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<hr /> Agencies and CMS platforms have long forged go-to-market partnerships to power channel opportunities. Recently, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://cmscritic.com/products/strapi">Strapi</a>, an open source headless CMS, formalized its collaboration with <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://9ea41cec.streaklinks.com/CjocxQwZmb4zhUxDAgRF8o7i/https%3A%2F%2Falloycrew.com%2F">Alloy</a> – a premier agency specializing in precision storytelling and experiences for imaginative tech brands.According to Alloy's press release, its partnership with the headless content management system will give brands the power to create modern websites with a tech-stack-agnostic solution. The open source nature of the platform, in stark contrast to many closed headless CMS platforms – along with both its managed and self-hosted options – were key factors driving Alloy's excitement around the partnership. “We’re thrilled to welcome Alloy into the Strapi Partner Program,” said <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://9ea41cec.streaklinks.com/CjocxQwKSuOqgvDqfAOmQkmZ/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fmarkaraymond%2F">Mark Raymond</a>, Strategic Partnerships Manager at Strapi. “Their proven expertise, professionalism, and presence in the U.S. market make them an ideal partner as we expand our footprint in North America. Together, we’ll empower brands to create data-rich, scalable digital experiences built on the flexibility of Strapi’s open-source CMS.”<h3 id="building-demand-in-a-competitive-headless-cms-market">Building demand in a competitive headless CMS market</h3>Founded in 2015, Strapi gives developers the freedom to use their favorite tools and frameworks while allowing editors to easily manage their content and distribute it anywhere. Companies of all sizes have built their websites and apps with Strapi, including Apple, Adidas, Walmart, JP Morgan Chase &amp; Co., and Carvana, among thousands of others. As of this year, the platform had reeled in over 66,000 GitHub stars, amassed thousands of contributors, and topped over 50 million downloads – making it the most popular open source headless CMS on the market. They’ve also secured $45 million in funding along the way.Strapi combines a dynamic content editing experience with a solid underlying system for managing structured data. This makes it a solid choice for both marketing teams who need to easily manage content and developers who need a robust system that can handle different types of relational data. We've previously spoken with <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/pierre-burgy-strapi-88671673/">co-founder and CEO Pierre Burgy</a> about Strapi's roadmap and how the platform is bringing together the best of all worlds for marketers and developers. At the same time, the company was founded by coders, and has cultivated a strong relationship and preference around its technical heritage.Strapi continues to build momentum around its ecosystem, including its <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://strapi.io/cloud">Strapi Cloud</a> and <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://market.strapi.io/">Strapi Market,</a> which expand its breadth of offerings. The company is also touting its API creation, content modeling, and delivery capabilities. It also offers an <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://strapi.io/partners">extensive list </a>of enterprise, business, and community partners in its ecosystem, specializing in everything from application development to AI.<h3 id="about-alloy">About Alloy</h3>Alloy is an integrated marketing agency that specializes in designing and building websites and products that merge elegance with cutting-edge technology. They work with customers in the Americas, Europe, and the Middle East, and the firm’s deep expertise in creating marketing strategies, platforms, ecosystems, multichannel campaigns and much more help imaginative brands engage with buyers, shape public opinion, build lasting influence and grow market share. "Strapi's open-source platform is a game-changer for our clients who want to own their technology stack," said <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://9ea41cec.streaklinks.com/CjocxQwsLK6WvlajYwr5GXhB/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Frogerfpeters%2F">Roger Peters</a>, VP of Technology at Alloy. “This partnership is all about giving clients the freedom to build and scale with a flexible, API-first CMS that integrates seamlessly and reduces the risk of vendor lock-in. We're excited to architect dynamic solutions for our clients that future-proof their brand for whatever comes next.”Since 2012, Alloy has been named a 10-time Best Place to Work, Technology Agency of the Year, and Fastest Growing Agency, and has been celebrated for Best Use of Measurement and Data. <hr /><h3 id="upcoming-events">Upcoming Events</h3> <img style="width:31.61%" src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2025/08/storyblok-joyconf-2025-logo.jpg" /><h4 id="storyblok-joyconf-2025"><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://joyconf.storyblok.com/">Storyblok JoyConf 2025</a></h4>October 14-15, 2025 – Amsterdam, Netherlands November 4, 2025 – New York, NY November 6, 2025 – Los Angeles, CAJoin us at JoyConf 2025, where the future of content meets the people shaping it. Built for developers, marketers, and digital innovators, this free conference goes way beyond product updates or yet another strategy playbook. It’s where you’ll get inspired, get real, and get connected – to ideas, to the community, and to what’s possible when you build joyfully. Whether you're building lightning-fast frontends or launching cross-channel campaigns, this is where content becomes connection and collaboration becomes second nature. Come for the talks. Stay for the community. Leave with joy. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://joyconf.storyblok.com/">Save your spot.</a> <img style="width:28.9%" src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2025/08/sitecore-symposium-2025.jpg" /><h4 id="sitecore-symposium-2025"><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://symposium.sitecore.com/">Sitecore Symposium 2025</a></h4>November 3-5, 2025 – Orlando, FLAt Sitecore Symposium, you’ll learn how to meet your customers where they are – across channels, moments, and touchpoints that didn’t exist a year ago. You’ll hear how the boldest brands in the world are transforming content into outcomes and creating experiences that are fast, relevant, and human. Join 1,500 marketers, digital leaders, and technologists in Orlando to see what’s possible when personalization scales, AI accelerates creativity, and trust becomes your competitive edge. This is the Third Wave of the Internet. And this is your moment to lead in it. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://symposium.sitecore.com/">Get your tickets today.</a> <img style="width:31.44%" src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2025/08/cms-kickoff-2026-logo.png" alt="" /><h4 id="cms-kickoff-2026"><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.boye-co.com/conferences/cmskickoff26">CMS Kickoff 2026</a></h4>January 13-14, 2026 – St. Petersburg, FLMeet industry leaders at our fourth annual CMS Kickoff – the industry's premier global CMS event. Similar to a traditional kickoff, we reflect on recent trends and share stories from the frontlines. Additionally, we will delve into the current happenings and shed light on the future. Prepare for an unparalleled in-person CMS conference experience that will equip you to move things forward. This is an exclusive event – space is limited, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.boye-co.com/conferences/cmskickoff26">so secure your tickets today.</a>

