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title: >
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Spring clean before upgrading
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pubDate: 2023-09-05
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permalink: >-
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archive/2023/09/05/spring-clean-before-upgrading
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tags:
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- drupal
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- software-upgrades
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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.
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If it has modules that aren't used, uninstall and remove them.
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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.
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Remove any old themes that are no longer used.
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If you have content types, fields or views that aren't used, remove them, assuming you don't need the data.
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Remove unused routes, Controllers or other classes not used in custom modules, or any other unused custom code.
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Less moving parts means less to upgrade now and maintain in the future.
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