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OpenApi, Visual Layout Editor improvements - This week in Orchard (18/09/2026)

Want interactive API documentation without hand-writing a schema? Orchard Core v4 is getting a new OpenApi module with Swagger, ReDoc, and Scalar built in.

Need sign-ins to survive a browser restart without relying on a user's Remember me checkbox? A new setting controls persistent authentication cookies site-wide.

And curious how the Visual Layout Editor has evolved since June? It now detects every editor shape correctly, even ones with multiple editors like the SEO Meta Part.

This week's changes come from Jasmin Savard, Georg von Kries, and Nick Jackson.

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Privacy-friendly analytics and URL shortening, store user state in Audit Trail - This week in Orchard (11/09/2026)

Want a more useful landing page when you open the admin area? The Admin Dashboard's default content just got a redesign, with new documentation on how to extend it yourself.

Need an audit trail of who changed which user, without leaking sensitive data into your database? Users Audit Trail now lets you control exactly what gets stored, redacted, or hashed per property.

And want privacy-friendly analytics and UTM tracking without a cookie banner? Lombiq Marketing, a new open-source module, adds cookie-free Pirsch analytics and a built-in URL shortener.

This week's changes come from Antoine Griffard and Sára El-Saig.