Strapi Launches Strategic Partnership with Alloy to Deliver Scalable, Data-Powered Digital Experiences

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Strapi Casts for Growth in the Headless Sea: A Conversation with CEO Pierre Burgy

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<hr /> <a target="_blank" href="https://cmscritic.com/products/strapi">Strapi</a> has always been a tenacious force in the headless CMS field. The platform delivers a healthy dose of customizability to its users and can play on the REST and GraphQL sides of the API court – maximizing its extensibility for querying content. Overall, it's super flexible for developers, earning it a whopping 60,000 stars on GitHub. Not too shabby.Last year, Strapi reached over 4 million downloads, putting it at the top of the open source headless CMS rankings. At the same time, <a target="_blank" href="https://cloud.strapi.io/">Strapi Cloud</a> – the company's fully managed offering – exploded to over 500 customers. These include major global brands like Publicis Sapient.According to Strapi's community forum, Strapi Cloud was a direct response to users who loved the Strapi platform, but weren't interested in managing servers, dealing with scalability, or coping with other laborious tasks (for those of you who still deal in Chef scripts, you know what we're talking about). The company really endeavored to reduce the friction around the overall developer experience, making it easier for users to get value from Strapi without the complexities of server management.Now, to make things even easier, Strapi Cloud has introduced a new Developer Plan for individuals and small businesses. Designed with simplicity and accessibility in mind, the Strapi Developer Plan is specifically tailored to meet the evolving needs of developers in the early stages of their project lifecycle, offering out-of-the-box features and an exceptional developer experience. The new plan will join Strapi's bench of offerings, which also includes Community, Pro, Team, and Enterprise tiers. "We're excited to introduce the Developer Plan as part of our commitment to supporting the vibrant developer community," said <a target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/pierre-burgy-strapi-%F0%9F%9A%80-88671673/">Pierre Burgy</a>, CEO of Strapi. "We recognize the importance of providing developers with tools that are not only powerful but also accessible and easy to use. With the Developer Plan, we aim to empower developers to turn their ideas into reality without the complexity and cost often associated with managing infrastructure."<h3 id="new-pricing-and-greater-transparency--">New pricing and greater transparency  </h3>Strapi's Developer Plan offers some key advantages, starting with the price tag. The new model offers a competitive monthly subscription fee of only $29, giving developers access to critical features while eliminating hidden costs. This reflects a commitment to make the pricing experience more predictable for users.The Developer Plan has also been designed with scalability in mind, enabling Strapi Cloud to literally grow with your project. For example, you can add up to two additional seats at $15 per month per seat, supporting greater collaboration while standing firm around affordability.When it comes to essential resources, Strapi Cloud is also doubling down on value. The Developer Plan starts with 15 GB of storage and 50 GB of bandwidth, allowing developers to expand as needed at cost-effective rates. The entire Developer Plan is also focused on transparency, providing clear – and fair – overage charges. This ensures developers only pay for what they need with no “gotchas.” In fact, the asset storage costs are fairly generous, with overage fees decreasing to just $0.5 per extra GB of storage for the Developer plan (and $0.6 per extra GB for Pro and Team plans).Who is the plan ideally suited for? According to Strapi, it's a great fit for Individual developers, freelancers, and small teams working on projects such as personal blogs, portfolio sites, small e-commerce platforms, or experimenting with new web technologies. <h3 id="elevated-features-to-enhance-the-developer-experience">Elevated features to enhance the developer experience</h3>In addition to the Developer Plan, Strapi Cloud has introduced several new features. This includes new regions, automated backups, and custom domains. With upcoming SOC2 certification, a new developer-friendly Command Line Interface (CLI), and advanced multi-environment support, Strapi Cloud is now capable of scaling from small projects – such as personal blogs and portfolio sites – to larger corporate sites and composable applications. Additionally, Strapi Cloud's outstanding uptime performance over the past year demonstrates a significant leap forward in its ability to deliver a robust, secure, and highly customizable platform. Strapi has also launched a new initiative that offers significant Strapi Cloud discounts to qualifying open source and non-profit projects. Visit the company's website to learn more about the steps to qualify for this program.  <hr /><h3 id="upcoming-conferences">Upcoming conferences</h3> <img style="width:29.67%" src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2024/01/cms-connect-2024-logo.png" alt="CMS Connect 24 logo" /><h4 id="cms-connect-24"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.boye-co.com/conferences/cmsconnect24">CMS Connect 24</a></h4>August 6-7, 2024 – Montreal, CanadaWe are delighted to present our first annual summer edition of our prestigious international conference dedicated to the global content management community. Join us this August in Montreal, Canada, for a vendor-neutral conference focused on CMS. Tired of impersonal and overwhelming gatherings? Picture this event as a unique blend of masterclasses, insightful talks, interactive discussions, impactful learning sessions, and authentic networking opportunities. <img style="width:29.58%" src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2024/01/cms-kickoff-2025-logo.png" /><h4 id="cms-kickoff-25"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.boye-co.com/conferences/cmskickoff25/tickets">CMS Kickoff 25</a></h4>January 14-15, 2025 – Tampa Bay Area, FloridaJoin us next January in the Tampa Bay area of Florida for the third annual CMS Kickoff – the industry's premier global event. Similar to a traditional kickoff, we reflect on recent trends and share stories from the frontlines. Additionally, we will delve into the current happenings and shed light on the future. Prepare for an unparalleled in-person CMS conference experience that will equip you to move things forward. This is an exclusive event – space is limited, so secure your tickets today.

