The future of Drupal 7

• Over 300,000 websites run on Drupal 7
  • Source: https://www.drupal.org/project/usage/3060

• Drupal 7 reaches its end of life January 5, 2025
  • Read more: https://www.drupal.org/association/blog/drupal-7-end-of-life-officially-announced-for-5-january-2025

• Drupal 7 Soft Landing
  • This is a Drupal community initiative to help people with Drupal 7 websites either upgrade to the new version of Drupal or migrate to a different platform.

https://www.drupal.org/community-initiatives/drupal-7-soft-landing-initiative

• Evaluate Your Drupal 7 Site
  • A good first step is to evaluate your site using the [Upgrade Status Drupal module](https://www.drupal.org/project/upgrade_status#d7).

• Options

• • Archive the site
    • If the site is no longer active, you can archive it by turning it into a static site.

• • • [Drupal on Mothballs - Convert Drupal 6 or 7 sites to static HTML](https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blogs/jeff-geerling/drupal-on-mothballs-convert-static-html)

• • Migrate to WordPress
    • If your website is relatively simple, WordPress might be a good fit.

• • • [Migrating Content from Drupal 7 to WordPress](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/importing-content/#drupal)

• • Migrate to Backdrop
    • If your website is moderately complicated, ie: has several different content types, Backdrop could be a good fit.

• • • [Upgrading from Drupal 7 to Backdrop documentation](https://docs.backdropcms.org/documentation/upgrading-from-drupal-7)
    • [Migrating from Drupal to Backdrop Book](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1484217594/)

• • Migrate to Drupal 10
    • Modern Drupal is now on version 10. If your site is complex, Drupal 10 might be a good fit.

• • • [Upgrading from Drupal 6 or 7 to Drupal 10](https://www.drupal.org/docs/upgrading-drupal/upgrading-from-drupal-6-or-drupal-7)

• Find a Partner
  • Many of these migration options are complex and require partnering with a freelancer or web shop.

• • There is a growing list of potential partners at https://www.drupal.org/about/drupal-7/d7eol/partners