Sources & Maintenance
Drupal Research Install
Claims here were checked against a local Drupal install of core and the modules named below, rather than quoted from documentation.
Web Sources
| Source |
URL |
Guide Sections |
Last Verified |
| Drupal.org User Guide: Taxonomy |
https://www.drupal.org/docs/user_guide/en/structure-taxonomy.html |
1.1 |
2026-02-14 |
| Drupal.org Taxonomy About |
https://www.drupal.org/docs/7/organizing-content-with-taxonomies/about-taxonomies |
1.1, 5.1 |
2026-02-14 |
| Evolvingweb: How to Organize Content With Taxonomies |
https://evolvingweb.com/blog/how-organize-your-drupal-content-taxonomies |
5.1, 13.1 |
2026-02-14 |
| ImageX Media: Taxonomy Overview |
https://imagexmedia.com/blog/drupal-organizing-content-with-taxonomy |
1.1 |
2026-02-14 |
| Enterprise Knowledge: Taxonomy Design |
https://enterprise-knowledge.com/taxonomy-design-for-drupal/ |
13.1 |
2026-02-14 |
| Drupal.org Configuration Management |
https://www.drupal.org/docs/administering-a-drupal-site/configuration-management/managing-your-sites-configuration |
3.1 |
2026-02-14 |
| Drupal.org Content as Configuration |
https://www.drupal.org/project/content_as_config |
12.1 |
2026-02-14 |
| Drupal.org Permissions by Term |
https://www.drupal.org/project/permissions_by_term |
8.1, 15.1 |
2026-02-14 |
| Seth Shaw: Large Vocab loadTree Error |
https://seth-shaw-unlv.github.io/2020-09-07/large_vocab_list_error |
9.1, 15.2 |
2026-02-14 |
| Drupal.org Issue: DB caching for loadTree |
https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/issues/106015 |
15.2 |
2026-02-14 |
| Wishdesk: Architectural Patterns for Complex Taxonomies |
https://wishdesk.com/blog/7-game-changing-architectural-patterns-that-scale-complex-drupal-taxonomies-without-killing-performance |
14.1, 15.2 |
2026-02-14 |
| Drupal Recipes Initiative: Default Content |
https://project.pages.drupalcode.org/distributions_recipes/default_content.html |
12.1 |
2026-09-30 |
| Drupal.org issue 3479980: Taxonomy fallback display without Views |
https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/issues/3479980 |
12.1 |
2026-09-30 |
Code Sources
| Module |
Relative Path |
Guide Sections |
Drupal Version |
| Taxonomy module |
core/modules/taxonomy/ |
All sections |
11.x |
| Taxonomy config schema |
core/modules/taxonomy/config/schema/ |
2.1 |
11.x |
| Tags taxonomy recipe |
core/recipes/tags_taxonomy/ |
3.1, 12.1, 16.1 |
11.4.5 |
| Article tags recipe |
core/recipes/article_tags/ |
4.1, 11.1, 12.1, 16.1 |
11.x |
| Core Recipe API |
core/lib/Drupal/Core/Recipe/ |
12.1 |
11.4.5 |
| Core DefaultContent API |
core/lib/Drupal/Core/DefaultContent/ |
12.1 |
11.4.5 |
| Path module (DefaultContent subscriber) |
core/modules/path/ |
12.1 |
11.4.5 |
| Config StorageComparer |
core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/StorageComparer.php |
12.1 |
11.4.5 |
| Basic shortcuts recipe |
core/recipes/basic_shortcuts/ |
12.1 |
11.4.5 |
Maintenance Notes
- Vocabulary config schema is stable across Drupal 9-11; minimal changes expected
- Term entity added revision support in Drupal 8.7;
new_revision property added to vocabulary config
- Views plugins use PHP 8 attributes as of Drupal 10; older documentation shows annotations
- Recipe format introduced in Drupal 10.3; examples here are Drupal 11 format
- Recipes import a
content/ folder from Drupal 10.3. The content:export command shipped in Drupal 11.3; on 11.2 and earlier, export the content with the contrib Default Content module
loadTree() performance issues documented since Drupal 7; still relevant in Drupal 11
Version History
| Date |
Change |
| 2026-02-14 |
Initial guide creation — Drupal 11.x, comprehensive config-first approach |
| 2026-09-30 |
Corrected "Include default terms": core recipes ship terms via content/, not contrib-only (verified against core 11.4.5) |