Strapi Cloud Introduces New Developer Plan with Additional Features

Strap yourself in, because <a href="http://strapi.io/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Strapi</a> has some big news. 
The open source headless CMS vendor just announced that it has raised $31 million in Series B funding led by <a href="https://www.crv.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CRV</a> – bringing the company’s total funding to $45 million. Flex Capital and Index Ventures also participated in the round along with new angel investors including former Github CEO, Nat Friedman, Algolia co-founder Nicolas Dessaigne, and Netlify CEO, Matt Billmann Christensen. 
As tech enterprises mull the realities of a souring global economy, Strapi seems bullish about its future prospects. And why not? With 45,000 stars on GitHub, 750 contributors, and 7 million downloads, Strapi is clearly establishing its position as a premier headless CMS in a growing sea of commoditized competitors. 
“This round speaks volumes about Strapi’s rapid adoption among developers who need a content management system customizable enough to overcome the complexity associated with a long tail of use cases that works across more and more devices, formats, sources, and stakeholders,” said Pierre Burgy, CEO, Strapi. “It gives us the opportunity to continue building a sustainable business and invest in the development of the Strapi open source community and ecosystem. Most importantly, it will enable us to deliver on our mission of empowering millions of people to share and manage any content, anywhere.”
“Finding a content management system that delights developers and allows them to move fast while providing the content managers with a high level of autonomy remains a challenge for many companies,” said Reid Christian, general partner at CRV. ”With its developer-first approach based on open source and customization, Strapi is uniquely positioned to solve that challenge for many companies across a large range of applications and use cases.”
<h2>Delivering composable solutions with headless CMS</h2>
Founded in May 2016 as a school project by Pierre Burgy (CEO), Aurélien Georget (chief product officer), and Jim Laurie (chief user success officer), Strapi is a leading open source headless CMS. The platform is in use across a wide range of industries and at many Fortune 500 companies such as AT&amp;T, eBay, IBM, and Toyota.
More than ever, composability seems to be the essential ingredient for building modern digital experiences. According to Strapi's press release, more than 25,000 companies use its CMS to save countless hours developing future-proof applications – making content management more composable and collaborative.
To bolster its composable posture, Strapi has embraced a marketplace strategy that has already amassed more than 2,000 plug-ins and providers to date. To navigate this massive and open ecosystem, Strapi announced the launch of its <a href="https://market.strapi.io/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Strapi Market</a>, giving users the option to leverage new features or integrations as part of their projects. 
<h2>Scaling success in the Strapi Cloud</h2>
At this year's <a href="https://conf.strapi.io/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">StrapiConf 2022</a>, the company revealed plans to launch Strapi Cloud – a new solution for easily deploying, hosting, and scaling Strapi projects. The PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service) approach embraces the company’s open source DNA while preserving Strapi’s unique customization capabilities. 
With Strapi Cloud, the company is offering a seamless deployment process that enables developers to start their project locally, customize it according to their needs, version it through Git, and deploy it in seconds.
General availability for Strapi Cloud is planned for 2023. In the meantime, anyone interested in the company's beta program can <a href="https://strapi.io/cloud" target="_blank" rel="noopener">join the waitlist</a>.
To learn more about Strapi’s vision for the future of Content Management, go to: <a href="https://strapi.io/blog" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://strapi.io/blog</a>.
<h2>About Strapi</h2>
Strapi is the leading open-source headless CMS: 100% JavaScript, extensible, and fully customizable. Strapi enables developers to build projects faster by providing a customizable API out of the box and giving them the freedom to use their favorite tools. Content teams use Strapi to autonomously manage all types of content and distribute it from one CMS to any channel including websites, mobile apps, or connected devices. The remote company has employees in more than 10 countries and is scaling its team globally. To learn more, visit <a href="http://strapi.io/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">strapi.io</a>.
