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      <p>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 <a href="https://www.drupal.org/project/usage/drupal">https://www.drupal.org/project/usage/drupal</a>.</p>

      <p>Even though there's a year left, if you've got a Drupal 7 website, you need to start upgrading now!</p>

      <p>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.</p>

      <p>Most websites have some or many custom modules and at least one custom theme that must be upgraded.</p>

      <p>Most use a large number of community-contributed modules.</p>

      <p>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.</p>

      <p>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.</p>

      <p>Because of this, there may not be the same modules available with the same functionality for Drupal 10.</p>

      <p>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.</p>

      <h2 id="here%27s-the-thing">Here's the thing</h2>

      <p>Depending on the complexity, it will take a number of months to complete an upgrade.</p>

      <p>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work now whilst Drupal 7 is still supported rather than waiting and being vulnerable to security exploits if running an outdated and unsupported version.</p>

              
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      <p>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 <a href="https://www.drupal.org/project/usage/drupal">https://www.drupal.org/project/usage/drupal</a>.</p>

      <p>Even though there's a year left, if you've got a Drupal 7 website, you need to start upgrading now!</p>

      <p>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.</p>

      <p>Most websites have some or many custom modules and at least one custom theme that must be upgraded.</p>

      <p>Most use a large number of community-contributed modules.</p>

      <p>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.</p>

      <p>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.</p>

      <p>Because of this, there may not be the same modules available with the same functionality for Drupal 10.</p>

      <p>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.</p>

      <h2 id="here%27s-the-thing">Here's the thing</h2>

      <p>Depending on the complexity, it will take a number of months to complete an upgrade.</p>

      <p>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.</p>

              
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