Service and Support Sunset Schedule
| Service / Software | Sunset Dates | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Form Builder (Web Forms service) |
April 30, 2020: No new form creation July 30, 2020: Service and all existing forms retire |
UIT recommends using Google Forms to create new forms. |
| Drupal 7 |
June 30, 2022: Deadline to retire Stanford Sites D7; site owners should archive or move to latest version of Stanford Sites November 2022: End of D7 community support November 2024: End of D7 commercial support |
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, the Drupal 7 environment will no longer be available after June 30, 2022. In November 2023, the Drupal community will no longer provide security updates when new vulnerabilities are discovered on D7. See full text of the announcement on Drupal.org. For websites hosted on Acquia Cloud, extended support for D7 websites ends November 2025. The extended support includes security updates only for Drupal core; custom module support is not available. |
| Virtual Name Redirect |
Jan. 15, 2021: Service and all existing virtual host redirects moved to Vanity URL service |
Virtual host redirects can now be managed using the Vanity URL tool. |
| Virtual Proxy Name |
April 1, 2021: No new proxy entry creation April 30, 2021: Non-authenticated virtual proxy entries moved to Vanity URL service Sept. 30, 2021: Service retires, proxy entries moved to Vanity URL tool or other solution |
Virtual proxies can now be managed using the Vanity URL tool.
Proxy entries can be managed using the Vanity URL tool or other solution. |
| WordPress on AFS | May 1, 2021: No new installations of WordPress on AFS | Stanford Domains is the recommended solution for hosting small, personal WordPress sites. For official department websites or websites with more complex needs, check out Stanford Sites. Additional information can be found on the WCMS WordPress Hosting project page. |