<h2>About CRV Ventures</h2>
CRV is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage tech startups. Since 1970, the firm has invested in more than 500 startups at their most crucial stages, including Airtable, DoorDash and Vercel. Founders need more than capital to build a great company.

Strapi Secures $31 Million in Series B Funding, Plans to Enhance Open Source Headless CMS and Deliver Cloud Platform

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"Headless broke the editing experience."
That was one of the many enlightening observations we heard during a press briefing yesterday with Pierre Burgy, CEO of <a href="http://strapi.io/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Strapi.</a> Along with a few sneak peeks of what to expect at the second annual <a href="https://conf.strapi.io/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">StrapiConf</a>, the presentation covered some exciting announcements from one of the world's leading open-source headless content management systems (CMS).
Now in its second year, StrapiConf is the company's free annual conference, focused on its growing community of global users. One of the highlights of the two-day event has been the launch of the beta version of Strapi 4.2 – which features TypeScript support, a "dark mode" screen option, and an in-app marketplace packed with integrations. 
<h2>Enhancing the developer experience with TypeScript</h2>
<a href="https://www.typescriptlang.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TypeScript</a>, one of the most requested features on the Strapi roadmap, now makes the Strapi codebase more reliable, accessible, and easy to refactor for developers. TypeScript provides numerous features, including the addition of syntax to JavaScript – enabling users to catch errors earlier within their editor. TypeScript was also reported as being used by 78% of the <a href="https://2020.stateofjs.com/en-US/technologies/javascript-flavors/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2020 State of JS</a> respondents, with 93% saying they would use it again.
"When we developed Strapi v4, we anticipated TypeScript support by introducing an internal typing system," said Alexandre Bodin, CTO, Strapi. "The new TypeScript support relies on that, but it will also be very useful for schema and data migration. This brand new version also introduces a dark mode option for those who prefer dark interfaces. This new functionality also sets the foundations for more advanced and custom themes in the future."
<h2>Growing a stronger community at StrapiConf</h2>
According to the company, StrapiConf is assembling more than 4,000 attendees and 20 sponsors from across the Strapi Community. The mission: learn, contribute, and collaborate on the future of the leading open-source headless CMS. Holding a second annual conference is a clear signal that Strapi's footprint and market position is gaining ground and should give industry watchers and investors a reason to pay attention. 
With more than 43,000 stars on <a href="https://github.com/strapi/strapi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">GitHub</a>, 700 active contributors, and more than 5 million downloads, Strapi is the fastest-growing open-source Headless CMS. Strapi empowers developers to quickly build apps that enable collaboration and collective intelligence over the entire content lifecycle.
<h2>Strapi Market expands headless and composable ecosystem</h2>
Following the announcement last month of <a href="https://market.strapi.io/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Strapi Market</a>, a marketplace of plugins and integrations, Strapi v4 now adds access directly in the admin panel, giving users the ability to easily find and install v4 plugins in seconds taking advantage of new features while securely accelerating time to production. 
"Imagine a world where you could pull from any device, in any format, content that is connected to various services and co-created by hundreds of people," said Burgy. "With this new release, we're moving beyond the creation of a Headless CMS and building a Composable Content Platform together with the Strapi community and ecosystem."
Strapi also shared its plan for another highly requested feature called custom fields, a powerful way to aggregate application programming interfaces (APIs), making frontend engineers' lives easier and significantly speeding up development. Custom fields enable support for new business data from external sources and improve the content editing experience by exposing new content types directly in the administration panel. 
<h2>Coming soon: Strapi Cloud</h2>
During our press briefing, Burgy pointed out that while some customers prefer on-prem, others want cloud hosting without the challenges of managing servers. 
To that end, the company shared a few details about the launch of Strapi Cloud: a new offering based on a platform-as-a-service approach. With Strapi Cloud, users will have a seamless deployment process without having to compromise on Strapi's unique customization capabilities. 
Read this <a href="https://strapi.io/blog/strapiconf-2022-announcements-recap" target="_blank" rel="noopener">blog post</a> to learn more about all the StrapiConf announcements in more detail. 
<h2>About Strapi</h2>
Strapi is the leading open-source headless CMS: 100% JavaScript, extensible, and fully customizable. Strapi enables developers to build projects faster by providing a customizable API out of the box and giving them the freedom to use their favorite tools. Content teams use Strapi to autonomously manage all types of content and distribute it from one CMS to any channel including websites, mobile apps, or connected devices. The remote-first company has employees in six countries and is scaling its team globally. To learn more, visit <a href="http://strapi.io/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">strapi.io</a>.

Strapi Announces TypeScript Support, Makes Third-Party Plugins Directly Accessible at StrapiConf 2022

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Strapi, an open source headless CMS, just the release of <a href="https://strapi.io/" target="_blank">Strapi v4</a>. The platform's latest version offers a reworked core, allowing users to expand Strapi with plugins and boost API performance with greater ease. It also sports a slick UI and a new design system that's worth diving into.
