Stanford Web Services continues to move full steam ahead to meet our goal of modernizing Stanford’s central web content management systems, including those websites built with the Stanford Sites Drupal 7 platform.
Drupal 7 is scheduled for end-of-life in November 2023*, which means the open-source community will no longer issue security updates for the core and contributed modules. As part of University IT’s Web Content Management program, our goal is to upgrade all Stanford-hosted Drupal 7 websites to the latest version of Drupal as soon as possible. Websites hosted on Stanford Sites Drupal 7 should be moved to the newer Stanford Sites Drupal 9 platform by June 30, 2022, or retired and deleted if necessary.
What are my hosting options?
Whether hosted on Stanford Sites or not, site owners should begin planning and moving Drupal 7 websites to the latest version of Drupal to continue receiving security updates and community support.
There are two hosting options for Drupal websites at Stanford: Stanford Sites managed CMS and Stanford’s custom hosting on Acquia.
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Not sure? Submit a request for a consultation with Stanford Web Services.
Why are we making this move?
Stanford Sites, the university’s centrally managed and cloud-based Drupal platform, requires separate environments for Drupal 7 and Drupal 9+. Maintaining both versions in parallel incurs additional costs; due to funding constraints, we will continue to pursue our original timeline to retire the Drupal 7 environment (June 2022).
Resources and Support
- Get more tools, tips, and resources from our Drupal Adoption Guide.
- Need help building your new website? Talk to Stanford Web Services or check out these tips and tricks for working with a vendor.
- Visit our Drupal Projects webpage for more information about the move to the latest version of Drupal for Stanford websites.
- Learn more about the Web Content Management program.
If you have questions or concerns about what’s next for your website, please let us know.
* Updated with the new end-of-life date for Drupal 7.
