DRUPAL UPGRADE 8 TO 9 UPGRADE
If you find yourself on version 7 of Drupal, you can absolutely upgrade straight to D9 and skip D8 altogether. However, if your website was recently created or released since 2016, it’s likely that you’re on Drupal 8, and the upgrade should be extremely straightforward and relatively painless. Upgrading between all minor versions of Drupal, including the jump to version 9, is advised but is a much simpler process than version upgrades have been in the past. In fact, the upgrade from 8 to 9 is so painless, version 10 will be released in 2022, likely to even less fanfare, as it will also be the same as the most recent version 9. Now that Drupal 9 has been released, there will be an end date for support for Drupal 8, but that is not scheduled until November 2, 2021. The upgrade cycle in version 8 for minor releases was established to be a single release roughly twice a year. The image above shows the timeline for Drupal 8 and its version releases since 2019. Note: Drupal 7 end-of-life has been extended to November 1, 2023. The only difference is that Drupal 9, or D9 as it is referred to in the industry, removed deprecated code and updated third-party dependencies. Versions 8 and 9 contain the same features and code. In June 2020, version 9 of Drupal was released, and the last minor version of Drupal 8 was released. What version of Drupal am I running?Ĭhances are, if you’re using Drupal, you are using version 7 or 8. Soon, you may not know the major or minor version of your website software, just that it is up-to-date and secure, which is the ultimate goal of any update, upgrade or version release. The reason behind more frequent updates is that if everyone keeps their software up-to-date and more secure, those updates become easier and more frequent. There is a movement to more frequent, easier updates throughout the software industry. If you have custom code, use Drupal Rector to identify code that needs to be updated.Use Upgrade Status to see if your website is ready for upgrading.
Make sure your version of Drupal is up-to-date.
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