Drupal 11 Cheatsheet

Setup

• Create a new Drupal project — Create a Composer-managed project from the recommended template.
• Install Drush — Add Drush, the Drupal command-line tool, to the project.
• Install the site — Run the installer with the standard profile. Use a real database password.
• Check site status — Show the Drupal and PHP versions, database connection and paths.
• Get a one-time login link — Print a link that logs you in as user 1 without a password.

Cache and cron

• Rebuild the cache — Clear all caches. The first thing to try when a change doesn't show up.
• Run cron — Run Drupal's scheduled tasks.
• Read a state value — Read a value from the state system, for example when cron last ran.

Modules and themes

• Download a module — Add a contributed module to the project with Composer.
• Enable a module — Install a downloaded module on the site.
• Uninstall a module — Uninstall a module and remove its data.
• List enabled modules — Show the modules that are installed.
• Install a theme — Install a theme so it can be selected or set as default.
• Set the default theme — Make an installed theme the site's default.

Configuration management

• Export configuration — Write the site's configuration to files so it can be committed.
• Import configuration — Apply the configuration files to the site.
• See configuration differences — List configuration that differs between the files and the database.
• Read a configuration value — Print the site name and other settings.
• Change a configuration value — Change a setting, here the site name.

Updates

• Find outdated Drupal packages — List Drupal packages that have newer versions.
• Update Drupal core — Update core and its dependencies.
• Run database updates — Run pending update hooks after updating code.
• Run the deploy steps — Run database updates, import configuration and rebuild the cache in one go.
• Check for security updates — List installed packages that have security advisories.

Users

• Create a user — Create an account. Use a real password.
• Give a user a role — Add the content_editor role to a user.
• Reset a user's password — Set a new password for a user. Use a real password.

Database and debugging

• Back up the database — Write the database to a SQL file.
• Restore the database — Import a SQL file into the site's database.
• Run a SQL query — Run a query against the site's database.
• Show recent log messages — Print the latest entries from the database log.
• Follow the log — Stream new log messages as they arrive.
• Run PHP in Drupal — Evaluate PHP with Drupal bootstrapped.
• Generate a module skeleton — Interactively scaffold a custom module.

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