The latest version of Strapi follows several critical upgrades with key features. Last year, Strapi introduced a stable Strapi v3 with <a href="http://strapi.io/features/custom-roles-and-permissions" target="_blank">role-based access control</a>,<a href="https://strapi.io/blog/announcing-a-new-draft-and-publish-feature" target="_blank"> draft and publish features</a>, and <a href="https://strapi.io/blog/v3-5-sentry-plugin-sso-authentication" target="_blank">SSO authentication</a>. Shortly thereafter, the company launched its v3.6, which introduced free content <a href="https://www.cmscritic.com/strapi-headless-cms-announces-v3-6-with-free-content-internationalization/" target="_blank">internationalization</a>. 
According to Strapi, its <a href="https://www.cmscritic.com/top-free-headless-cms-platforms/" target="_blank">headless CMS</a> is designed to power experiences across websites, mobile applications, and IoT devices, and is an ideal fit for the <a href="https://www.cmscritic.com/top-jamstack-static-site-generators-for-2021/" target="_blank">JAMstack</a> (JavaScript, API, and Markup). Strapi's headless posture also enables it to power front-end frameworks such as React, Gatsby, Vue.js, Next.js, and other static site generators. It also supports multiple databases as well as both REST and GraphQL APIs. 
With more than <a href="https://github.com/strapi/strapi/" target="_blank">40 000+</a> Github stars, 600 contributors, and 3.5 million+ downloads, Strapi is the fastest-growing <a href="https://nodejs.org/en/" target="_blank">Node.js</a> CMS. They held their first online global user conference, <a href="https://conf.strapi.io/" target="_blank">StrapiConf</a>, in April of 2021, with more than 2,500 live attendees. The company's <a href="https://strapi.io/blog/save-the-date-strapi-conf-2022" target="_blank">2022 conference</a> will be held March 16-17.
<h2>What’s new in Strapi 4?</h2>
New Design System 
Strapi got a complete makeover, primarily around its visual aesthetics and navigation. This includes a refreshed admin UI, which improves accessibility to the admin panel and makes the entire flow more efficient.
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Along with the updated admin panel interface, Strapi released the first version of its new <a href="https://design-system.strapi.io/" target="_blank">Strapi Design System</a> with the goal of enabling everyone to extend and customize their Strapi applications with plugins. To ensure design consistency and provide the best experience to users, Strapi created a component library for plugin developers. 
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In the new design, Strapi focused on making all the pieces of the interface consistent. They also increased the contrast ratio and created elements with adaptive sizes to render the UI more accessible. 
New API to create plugins without pain
Strapi aims to scale its ecosystem and let users choose among a wide variety of high-quality plugins. Conversely, the company also wants to give plugin creators a bigger stage to showcase their work. Overall, Strapi seems focused on giving users more control to customize and integrate with other tools.
Strapi's plugin capabilities have evolved from complex to simplified. For example, in Strapi v3, plugins were loaded based on a file structure, requiring users to configure multiple files. In v4, Strapi took a more programmatic approach, allowing plugins to have their own file structure. Instead of configuring multiple files, plugin developers only need to configure two files at the root of the package:
<pre>strapi-server.js for the Server.
strapi-admin.js for the Admin panel.</pre>
While v3 plugins won’t be compatible with v4 and will require migration, this is a big leap in overall functionality. 
More powerful REST and GraphQL API
Strapi added new features to its content API such as pagination, a better filtering format, and the ability to choose what relations to load. Structurally, the Content API and the Admin API are now split, providing greater control over each channel. Overall, Strapi seems more invested in enhancing the value of their REST and GraphQL APIs, both of which deliver on its promise as a headless CMS platform. 
<h2>Try Strapi 4 </h2>
There are a number of other noteworthy changes in Strapi v4. To see the complete list, head over to their v4 announcement page. 
Strapi says they will continue supporting v3 and fixing critical bugs for at least the next six months. However, they will stop delivering new features for v3, and they encourage users to upgrade to v4 for all new projects. 
One thing we'll say is that Strapi makes it very easy to get started on its platform. Once <a href="https://docs.strapi.io/developer-docs/latest/setup-deployment-guides/installation/cli.html#preparing-the-installation" target="_blank">Node.js and npm are properly installed</a> on your machine, simply copy and paste the following command line in your terminal to create your first Strapi v4 project:
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my-project --quickstart</pre>
<h2>About Strapi</h2>
<a href="http://strapi.io" target="_blank">Strapi</a> is a leading open-source headless CMS, giving developers the freedom to use their favorite tools and frameworks while helping editors easily manage their content and distribute it to any device or channel. The remote-first company has offices in Paris and San Francisco, and is scaling its team globally. Strapi, Inc. is venture-backed by Index Ventures, Accel, and Stride VC, as well as notable angel investors and open-source experts.

