyoest.com @amazingrando
MOTW Correspondent

Martin Anderson-Clutz - @mandclu
Metatag


Previously discussed in episodes: 70 as MOTW (8y ago!) and
mentioned in 31, 46, 137. And 185
Brief description: Allows your Drupal site to provide meta tags
on content to implement SEO best practices and maximize online
findability
Brief history


How old: created in 2009

Versions available: Supported versions for Drupal 7, 9, and
10

Current version released Sep 29, 2022
Usage stats: 381,821
Maintainer(s): Dave Reid and DamienMcKenna
- renowned Drupal contributors
Module features and usage
Allows content editors to populate common (and uncommon) meta
tags either manually for each piece of content, or to have them
filled out programmatically using tokens
A wide variety of submodules to address different use cases
where meta tags are helpful: social sharing, verifying site
ownership (e.g. for Google Search Console), and more
For any site that considers SEO a priority (which is probably
most public-facing sites), setting Metatag should really be one
of the first things
Discussion: Given how widely used this module is, does anyone
have specific experience with Metatag to talk about?