Plone 6 FAQ
What is Plone 6?
Plone 6 is the new, upcoming version of the Plone content management system.
Plone 6 will be the first CMS on the market that combines the advanced features, best-in-class security, and scalability of an enterprise CMS with a modern, easy-to-use, and powerful front end based on the latest web technologies.
When are Plone 6 versions released?
Plone 6 Beta is out already:
https://plone.org/download/releases/6.0.0b1
Plone 6 technologies have been used for years in high traffic production sites.
Why should I use Plone 6 over Plone 5 (or any other CMS)?
Plone 6 combines the features, security, and scalability of an enterprise CMS with a modern, fast and easy-to-use front.
The Plone 6 user experience has been redesigned from scratch to be awesome for all users. It's easy to create adaptive layouts using a flexible and powerful blocks system.
Plone 6 also includes:
- A powerful form builder. Editors can create forms via drag and drop and define actions such as sending form data via email or storing it in CSV format for later use.
- No-code custom content types that can be created through the web, including metadata fields, behaviors and view templates.
- A rich ecosystem with more than 100 add-ons, even before it has been launched; an active and enthusiastic community of developers and companies is creating new add-ons every day.
The quick growth of the Plone 6 community is the result of developer-friendly technology choices. It is built with the two most popular programming languages (Python and JavaScript) and an open-source software stack that powers some of the largest websites in the world.
Are there sites that are already running on Plone 6?
Yes! Plenty of high-traffic sites both in public and private sectors around the World run on Plone 6. Here are a few examples:
- EU Biodiversity Portal: https://biodiversity.europa.eu/
- University of Osaka https://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/en
- Italian municipalities e.g. https://www.comune.modena.it/ and https://www.comune.vernio.po.it/
- Biblioteche Pianura Est https://bibest.it/it
- Humboldt Lab https://www.humboldt-labor.de/
- VHS Ehrenamnsportal https://vhs-ehrenamtsportal.de/
- Plone.org Brazil: https://plone.org.br/
Currently, we are renewing plone.org to run on Plone 6 - released later this year!
Where can I find information about Plone 6?
Start with these:
- What is Plone 6 - read more
- World Plone Day 2022 videos
- Plone Conference 2021 videos
- https://community.plone.org/
Which frontend version of Plone 6 should I use?
Plone 6 has two frontend versions: The new Volto frontend (default) and Plone Classic.
The answer is rather simple:
1. If you are building a totally new site for new Plone users, and are more familiar with JavaScript and frontend technologies, go with the new Plone 6 default user interface (called Volto).
2. If you are heavily invested in previous Plone versions and your users know it by heart, go with Plone 6 Classic. It contains various usability and accessibility improvements. It also includes a modernization of the JavaScript and CSS stack, with markup update to Bootstrap 5, making theme development easier.
Can I try Plone 6?
Yes! There are two public demo sites, where you can try it out:
Where I can get Plone 6?
Download the latest version at:
Where can I talk to Plone 6 developers?
Two places, at least:
- Post a question to Plone Community forum: https://community.plone.org/
- Join Plone Discord Server