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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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Secrets module, Lombiq GitHub Actions v4.2.0 - This week in Orchard (20/02/2026)

This week, you can see an interesting demo of the Secrets module, which provides a secure, centralized way to store and manage sensitive data such as passwords, API keys, connection strings, and certificates! But before that, let us quickly mention the new Content Manager Delete behavior and the Dynamic Cache Options documentation! And don't forget to check out the latest release of the Lombiq GitHub Actions project!

Dynamic Translations, refactor IContentDefinitionService for improved modularity and design - This week in Orchard (13/02/2026)

This week, we mention the refactored IContentDefinitionService, allowing other modules to use content definition operations without referencing the entire ContentTypes module. See a demo of the Translation Editor that allows you to translate dynamic strings via the admin UI! And finally, check out a case study about how we rebuilt hajosnep.hu, Hungary's oldest maritime history association's website, with Orchard Core on DotNest!

IntelliSense for recipes, Orchard Core Commerce 3.1 - This week in Orchard (06/02/2026)

See how we replaced the dynamic ContentCard shapes with strongly typed shapes to enhance Orchard Core development! Take a look at the updated documentation for the UserDisplayName shape if you struggled to display user information in your custom format. You could also see a demo about how to expose recipe step metadata and JSON schemas, enabling IDE autocompletion, AI tooling integration, and recipe validation. Oh, and have we mentioned that Orchard Core Commerce has just got a fresh new release?

Agent Guidelines for Orchard Core, new marketing site on DotNest - This week in Orchard (30/01/2026)

Orchard Core 3.0 will be released soon! In this new version, we removed the default implementations from interfaces and obsolete members, which we cover in our post. You could also read about a new Agent Guidelines documentation that explains to LLMs how to build, test, and run Orchard. Don't forget to check out a case study on a new marketing website on DotNest! Without further ado, let's dive in!

Block Content Type Picker for Flow Part and Bag Part, Christmas in Lombiq - This week in Orchard (19/12/2025)

Our last post of this year concerns moving GetAllCulturesAndAliases to the default implementation and adding missing docs for the Setup module. Don't forget to check out a demo about the Block Content Type Picker for Flow Part and Bag Part! We also want to share some photos of our Christmas event. Thank you all for reading our posts and for making the Orchard community stronger! See you next year!