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Wagtail@wagtail· 12h

We're looking for speakers for Wagtail Space 2026! If you've done something cool with Wagtail, we want to hear all about it! Take a look at our guidelines and send us your ideas: pretalx.com/wagtail-spac...

Wagtail@wagtail· 1d

We're thrilled to welcome back Six Feet Up as a Corporate Sponsor for Wagtail Space 2026. Thank you so much for supporting our community!

Wagtail@wagtail· Jun 12

Great intro to Wagtail Developer Reference by Quint Wessels from Four Digits ⭐️ looks like really useful automation #WagtailSpace

Wagtail@wagtail· Jun 12

One of the questions for Dan of Torchbox on build vs. buy: is there enough of a network of service providers for this ecosystem? A: yes! we’re working on surfacing that better (recent agency survey, agencies listing, and more) -- watch this space! #WagtailSpace

Dan Braghis presents To buy or build decision slide during his Wagtail Space talk

Wagtail@wagtail· Jun 12

Really interesting approach from Fabien Le Frapper #WagtailSpace - distributing #Django project starter kits as packages to streamline reuse and future upgrades! github.com/fabienheureu...

Speaker presents package migration workflow from clone through PyPI release and upstream PR

Wagtail@wagtail· Jun 12

New package from Coen van der Kamp of Four Digits at #WagtailSpace! github.com/allcaps/wagt... More predictable focal point cropping for CMS users! such a common pain point

Speaker presents projected image workflow demo under green Q42 venue lights to seated audience

Wagtail@wagtail· Jun 12

This morning @ #WagtailSpace, Jakob Stasilowicz from Fröjd took us through exactly how far (too far!) you can customize the CMS interface. Interesting opportunities to officially support such customizations in there ⭐️

Wagtail@wagtail· Jun 12

Excellent #WagtailSpace overview of _why_ the French government chose Wagtail for their Sites Conformes platform Lucie Laporte. Super interesting to hear about the cost per sites going down so drastically before - after, thanks to their investment! From 96k euros before, to 5k with their platform.

Screenshot of how much a website costs before Sites Conformes

Wagtail@wagtail· Jun 12

Thank you Q42 for having us all over in person for #WagtailSpace ❤️ it’s super important for our community to have both online global events, and in-person connections. Image featuring the Wagtail meetup @ DjangoCon US 2025 in Chicago ⭐️

Wagtail@wagtail· Jun 12

We're live on #WagtailSpace! Q42 kicked us off with a warm welcome in Rotterdam. Thibaud Colas starts off with State of Wagtail: New product strategy, AI adoption with strong guiding principles.

Thibaud on stage presenting State of Wagtail

Wagtail@wagtail· Jun 12

It's #WagtailSpace day in Rotterdam! 🐦☕ The stickers are out, the talks are ready! Thank you Q42 for hosting us in your lovely office ⭐️

Stacks of Wagtail, Django, Python, and conference stickers spread across a table

Wagtail@wagtail· Jun 11

Wrapping up our #WagtailSpace sprint day with discussions on AI adoption - what works (agent skills, tools, models), what needs improvements (ethics & bias, copyright, #sustainability), and what we want to do next. Great energy in the room! Looking forward to the talks tomorrow.

Meeting room with people focusing on their computers and Wagtail AI slide in the background

Wagtail@wagtail· Jun 11

Pre-conference #WagtailSpace @ Rotterdam sprint well under way! initial getting started workshop, discussions about anchor links… preparing lightning talks for the main conference tomorrow 👉️ nl.wagtail.space

Lucie shares a demo of how her website manages link requirements

Wagtail Space sprint room with participants in the background

Wagtail@wagtail· Jun 11

We’re ready for #WagtailSpace in Rotterdam ⭐️ nl.wagtail.space thank you Q42 for organizing today’s code sprint, ahead of the conference day tomorrow!

Thibaud and Dan smiling, standing in front of the Rotterdam Centraal station

Wagtail@wagtail· May 29

The CFP for Wagtail Space NL closes TODAY! If you want to talk about something you have done or learned about Wagtail and can be in Rotterdam on 12 June, this is a great opportunity to share it with a friendly audience. Submit your talk idea here: nl.wagtail.space/call-for-par...

A wagtail bird next to words Wagtail Space NL.

Wagtail@wagtail· May 20

Hey Late Birds! 🐦 What's New in Wagtail starts in ONE Hour. You can still join us if you're not too busy looking for worms. Here's the Zoom link: https//https://tor... #Wagtail #OpenSource #Python #Django #AI

A Wagtail bird next to text that says What's New in Wagtail CMS? May 2026 19th at 17:00 BST, 20th at 10:00 BST. Join us on Zoom!

Wagtail@wagtail· May 19

Government Wagtail sites lead the ecosystem: the UK 🇬🇧 scores a perfect 100 and France 🇫🇷 99, both anchored by accessible national design systems.

Average scores out of 100, top 10 countries, total of 266 websites, HTTP Archive 2025-2026 data. From the UK with 100, to Ukraine with 86

Wagtail@wagtail· May 19

"File names in alt text" have more than halved: from 29.9% of CMS-managed images down to 13.7% in two years. Strong signal our ongoing alt text improvements are paying off.

