Roadmap

Plone roadmap 2025-2032 - long term stability and innovation

Current Roadmap 2025-2032

Vision

Plone remains the most secure, accessible, and user- and editor-friendly open-source CMS on the market — combining long-term stability with forward-looking innovation to serve organizations, content creators, and editors alike.

Strategic Goals

  • Maintain Plone 6.x as the stable, production-ready foundation for the regular five-year support period (2022–2027).
  • Deliver Plone 7 as a transformative, modern, and accessible CMS platform built on next-generation web technologies (2027–2032).
  • Plone 8 is expected to be released in 2032 as the successor to Plone 7, with 5 years of security support (2032–2037).
  • Strengthen Plone’s developer ecosystem, community governance, and long-term resilience.

Guiding Principles

  • Stability first, innovation always: Within the current major release branch (6.x), we prioritize stability over innovation—our focus for the next major release branch (7.x) is to innovate and use the latest technologies.
  • Community-driven: Plone Improvement Proposal (PLIP) process for improvements, open sprints, and transparent planning via the Plone Steering Circle and regular Plone roadmap updates.
  • Accessibility, security, and user-friendliness are core priorities.
  • Sustainability: Maintainable architecture and community health.
  • Transparency: Open discussions, clear governance, regular updates.

Roadmap Overview

  • Q4 2025 / Q1 2026: 3. Plone 6.2 release + Plone 7 prototype completed
  • 2026: Plone 6.3 release + Plone 7 development
  • 2027: Plone 7.0 release
  • 2028 – 2031: Plone 7.x maintenance + growth
  • ≈ 2032: Expected Plone 8 release

Major Release Lines

Plone 6.x – Stability and Confidence

  • Support Window: Security updates will be provided through 2027 (five years after the release of Plone 6.0).
  • Plone solution providers and agencies offer extended support on request.

Plone 6.2 (Q4 2025 / Q1 2026)

  • Scope: Editor-focused improvements and features.

Plone 6.3 (2026)

  • Scope: Refinements, new features, and focus on AI enhancements.

Plone 7 – Innovation and the Future (2027)

  • Focus: A significant leap in speed, flexibility, and accessibility.
  • A working prototype (codename Seven) has been available since late 2025, guiding the final release.

Plone 8 – Looking Ahead (≈ 2032)

  • Focus: To be defined.
  • Plone 8 is expected to be released in 2032 as the successor to Plone 7.

More details in the Plone Roadmap 2025 - 2032: Plone 6.x and Plone 7.

Development & Sprint Plan

2026 Sprints – Planned:

Focus: Plone 6.3 finalization + 7.0 beta and frontend stabilization.

  • Stellenbosch (South Africa)
  • Bucharest (Romania)
  • Bonn (Germany)
  • Cologne (Germany)
  • Graz (Austria)
  • Mexico City (Mexico)
  • Ferrara (Italy)

2027 Sprints:

Focus: Plone 7 beta testing, accessibility audits, and release candidate preparation.

2028 – 2031:

Focus: Plone 7.x feature iterations + exploratory work toward future directions

Governance

Current Roadmap:

Roadmap Process

Plone is not owned or directed by a commercial company, it is truly community-driven. It's an iterative, collaborative process. Please join the discussion about the Plone roadmap in our forum at https://community.plone.org/c/development/roadmap

  • In 2025, the Plone Roadmap 2025 - 2032: Plone 6.x and Plone 7 was updated
  • In 2024, the Plone 6.1/6.x/7 Roadmap has been published.
  • In 2022, Plone release schedule beyond Plone 6.
  • In 2020, The 2020 Plone 6 Roadmap (PDF)
  • In 2019, the roadmap document outlines Plone 5.2's support for Python 3 and the new UI for Plone 6
  • In 2017 the roadmap document encapsulating 2016 discussions incorporates Plone distributions and the new headless CMS initiative
  • In 2015 another Strategic Sumit was held in Sorrento, Italy.
  • In 2014 a planning discussion was held at the 2014 Bristol Plone Conference and the results constitute the latest community vision of the future of Plone.
  • In 2012 the Foundation Board designated a transitional Roadmap Team to synthesize community views and create a Plone roadmap with near, medium and long term items.
  • In 2008 the Plone Foundation organized a Strategic Planning Summit and invited key community members to spend 3 days working on a plan for the strategic future of Plone.

Past Roadmaps