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+---
+title: >-
+  Why you need to start upgrading from Drupal 7 now
+date: 2024-01-03
+permalink: daily/2024/01/03/why-you-need-to-start-upgrading-from-drupal-7-now
+snippet: |
+  Are you still using Drupal 7? You need to start upgrading to Drupal 10 now instead of waiting until next year.
+tags:
+  - drupal
+  - drupal-upgrade
+  - drupal7
+  - php
+  - phpc
+---
+
+{% block content %}
+There's only one year before support for Drupal 7 support ends, but there are still more than 337,000 Drupal 7 websites, according to <https://www.drupal.org/project/usage/drupal>.
+
+Even though there's a year left, if you've got a Drupal 7 website, you need to start upgrading now!
+
+Unlike upgrading from Drupal 8 to 9 or 9 to 10, upgrading from Drupal 7 requires major changes to your code for it to be compatible. This will take time to do and test.
+
+Most websites have some or many custom modules and at least one custom theme that must be upgraded.
+
+Most use a large number of community-contributed modules.
+
+Many of these are abandoned or minimally maintained as their maintainers have focused on newer Drupal versions or a module has been marked as unsupported in favour of another.
+
+If they do have supported versions, it is likely that they haven't had a release for some time. If that's the case, they're essentially unsupported.
+
+Because of this, there may not be the same modules available with the same functionality for Drupal 10.
+
+Depending on the available modules, your functionality may need to change, or the old functionality will need to be written within a new custom module.
+
+## Here's the thing
+
+Depending on the complexity, it will take a number of months to complete an upgrade.
+
+Rather than wait until 2025, you want to do the work now whilst Drupal 7 is still supported rather than waiting and being vulnerable to security exploits if running an outdated and unsupported version.
+{% endblock %}
+
+{% block cta %}
+P.S. Are you stuck on Drupal 7? Purchase a [Drupal upgrade consulting call][call] or [upgrade roadmap][roadmap] and I'll help you on your way to Drupal 10.
+{% endblock %}
+
+[call]: {{site.url}}/call
+[roadmap]: {{site.url}}/roadmap