Alt text patterns in Wagtail sites. % of alt text matching the pattern for CMS-managed images. HTTP Archive 2024-2026 dataset. Likely file name: 29.9 to 13.7%. Bug (None, img, alt): 3.1 to 3.2%. 1-5 characters: 6.5 to 7.5%. One word: 16.1 to 15.3%

Wagtail@wagtail· May 19

Results are up for every built-in check we ship in Wagtail: button-name, frame-title, heading-order, image-alt, and link-name all gained ground over 2025.

Success rate for accessibility checks built into Wagtail. % of sites passing the check, HTTP Archive 2023 - 2026 data. button-name: increase to 66.5% in 2026. image-alt: up to 79.6% in 2026. link-name: up to 45% in 2025. heading-order: up to 57.6%. frame-title: up to 64.3%

Wagtail@wagtail· May 19

All-time high for homepages with no detected issues: 6.16%, up from 5.06% last year. The biggest year-on-year jump in five years of tracking. Well above #Django and wider industry averages.

Wagtail sites with no detected issues. HTTP Archive Wagtail sites from 2022 to 2026. Percentage as a bar chart, from 3.85% in 2022, 4.50%, 4.77%, 5.06%, 6.16% in 2026

Wagtail@wagtail· May 7

Tomorrow is the LAST day to do our agency survey! If you work at agency that uses Wagtail, we want to connect with you! We'll be sharing an anonymized report back with everyone who participates. Fill it out here: forms.gle/sgKYoBTKJw2y...

A tunnel with a question mark made out of light inside it.

Wagtail@wagtail· May 4

We were so close (SO CLOSE) to having a release on Star Wars Day but today is a bank holiday in the UK, so Wagtail 7.4 will be coming out tomorrow. We hopo you're having a great day and May the 4th be with you! #StarWarsDay #MayThe4th #Wagtail #Django #OpenSource

Baby yoda holding a tea cup with the words May the 4th be with you above his head.

Wagtail@wagtail· Mar 31

All right #Content people, where do you get images for your content these days? We've experimented with #AI art. But open source images with a snazzy filter (like this image) work just as well. Can there be a #ResponsibleAI approach to generating art? If not, how do you source your art?

A monet style painting of a Wagtail bird in a field.

Wagtail@wagtail· Mar 26

Sometimes you find really cool stuff when you're cleaning up your #CMS. This is a draft post labeled "Wagtail Space Progress Report". Beautiful photo! Erm, the copy could use some work though...

A photo taken from above a workspace showing a blurry halo of white fluorescent lights above a round work table covered in laptops and snacks. The body text just reads "This and that."

Wagtail@wagtail· Dec 17

Here's our holiday gift to the early birds in our community. We have set the dates for Wagtail Space 2026! Mark your calendars for 18-20 November!

Wagtail@wagtail· Dec 2

If you're in #GivingTuesday mood, we do have an OpenCollective account you can send a donation to here: opencollective.com/wagtail If you're in the US and really want a tax deduction, @djangoproject.com could always use your support too! Give here: www.djangoproject.com/fundraising/

A wagtail sticker next to a hand-drawn heart, which is nect to a green Django sticker.

Wagtail@wagtail· Oct 24

Our 2025 Google Summer of Code mentors Sage Abdullah and Paarth Agarwal are at the #GSoC Mentor Summit this week, to discuss common challenges and learn from other open source maintainers! Thank you for representing our community! ❤️

Sage and Paarth at the 2025 mentor summit selfie

Close-up of the agenda board for the day

Wide shot of a conference room with participants looking towards the speaker, seated

Close-up of the stickers table with Wagtail stickers in the foreground

Wagtail@wagtail· Oct 8

To all our friends in Asia/Pacific timezones: We really wish we could bend time so all of you could join us live for Wagtail Space 2025. You can access all of the talk recordings at any time with a free ticket. Grab one right here: events.zoom.us/ev/AtWesoZI_... #WagtailSpace #WagtailSpace2025

A pink rocketship with the words Wagtail Space 2025 behind. Below the rocketship the text says 8-10 October: A free virtual event for people who are improving the world through code and content.

Wagtail@wagtail· Oct 8

We’re closing out day one of Wagtail Space 2025 with a milestone - 600 registrations! 🎉 If you missed any of today’s sessions, don’t worry, everything will be recorded and available to watch back. Fancy doing it all again tomorrow? Sign up here: events.zoom.us/ev/AtWesoZI_... #WagtailSpace

A pink rocketship is flying across a starry sky with the words Wagtail Space 2025 behind it. There is text beneath it that says "Day one - that's a wrap. See you tomorrow!"

Wagtail@wagtail· Oct 7

We got stars in our eyes for all the fantastic speakers we have at Wagtail Space 2025! 🤩 3 days. 22 talks. Lots of amazing people sharing their wisdom and their projects. All for free! Get your ticket and come be inspired: events.zoom.us/ev/AtWesoZI_...