Strapi Releases v4 of Headless CMS, Enhances Plugins and API Performance

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April brought Spring to many of us. While Covid-19 continues to cast a shadow of uncertainty over the world, it’s safe to say that the digital field is in full bloom.Last month was full of new announcements about upgrades and updates, primarily focused on content teams. Adobe, Contentful, Strapi, and Kentico Kontent all released new features that are designed to break down silos and deliver greater efficiency to users.Here are some of the highlights from the stories we’ve been tracking: <h2>Adobe Introduces Adobe Experience Manager Assets Essentials, Announces New Solutions to Improve E-commerce Experience for Adobe Commerce</h2><img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2021/05/36391-benefits-media-library-essentials2xpngimg_.png" alt="Adobe media library essentials" />Adobe introduced its new <a target="_blank" href="https://business.adobe.com/products/experience-manager/assets/assets-essentials.html">Adobe Experience Manager Assets Essentials</a> – a lightweight edition of <a target="_blank" href="https://business.adobe.com/products/experience-manager/assets/aem-assets.html">Adobe Experience Manager Assets</a>. It offers a simplified user experience for marketing and creative pros to store, discover, and distribute digital assets across their teams. Assets Essentials will serve as the default asset management experience across Experience Cloud apps, starting with the new Adobe Journey Optimizer and later this year with Adobe Workfront.The new Assets Essentials provides a centralized workspace for the asset repository to store, share, and manage images, videos, documents, and other assets. It allows teams to create, assign, track, review, and approve tasks in a collaborative workspace. And of course, being an Adobe product, it supports all file types including full-sized Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, XD, and more.On the same day, Adobe also announced new capabilities for <a target="_blank" href="https://business.adobe.com/products/magento/magento-commerce.html">Adobe Commerce powered by Magento</a> (formerly Magento Commerce) that extend the intelligence of features like Product Recommendations and Live Search. An upcoming integration with <a target="_blank" href="https://acrobat.adobe.com/us/en/sign.html">Adobe Sign</a> means a more seamless commerce experience for any transactions that require e-signatures as part of the checkout process. <h2>The Digital World Mourns the Passing of Chuck Geschke, Co-found of Adobe and Father of the PDF</h2>There are many icons in the computer and software world, and some of the earliest pioneers have made significant contributions that we take for granted every day. One such notable creation: the ubiquitous Portable Document Format, otherwise known as the PDF.Today, we pay homage to Charles “Chuck” Geschke, the co-founder of Adobe, who died on April 16th at the age of 81. Not only did he help develop the PDF, but he drove innovation across desktop publishing, turning Photoshop into a cultural Webster’s reference – and Adobe into a powerhouse. Chuck radically changed the way people create, view, and share documents and images, and his impact cannot be overstated.Farewell to the Father of the PDF, and one of the great digital innovators of all time. <h2>Contentful Unveils New Features and Partner Apps at Second Annual Blueprints Conference</h2><img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2021/05/contentful-logo-dark.png" alt="Contentful logo - dark" /><a target="_blank" href="https://www.contentful.com/">Contentful</a>, a leading enterprise headless CMS provider, <a target="_blank" href="https://press.contentful.com/197449-contentful-unveils-new-features-and-partner-apps-at-second-annual-blueprints-conference">announced</a> the release of new features and partner-built apps at its second annual <a target="_blank" href="https://www.contentful.com/blueprints-2021/">Blueprints</a> user conference.The new features include <a target="_blank" href="https://www.contentful.com/blog/2021/04/08/governance-tagging-metadata/">tags and permissions</a> that provide content teams greater flexibility and control over how they organize, find, and edit content – and manage permissions across the organization.These platform enhancements build on <a target="_blank" href="https://www.contentful.com/blog/2021/03/16/launch-compose-release/">the recent release of Compose + Launch</a> – two new Contentful apps that allow content authors, editors, and planners to adapt and publish content independently without having to rely on developer resources.Contentful also announced the release of several partner-built apps in the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.contentful.com/marketplace/">Contentful Marketplace</a>, including an app built by digital services provider <a target="_blank" href="https://portaltech.reply.com/portaltech/en/">Portaltech Reply</a> that connects Contentful with SAP Commerce Cloud – enabling businesses to adapt quickly to changing market conditions to deliver direct-to-consumer and omnichannel experiences.Other recently released partner-built apps for Contentful extend the platform's capabilities across personalization, e-commerce, translations, and video, including Uniform Optimize, Saleor Commerce, GlobalLink Connect by Translations.com, and Qencode Video Transcoding.Contentful recently earned the highest score possible in the partner ecosystem criterion – along with five other criteria – in the recent <a target="_blank" href="https://www.contentful.com/resources/forrester-wave-agile-cms-2021-report/">Forrester Wave™ Report for Agile Content Management Systems (CMSes)</a>. <h2>Crownpeak and ilumino Announce Strategic Partnership to Advance Digital Accessibility</h2><img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2021/04/crownpeak_ilumino.jpg" alt="Crownpeak and ilumino logos in lockup format." /><a target="_blank" href="https://www.crownpeak.com/">Crownpeak</a>, a digital experience platform (DXP), <a target="_blank" href="https://www.cmscritic.com/crownpeak-and-ilumino-announce-strategic-partnership-to-advance-digital-accessibility/">has announced</a> a strategic partnership with <a target="_blank" href="https://www.ilumino.co/">ilumino</a>, a digital accessibility services and consulting firm. The two companies will offer an integrated solution that helps improve digital experiences for users with disabilities while evolving accessibility strategies for organizations.Together, Crownpeak and ilumino offer a single, integrated approach that evolves the accessibility model. The solution combines Crownpeak’s