The future of Drupal 7
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- Over 300,000 websites run on Drupal 7
- Drupal 7 reaches its end of life January 5, 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- If the site is no longer active, you can archive it by turning it into a static site.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)
- Archive the site
- 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