Andrew Fairlie
Technical Director · 13+ years with Craft CMS
Andrew is Technical Director at Mutual, a Craft CMS Partner agency. He has been building with Craft CMS since its public beta in 2012 — working through every major version from Craft 1 to Craft 5 — and has delivered over 100 sites for clients including Apple, Transparency International, and Arts University Bournemouth.
He writes about Craft CMS on the Mutual blog and has contributed to net Magazine. At Mutual, he leads development of Mutual One, a marketing platform built on Craft CMS as its foundation.
He has spoken about Craft CMS to undergraduate students at the University of Brighton and Canterbury Christ Church University, and appeared on the Devmode.fm podcast. He has also trained other developers on working with the platform.
Protecting Craft CMS with Cloudflare
Why you should protect your Craft CMS site with Cloudflare, and how to set it up.
Craft CMS and PHP2Shell - how we dealt with it
How Mutual (a Craft CMS agency) handled the PHP2Shell vulnerability.
How design and brand agencies can use Craft CMS to say "yes" to more briefs
We work with design and brand agencies as their development partner, helping them say "yes" to more briefs.
Should you be worried about the rise in high-severity Craft CMS security updates?
Craft has had a huge increase in security patches this year. But don't be alarmed, it's a sign of the times and that Craft is dealing with things responsibly.
Supercharge Macros in Craft CMS
How to write Twig macros in Craft CMS that are easy to call and hard to break, using one hash of attributes with defaults, and when an include is the better tool.
Redirects in Craft CMS without a plugin
Craft CMS now has built in redirects abilities, so you may not need a plugin for them in 2026.
How we make Craft CMS page builders in 2026
Our go-to technique for making page builders in 2026.
Using Craft CMS beyond the website
Here are a few fun ways we've used Craft CMS over the years, beyond traditional websites.
Craft CMS 5.11: Login Fixes, a GraphQL Change, and a Round of Security Patches
Craft CMS 5.11 repairs passkey and two-factor logins, tightens up who can query user data over the API, and patches eleven security advisories. Here's what we reckon site owners need to know.
Too Big for Squarespace, Too Small for Adobe: An AI CMS That Fits
Enterprise CMS platforms can be too complex and too expensive for a small marketing team, but the basic builders are too limiting. Our middle ground is an intuitive AI-supercharged CMS you actually own.