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One of the first things I do when reviewing whether an application can be upgraded is to look for anything that can be removed.<\/p>\n\n
If it has modules that aren't used, uninstall and remove them.<\/p>\n\n
A common one for Drupal projects is modules left from previous migrations, such as from Field Collections to Paragraphs that are no longer needed but still present.<\/p>\n\n
Remove any old themes that are no longer used.<\/p>\n\n
If you have content types, fields or views that aren't used, remove them, assuming you don't need the data.<\/p>\n\n
Remove unused routes, Controllers or other classes not used in custom modules, or any other unused custom code.<\/p>\n\n
Less moving parts means less to upgrade now and maintain in the future.<\/p>\n\n ", "format": "full_html", "processed": "\n
One of the first things I do when reviewing whether an application can be upgraded is to look for anything that can be removed.<\/p>\n\n
If it has modules that aren't used, uninstall and remove them.<\/p>\n\n
A common one for Drupal projects is modules left from previous migrations, such as from Field Collections to Paragraphs that are no longer needed but still present.<\/p>\n\n
Remove any old themes that are no longer used.<\/p>\n\n
If you have content types, fields or views that aren't used, remove them, assuming you don't need the data.<\/p>\n\n
Remove unused routes, Controllers or other classes not used in custom modules, or any other unused custom code.<\/p>\n\n
Less moving parts means less to upgrade now and maintain in the future.<\/p>\n\n ", "summary": null } ] }