From 577dca91879c111a65965d81259996bc011cb4ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Oliver Davies Date: Tue, 2 May 2023 00:00:16 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] daily-email: add 2023-05-01 --- src/content/daily-email/2023-05-01.md | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+) create mode 100644 src/content/daily-email/2023-05-01.md diff --git a/src/content/daily-email/2023-05-01.md b/src/content/daily-email/2023-05-01.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..11af6571 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/content/daily-email/2023-05-01.md @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +--- +title: > + Should Drupal 7 support be extended again? +pubDate: 2023-05-01 +permalink: > + archive/2023/05/01/should-drupal-7-support-be-extended-again +tags: + - drupal + - php + - phpc +--- + +Drupal 7, which was released in 2011, was originally supposed to be end-of-life in November 2022. + +This would mean there would be no more Drupal 7 versions and there would be no further support or bug fixes from the core Developer team. + +However, in February 2022, support was extended until November 2023 with a potential for it to be extended by another 12 months, which would be announced by July 2023. + +There are still over 425,000 active Drupal 7 websites according to - almost 100,000 fewer than Feburary 2022. That's still a lot of websites! + +Should support be extended again or should Drupal 7 be marked as end-of-life and unsupported? + +If so, those websites will continue to work, and an argument could be made that there's been enough time to upgrade projects since Drupal 8's first release in 2015. + +That said, it's a tricky upgrade - migrating data into a new Drupal website and re-writing custom modules and themes to make them compatible. + +It's definitely work upgrading, in my opinion, as the updates between Drupal 8, 9 and 10 are much simpler and quicker, and don't involve large rewrites or data migrations. + +Hit reply and let me know what you think. + +P.S. Are you still using Drupal 7 and don’t know what’s involved to upgrade to Drupal 10? Book a Drupal 7 upgrade consultation call.