On January 5th, 2025, Drupal 7 will reach its end of life at 14 years old. But don't worry! The Drupal Association and the Drupal community are here to support you in getting ready for the upgrade to Drupal 10.
What does end-of-life mean for you?
Drupal 7 end-of-life means that the community will no longer be providing new features, bug-fixes, or security updates for Drupal 7. If you do not update before January 5th, 2025, security issues may be publicly disclosed without fixes or other support.
- Drupal 7.x branches for all projects will be marked unsupported.
- Drupal 7 XML feeds for packaging will be shut off.
- This will impact the way drush works
- All Drupal.org-based testing for Drupal 7 will be unsupported.
- Drupal 7 may be flagged as insecure in third-party scans.
- Drupal 7 issues that are reported to the security team, even highly critical ones, maybe made public without a fix or prior notice.
- Drupal 7 sites will display a message that they are insecure.
To put it simply: there will be no further extensions. It is time to upgrade to Drupal 10.
Upgrading to modern Drupal is not just about security. Starting with the release of Drupal 8 in 2016, Drupal has been consistently adding more and more powerful features to support content editors, marketers, developers, and site owners.
Modern Drupal also includes a new release strategy that makes upgrades significantly easier, and upcoming releases will even support Automatic Updates, and a Project Browser to allow you to install extensions to Drupal without using Composer on the command line.
Learn more about the features of modern Drupal.
Finding a migration partner
The Drupal Association maintains a list of certified partners who have a proven track record of supporting migrations at every scale and budget. Only organizations that have made significant contributions back to the Drupal project can become partners, so you know these organizations are true Drupal experts.
Resources for your Drupal 10 migration
Do you have an internal Drupal team? We also have a variety of resources to help you with doing the migration to Drupal 10 on your own. These include educational videos, sessions from previous DrupalCons, migration guides and articles, and additional utilities/software libraries to make the migration process easier than it has ever been before.
Need more time?
There are some certified partners who are offering their own commercial support for Drupal 7 beyond end of life. These are not official programs of the Drupal security team, though these vendors are in conversation with both the Drupal Association and the security team to coordinate responsible disclosure.
Learn about commercial support.
Finding help at DrupalCon
DrupalCon North America is being held in Portland, OR from May 6-9, 2024. This is the last North American DrupalCon before the Drupal 7 end-of-life.
Additional support may be available from your peers in the General Contribution room.
Special pricing is available for:
- Students who have recently completed Drupal curriculum
- Non-profit organizations
- Government employees, with a bundled rate for our Government Summit.
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