Drupal in Public Sector: Why Governments Choose Drupal for Website Development

What a Successful Governmental Website Should Have?

Governmental website development differs from website building across other industries. Here, Drupfan web specialists highlight key points that matter for governments.

• Scalability: government websites are expected to deal with numerous public services. Such websites should offer a capacity for further growth, data structure expansion, and easy updates.
• Flexibility: due to the numerous roles that need to be created on the government website, it should offer unique experiences and functionality bundles for each role separately.
• Advanced security: It is clear that hacker attacks on government sites are stronger and more intensive than on other platforms on the net. Thus, an advanced level of security and uptime monitoring is a decisive factor in the choice of CMS.
• Accessibility: accessibility deals with website usability. An accessible site is a platform that allows all users, especially those with physical impairments, to access all content & functionality on the website. All governmental websites have to be accessible and in several countries web accessibility is a law.

As you see, the governmental website architecture, development process, and maintenance are more demanding and require a special approach and attention to detail.

Why Choose Drupal for Government Websites?

Drupal is a powerful and robust CMS that can offer all of the above-mentioned features and even more. In 2025, Drupal is the choice of the official website for the Mayor of London, the European Union site, the official French government site, and more.

Here, we outline the key advantages of choosing Drupal for government websites.

Drupal offers advanced security level

We never tire of repeating that Drupal is the most secure content management system available in 2025 and here is why:

• Secure user permissions: In Drupal, user permissions are 100% manageable and controllable. Access and permissions setup of any user roles guarantees that each role possesses enough authority to perform assigned tasks, view assigned content,  and not more.
• Two-factor authentication: Drupal CMS supports two-factor authentication (2FA). This means that users' access will be double-checked during the login process. This additional layer of security is never excessive, especially when it comes to data safety in government institutions.
• Regular security updates: The Drupal Community offers regular security improvements. Timely security updates defend a website from hacker attacks & malicious code injections.
• Secure database: Even if somebody tries to compromise a Drupal database with SQL injection, the additional abstraction layer neutralizes this input, keeping all the data protected.

Drupal is capable for structure & data growth

The flexibility and adaptability of Drupal is obvious. Drupal is a modular content management system that allows web developers to plan data structure before the development process, as well as add on any new features, functionalities, or elements in the future. With this CMS, governmental institutions have the freedom to design and develop a data structure that aligns with their specific requirements.

Drupal handles high traffic without compromising performance

Thanks to its scalable architecture and built-in caching features, Drupal is capable of handling all requests without delay in performance, remaining stable and responsive even during peak traffic. Partnered with a reliable hosting provider, Drupal easily deals with large audiences and multiple queries under pressure.

Drupal is multilingual out of the box

A government website might need multilingual functionality to represent the same content in multiple languages for local minorities. Drupal is a multilingual CMS out of the box and supports 100+ languages.

Drupal is accessible

Website accessibility is crucial for government websites, as an accessible site is a guarantee that users with physical disabilities can reach and access all content & functionality. Drupal offers many modules for accessibility enhancement, as well as continuous forward accessibility in its module updates and version releases. 

Learn how to make your Drupal website WCAG 2.1 compliant in our recent blog post.

Summing Up

In the past decade, the world has implemented a transition from reality to the digital world. Today, more and more services are available online, including those in the public sector. As a result of digitalization, governmental institutions were faced with the choice of a powerful and trustworthy CMS for website development and Drupal turned out to be a preferred choice for many of them thanks to its reliability, advanced security, scalability, and flexibility.

Need a query regarding website development for government institutions? Drop Drupfan a line to discuss the details of your project.