---
url: 'https://dri.es/drupal-5.0.0-frozen'
title: 'Drupal 5.0.0 frozen'
author:
  name: 'Dries Buytaert'
  url: 'https://dri.es/about'
date: '2006-09-01T09:03:40-04:00'
license: 'https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/'
type: blog
tags:
  - Drupal
published: true
id: 133
---

# Drupal 5.0.0 frozen

The next version of [Drupal](https://www.drupal.org/) will have a lot of great improvements, including an installer, requirement checking for modules, a reorganization of the administration pages and file structure, [custom content types](/custom-content-types), the inclusion of a [JavaScript library](http://jquery.com/) and much more. After 4 years of Drupal 4 work, the stars have aligned, and we're finally ready to call the next Drupal version, "Drupal 5.0.0". Today, [we froze the code](https://www.drupal.org/drupal-5.0.0-code-freeze) in preparation of what promises to be an amazing Drupal release. Soon, the era of Drupal 5 begins ...
