This was especially true with the upgrade from Drupal 7 to Drupal 8, but the good news is that if you’re up to date with your Drupal 8 releases, the upgrade to Drupal 9 should be relatively simple and easy to complete. Not surprisingly the upgrade path caused by each major release can often be a considerable task. But time is running out to upgrade from Drupal 7.x. Organisations have also benefited from many years of stable operations from each major release of Drupal and with a version lifespan of 10 years 10 months, those on Drupal 7.x have enjoyed more years than many. Major site upgrades aren’t always a lot of work (really)Įach major release of Drupal usually brings a host of new functions, features and technical innovation and of course support for the latest versions underlying technologies such as PHP. As you go through this process there are specific tasks to review content, custom code, modules, APIs and of course your DevOps environment. Essentially due to the significant amount of work required, it’s a good opportunity to review the current website by performing a Current State Assessment and use this data to help define the Target State. Number of Drupal websites by versionįor those considering the upgrade from Drupal 7.x, here’s a handy overview of the Drupal upgrade process we recommend.
And as we know the upgrade from Drupal 7 to Drupal 8 is a considered project that may take several weeks/months to complete. This is a substantial number of websites and more than double the number of Drupal 8 sites.
#Drupal update update
For those using the latest releases of Drupal 8, the upgrade process should be a relatively straightforward project, but for those websites still using Drupal 7, the upgrade process is likely to be a considerable amount of work and a project that will need careful planning.Īccording to Drupal (November 2019), out of the reported 1,077,294 Drupal sites using the Update Status Module to track the Drupal version running, the following version count shows there are over 717 thousand sites that are yet to upgrade from Drupal 7.x. With Drupal 7 and Drupal 8 reaching end of life in November 2021, the Drupal 9 release currently targeted for June 2020 is being widely anticipated by many Drupal site owners.
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