DQM technology, providing automated and ongoing scanning and auditing against WCAG guidelines, with <a target="_blank" href="https://www.ilumino.co/solutions/">ilumino’s expert services</a> – which focuses on nurturing a company’s “culture of accessibility.”Some noteworthy highlights of the Crownpeak + ilumino solution include:<ul><li>Accessibility and compliance dashboard – providing a “single source of truth” for automated and manual accessibility monitoring</li><li>Automated site scanning (enriched by manual testing) – enterprise-grade, multi-site scanning technology</li><li>Manual testing and consulting – performed by certified accessibility experts</li><li>In-house or guided remediation – tailored to each organization’s unique design and development workflows</li><li>Ongoing support – ensuring sustained compliance through a proactive approach</li><li>Accessibility pattern library – simplifying remediation and establishing long-term organizational assets</li><li>Litigation support – with expert review and consulting on any accessibility-related legal actions received</li><li>Accessibility statement – drafted to demonstrate an organization’s commitment to digital inclusion</li><li>Enterprise strategy – assisting with a prioritized roadmap and risk management</li></ul> <h2>Strapi Headless CMS Announces v3.6 with Free Content Internationalization</h2><img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2021/04/i18n-2.png" alt="content internalization" />Strapi, a leading open-source headless CMS, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.cmscritic.com/strapi-headless-cms-announces-v3-6-with-free-content-internationalization/">has announced</a> the release of Strapi v3.6, which includes a highly anticipated content internationalization (i18n) feature as part of their Community Edition. Now, Strapi users will have the ability to create and manage content in multiple languages and locales for free and without limitations – and personalize messages delivered to target audiences based on language and geographic data.Leveraging integrations with Strapi’s draft and publish system and role-based access control, users will be able to manage their editing and publishing permissions based on specific locales. With Strapi’s internationalization, content is displayed for each locale based on content types. For example, if a company has an e-commerce website, they can select which product pages are displayed in French, Portuguese, or Mandarin. This level of localization is what enables a global digital strategy to work across borders and languages.In our exclusive discussion with <a target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/victorcoisne/">Victor Coisne</a>, Strapi’s Vice President of Marketing, it’s clear that internationalization was a big part of the CMS vendor’s roadmap, and of significant importance to their growing base of global users. <h2>Kentico Kontent Gets a Fresh New User Interface, Adds Features to Streamline Enterprise Content Operations</h2><img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2021/04/kentico-new-ui-1.png" alt="The new Kentico content UI" />Kentico Kontent, a headless CMS, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.cmscritic.com/kentico-kontents-new-user-interface-streamlines-enterprise-content-operations/">announced</a> the launch of their new user interface, designed to help enterprise content teams execute their content operations faster.The new UI has a fresh, modern design approach that fuses an array of vibrant colors with plenty of contrast to emphasize important elements.Kentico Kontent also unveiled new upgrades in their latest release, including the Collections feature – which lets enterprises manage all their content in a single repository, allowing the content to be shared across teams and channels without losing any control.With the Collections feature, teams can share content items across departments, websites, and experiences to ensure consistency and eliminate error-prone duplication. The goal is to improve efficiency and minimize the frustration that many enterprise content teams experience.

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Strapi, a leading open-source headless CMS, has announced the release of Strapi v3.6, which includes a highly anticipated content internationalization (i18n) feature as part of their Community Edition. Now, Strapi users will have the ability to create and manage content in multiple languages and locales for free and without limitations – and personalize messages delivered to target audiences based on language and geographic data.
Leveraging integrations with Strapi's draft and publish system and role-based access control, users will be able to manage their editing and publishing permissions based on specific locales. Updates to their API will also enable managers to fetch content based on location parameters.
In our exclusive discussion with <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/victorcoisne/">Victor Coisne</a>, Strapi's Vice President of Marketing, it's clear that internationalization was a big part of the CMS vendor's roadmap, and of significant importance to their growing base of global users. According to Coisne, there was deep internal discussion about whether Strapi would monetize this feature as other CMS platforms do. Offering free usage is a bold move, and illustrates a strong commitment to their community. 
Recently at <a href="https://conf.strapi.io/">StrapiConf</a>, the company also shared a preview of their upcoming Strapi v4 that is currently under development, and according to Coisne should be released around August. This new version will include an updated design system and core APIs that allow the broader ecosystem to easily create and maintain new plugins.
<h2>Evolving headless CMS capabilities</h2>
With more than 35,000 stars on GitHub, 600 contributors, and 3.5 million+ downloads, Strapi is the fastest-growing <a href="https://nodejs.org/en/">Node.js</a> CMS. Only nine months after the release of its <a href="https://strapi.io/enterprise">Enterprise Edition</a>, the company is seeing significant revenue growth, tripling customer count in Q1 2021 with Global 2000 companies including Rakuten, AECOM, Toyota, and eBay.
As a headless CMS, Strapi powers experiences across websites, mobile applications, and IoT devices – making it an ideal fit for the <a href="https://www.cmscritic.com/top-jamstack-static-site-generators-for-2021/">JAMstack</a> (JavaScript, API and Markup). Strapi is designed to work with popular front-end frameworks including React, Gatsby, Vue.js , Next.js and other static site generators, and supports multiple databases as well as both REST and GraphQL APIs.
