The main difference is that it had cleaner & leaner code, the latest versions of some of the best technologies and a modern default theme. The good news is that the upgrade from Drupal 8 to Drupal 9 is really easy!ĭrupal 9 was released in June 2020 and wasn’t very different from the last version of Drupal 8. Drupal 8 reaches EOL by Novem(it will no longer receive any further community support or security fixes) and all Drupal 8 sites need to upgrade to Drupal 9 before then. So, if you’re on Drupal 7 or Drupal 8, what’s your next move? That decision is a bit easier than you might expect. With those advancements came semantic versioning, shorter release cycles and, most importantly, easy future upgrades - to the appreciation of many. It was a whole paradigm shift for Drupal. More importantly, organizations are also missing out on key improvements and features that have been made since its restructuring in Drupal 8.ĭrupal 8 was released in November 2015 and brought in huge architectural changes while embracing modern libraries and components.

One of the bigger reasons for this is that, with PHP and MySQL releasing their latest versions, it’s harder for Drupal 7 to stay compatible and for websites still using it to work as intended. Drupal 7 reaches End of Life (EOL) in November 2022. It was also a long time coming… It took almost three years of hard work, passion and commitment to build that game-changing version of Drupal.īut now that Drupal 7 is more than 10 years old (which is a century in “website age”), it is time to move on to a modern version of Drupal for all organizations. When Drupal 7 was released early 2011, there was huge excitement among the community because of the massive leap from Drupal 6. In preparation, Drupal 10 is scheduled to be released before then (between the window of June and November 2022) to give organizations enough time to upgrade.ĭriesNote at DrupalCon Europe 2021 - Upgrade to Drupal 8 or Drupal 9? With those major components reaching EOL, Drupal 9 will also be reaching EOL by November 2023. There is a similar situation with CKEditor and other 3rd party components as well. Drupal 9 requires Symfony 4 which reaches its End Of Life (EOL) by November 2023.

Symfony is one of Drupal’s biggest dependencies. With every major integration update to major/minor versions, Drupal needs to update its major/minor versions as well. Integrating some of these fantastic components like Composer, PHP, Symfony and CKEditor (amongst many others) has taken Drupal’s usability and robustness to another level as well as opened doors to wider pools of talent.īut all of these component and dependency advances also means that Drupal will have to move at a faster pace to keep up with those release cycles. The reason for such a fast cycle from Drupal 9 to Drupal 10 is that, since the release of Drupal 8 and its adoption of continuous innovation practices, Drupal has fueled integrations and dependencies with many third-party components which has, in a positive turn, actively driven technology advances. As of the latest reports, the Drupal 10 readiness initiative team has been making great progress and is on track with its goals and deliverables - which means any delay would be unexpected. When does Drupal 10 release and why is it releasing so soon?ĭrupal 10 is tentatively scheduled to release between June 2022 and November 2022. We’ll also help you get prepared for Drupal 10 and give you updates on what the Drupal 10 readiness initiative team is currently working on later in this article. As the details become more clear, Specbee is here to answer all your questions about Drupal 10. With the release of Drupal 9 in mid 2020 and the news of an imminent Drupal 10 release, the mid-cycle time frame can be a confusing time for some organizations. Luckily, there is an easy way to close the gap if your organization is still a little behind Simply get your CMS updated to its latest version. In today’s fast-paced and dynamic digital world, it’s nearly a requirement for businesses to deliver web experiences that are more secure, better performing and feature-rich.

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