Drupal update
This tool integrates into the site’s status update to check system requirements and contrib module compatibility for Drupal 9. Install and run the Upgrade Status module.Ensure that a site is running the latest stable version of Drupal 8 and any contributed modules installed.This how our Drupal experts prepare for a smooth operation when upgrading a Drupal 8 site to Drupal 9: As long as the modules you have in use do not rely on deprecated code or libraries, you should be good to go. The only differences between Drupal 8.9.0 and Drupal 9 is the removal of some deprecated APIs and the inclusion of updated third-party dependencies, such as Symfony and Twig.
Upgrading from Drupal 8ĭrupal site owners who have been keeping their Drupal install up-to-date are in for the smoothest ride. Furthermore, editorial flexibility and content management experience both took huge leaps forward. Instead, it is now built to support headless applications, third-party data integrations and pretty much any modern innovative use cases for the open web. This means Drupal is no longer the traditional monolithic cms we’ve come to know. What we are most excited about is its API-first development. There’s plenty more shiny new stuff under the hood that propels Drupal into this new era of digital experience frameworks. What’s great about Drupal 9Įase of upgrade is not the only new feature in Drupal 9. With Drupal 9, this has finally been accomplished. Version 8 was all about dealing with technical debt so that future releases would be like they are in WordPress: painless, fast, and fun. In fact, according to the founder of the Drupal project, a key target when developing Drupal 9 was ease of upgrade ( ). This time however, upgrading will most probably have none of that. In some cases, migrating took nearly as much effort as rebuilding a site from scratch. It usually involved content migrations, configuration changes and porting modules to enable them to work properly. Previously, a major version update for Drupal implied a time-consuming migration process.