Drupal 7, 8 and 9 Support & Upgrades
Drupal 7, Drupal 8 and Drupal 9 have all reached end of life and no longer receive security updates. I move sites to Drupal 11 for a fixed price, with the same design, the same content and the same web addresses. Nothing to pay until you're happy.
Drupal 7 Support
Drupal 7 stopped receiving security patches on 5 January 2025. Sites still on Drupal 7 are exposed to vulnerabilities like Drupalgeddon 2 and need upgrading now.
Drupal 7 upgrade options
Drupal 8 Support
Drupal 8 reached end of life on 2 November 2021. Review major vulnerabilities such as CVE-2019-6340 and see how Drupal 11 keeps you protected.
Drupal 8 upgrade options
Drupal 9 Support
Drupal 9 reached end of life on 1 November 2023, together with Symfony 4 and older PHP versions. Many hosts are now switching those PHP versions off.
Drupal 9 upgrade optionsIs my site affected?
If you are not sure which version of Drupal your site runs, any of these will tell you:
- Log in and open Reports > Status report: the Drupal version is the first line.
- View the page source of your home page and look for
<meta name="Generator" content="Drupal 7(or 8, 9). - Send me the address of your site and I will check it for you, free of charge.
What a fixed-price upgrade includes
Same look
Your design is rebuilt on Drupal 11 so visitors see the site they know.
All your content
Pages, news, events, products, images, documents and users are carried across.
Same web addresses
Every existing URL keeps working, so your Google rankings and links are kept.
Security updates again
Current Drupal 11 and PHP, back on the security release schedule.
Faster on phones
Images and code are brought up to date, which usually improves Google's mobile score.
Nothing to pay until you're happy
You check the new site on a test address first. You pay when you are satisfied.
Prices
How it works
1. A free look
You send the site address. I check the version, the modules and the size of the site.
2. A fixed price
You get the figure in writing. No hourly billing and no surprises.
3. The upgrade
I build the Drupal 11 site on a test address and check every page against the original.
4. You approve
When you are happy, you pay and the new site goes live with no downtime.
Upgrading from Drupal 9
Drupal 9 sites are usually the quickest to move: the upgrade runs in place through Drupal 10 to Drupal 11, with modules updated to current releases and any deprecated code replaced.
Drupal 9 depends on Symfony 4 and PHP 7.3 to 8.1. Those versions are out of support too, so staying on Drupal 9 increasingly means paying a host extra to keep old PHP running.
Hosting and ongoing support
If you would like, I can host the upgraded site with security updates included, for £35 + VAT a month or £350 + VAT a year. Or the new site goes back to your current host. Monthly support plans cover updates, monitoring and small changes.
Questions people ask
Is my site too customised for a fixed price?
I look at it first and confirm the figure in writing before anything starts, so if your site is bigger than usual you know before you commit.
Should we move to WordPress instead?
That is usually a rebuild: new design, content copied across and old links broken. Moving to Drupal 11 keeps what you already have, for far less.
Can our current developer stay involved?
Yes. I'm happy to work alongside them, or hand the finished site over to them.
Do you host as well?
Yes, with security updates included, for £35 + VAT a month or £350 + VAT a year. Or the new site goes back to your current host.
What about the mobile layout or accessibility?
Once the site is moved, those can be improved and priced separately. The upgrade itself keeps everything as it is.
Find out what your upgrade would cost
Email the address of your site and I will reply with a fixed price.
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