By adding internationalization to their v3.6, Strapi is expanding its global position as a headless CMS of choice. As the market continues to embrace digital transformation across industries, Strapi is investing in its open source community to stoke innovation, and has ambitious plans for growth.
“With Strapi v3.6, we are renewing our commitment to open-source innovation and giving the Global Strapi Community the power to easily create and manage content in multiple languages, so they can localize and personalize their content to deliver the right messages to each of their target audiences,” said Pierre Burgy, co-founder and CEO of Strapi. “With such strong growth of the Strapi platform, we expect to be doubling our team by this time next year, driving even more innovation.”
You can read more about the internationalization feature below.
<img style="max-width:1480px" src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2021/04/i18n-2.png" alt="content internalization" />
<h2>Create multilingual websites or apps</h2>
As noted, Strapi's internationalization will enable users to create and manage content in multiple languages and for multiple locales. A locale may represent not only a language, but also a country to which the exact version of content is related (for example, "en-GB" for English language and Great Britain, or "fr-CA" for French and Canada). This added nuance can hyper-focus the content accuracy of a website or app, allowing organizations to better engage with the right audiences.  
<h2>Personalize and localize content</h2>
Content internationalization is more than just translating text. It’s about customizing messages to target audiences, taking into account their language and geographic location. With Strapi's internationalization, content is displayed for each locale based on content types. For example, if a company has an e-commerce website, they can select which product pages are displayed in French, Portuguese, or Mandarin. This level of localization is what enables a global digital strategy to work across borders and languages. 
<h2>Set up efficient publishing workflows</h2>
Managing multiple languages in one admin panel may sound like a challenging task, but Strapi has addressed it head-on. Below are some of the key attributes that make Strapi's internationalization ideal for content operations teams:
<ul>
<li>Browse content by locales: In the list view, users can see all the content of one locale and easily switch between locales to see all related entries. For example, when opening a list of articles on a website, a user will only see the entries in English and can switch between locales to see the entries in other languages.</li>
</ul>
<img style="max-width:1480px" src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2021/04/image1-copy.png" alt="content locales view" />
When editing content (for example, a particular article on a website or a product page), users can also switch between different locales and automatically copy and paste content from one locale to another without opening multiple tabs.
<img style="max-width:1480px" src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2021/04/image3.png" alt="edit content screen" />
<ul>
<li>Choose what locale should be displayed first: With Strapi, users can set up a default locale, which will be displayed whenever they add content to a new content type or open the list of entries. Having a default locale makes it more comfortable to create and edit content. </li>
</ul>
<img style="max-width:1480px" src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2021/04/image4.png" alt="choose locales screen" />
<ul>
<li>Keep specific content the same for all locales: If some of the content on a website or app needs to be the same – regardless of language – users can disable localization for any field or content type. This way, when creating a new version, the non-localized fields will already contain content. When editing the entries of non-localized fields, they will automatically be updated in all locales. This can save a lot of time when making updates or adding new versions. </li>
<li>Collaborate effectively with granular permissions: Users can also add granular CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) permissions for each locale to different roles and users, including translators, content editors, marketers, or country managers. Since internationalization is integrated with Strapi's <a href="https://strapi.io/blog/announcing-a-new-draft-and-publish-feature">Draft &amp; Publish system</a>, administrators will have full control of who can access, modify, and publish entries in different locales – making the whole process secure and efficient. </li>
</ul>
<img style="max-width:1480px" src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2021/04/image2.png" alt="user access control panel" />
<h2>API updates</h2>
As mentioned, Strapi has updated its API to fetch content by locale. A localizations field is added to every content type when the internationalization feature is activated, so if a developer creates an entry from the API, it’s now possible to specify the locale for which an entry should be created – or create new locales from an existing entry. 
<h2>Try Strapi's Content Internationalization </h2>
Since Strapi's content internationalization is a plugin, users will need to enable it in settings after updating to v3.6. Once activated, all existing content will be associated with the default locale that a user sets (which starts as English but can easily be modified). You can also learn more about content internationalization in their latest <a href="https://strapi.io/blog/announcing-content-internationalization-v3-6">blog post</a> or check out their <a href="https://strapi.io/demo" target="_blank">hosted Strapi CMS demo</a> which features sample data for a complete experience.
<h2>What else is in the latest Strapi release?</h2>
Here are a few recent updates and resources:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://strapi.io/blog/announcing-the-strapi-starter-cli" target="_blank">Starters CLI release</a></li>
<li><a href="https://strapi.io/blog/introducing-sentry-plugin" target="_blank">Sentry plugin for Strapi</a></li>
<li><a href="https://strapi.io/blog/v3-5-sentry-plugin-sso-authentication" target="_blank">SSO Authentication for admin panel</a></li>
</ul>
Check out their <a href="http://strapi.io/changelog" target="_blank">changelog</a> for more information about updates and fixes. 
<h2>About Strapi</h2>
<a href="http://strapi.io" target="_blank">Strapi</a> is the leading open-source headless CMS, giving developers the freedom to use their favorite tools and frameworks while helping editors easily manage their content and distribute it to any devices or channels. The remote-first company has offices in Paris and San Francisco, scaling its team globally. Strapi, Inc. is venture-backed by Index Ventures, Accel and Stride.VC as well as notable angel investors and open-source experts.

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