Episode 97

The sun’s setting on the slow summer days, and we’re back with charged batteries, ready to dive into a new season of shiny Kirby features, interesting tools, and inspiring reads. Let’s get into it!

Kirby 5.1 is here

Kirby 5.1 comes with a big bunch of nice new features and improvements, and as always, we fixed some bugs on the way.

• Navigation for the preview view
• Improved Kirby query language
• Batch delete for structures
• Searchable info in multiselect fields
• Stats field as companion to the stats section
• Imagick thumb driver
• and more…

Head over to the changelog for a complete overview.

New plugins

We’ve also got some fantastic new plugins for you — check out these fresh additions to our directory:

• Kirby Multilist — helps to deal with long lists containing multiple fields. Some field types can be edited directly from within the structure table without opening the drawer.
• Journey Journal — transforms your site into a travel‑journal or adventure blog with interactive maps, photos, and storytelling layouts.
• X‑Ray — provides a comprehensive overview of the content present on your site and individual pages.
• PHP Git Deploy — a simple PHP webhook deployment system for GitHub repositories with SSH authentication and post‑deployment commands.
• Kirby FTP Backup — zips up your Kirby site content and uploads backups to your FTP server, with options for scheduled cron jobs and manual backups.
• Mapnotator — annotate maps and generate GeoJSON in Kirby by drawing markers, paths, and shapes.

Meetups

Kirby Meetup Berlin, Germany • №9
Wed, September 24, 2025 at 19:00 CEST

If you work with Kirby CMS let's meet up, celebrate the release of Kirby 5 and get to know each other! This time Basics09 invites us again to their studio close to U Schlesisches Tor.

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Articles, videos and more

• Kevin Gimbel shares how he set up automated backups for his Kirby content using restic and Hetzner’s S3‑compatible object storage.
• Maurice Renck shows how to automate note-taking in Kirby CMS via Signal messages processed and published as notes, with hashtags controlling visibility.

Tools

• VERT — an open-source file converter that runs entirely in your browser, for images, audio, and documents.
• Logoipsum — provides placeholder logos in SVG and PNG formats for design projects.
• Git GPT commit — a CLI tool using GPT‑4 to generate smart, context-aware Git commit messages.

This & That

• Adrian Roselli critiques horizontal-scrolling containers for accessibility issues.
• Josh W. Comeau demystifies the SVG <path> element.
• Frank Taylor dives into how the CSS hyphens property works.
• Ahmad Shadeed explores the CSS Anchor Positioning module.
• A post on dev.to discusses why to use PHP enums.
• Christian Heilmann demonstrates how to repurpose GitHub Pages as a URL shortener.
• WCAG in Plain English makes accessibility guidelines easier to understand for beginners.