Drupal users should start updating soon

The Content Management system Drupal is one of the better known systems in the world of hosting. At the moment there are more than 1 million users that use Drupal, the majority of them are still using Drupal 7.Approximately 70 percent still use Drupal 7, however, this version gets an end of life status in 2021, this means that there will be no more support and security updates.

What are the consequences of this?

When you want to continue using Drupal 7 there are a number of risks involved.You have the chance that your website will be hacked much faster because there will be no more security updates.It is also possible that after November 2021 your website will be marked as unsafe, if you have a commercial website you obviously want to avoid this.

If you are a user of Drupal 7 then this is a bit of a shock and you are probably wondering what the best thing to do is.The best thing you can do is upgrade from Drupal 7 to 8, this may take some time but at least you are assured for the future.

Of course there are alternatives, think about managed WordPress hosting.This is a system that is easier to use than Drupal, with this you also have the advantage that we do all the updates for you so you can focus on more important things.In addition, there are daily backups made so you have space to make mistakes.

The future of Drupal

You are probably wondering what the future holds for Drupal.If you're familiar with Drupal, you'll probably know that it's quite a hassle to update Drupal from 7 to 8.Fortunately, this is something that won't be the case if you want to update Drupal from Drupal 8 to 9.

This is mainly due to the fact that they are developing Drupal 9 in Drupal 8, thus making it possible to use code backwards-compatible.In a blog post from Drupal itself, it was stated that they hope to release Drupal 9 on June 3, 2020.

Drupal 8 is currently quite dependent on the Symfony 3 framework, which along with Drupal 7 and 8 will expire in November 2021.So the further goal is to be on Drupal 9 by November 2021.

If you have any further questions about Drupal, you can always see if there is a staff member on the chat.If no one is on the chat you can always create a ticket to our helpdesk.