Should You Upgrade Your Website to Drupal 10, or Drupal 11?
Introduction to Drupal 11
Drupal 11 was recently released to the community ahead of schedule. If your federal agency is still using a legacy version of Drupal, your website will soon be unsupported. The next decision to make is whether you should upgrade to Drupal 10, or Drupal 11.
The key benefits of Drupal 11, compared to Drupal 10 include:
- Better performance and faster page loading
- Improved Admin interface
- Numerous bug fixes and module enhancements
- First version to truly support AI – CTAC introduced the Drupal Bedrock module in Drupal 10. The next version made for Drupal 11 will support 2nd generation AI developments.
- For more information, see the official website: https://www.drupal.org/about/11
Is Drupal 11 the best version for your agency?
If your website is already on a supported version of Drupal, like Drupal 10, then Drupal 11 does not provide any critical enhancements or new features that would require an immediate upgrade. Both are fully supported and allow users to leverage the full benefits of Drupal. However, if your agency matches the following use cases, then CTAC recommends upgrading to Drupal 11:
If your website is built on a non-Drupal platform such as WordPress, Adobe, .NET, you should consider migrating to Drupal 11. Drupal’s one-source nature, ease of use, and ease of implementation makes it the premier Content Management System for government websites. CTAC’s FAST track migration tool is ideal for seamless migrations to Drupal.
If your website is still using Drupal 7, you should consider an upgrade to Drupal 11. Any Drupal version prior to Drupal 10 will be unsupported by January 5, 2025, which means a security risk for your website. Drupal offers a Migration Module which is ideal for this scenario.
Note that the technology requirements for upgrading to Drupal 11 include that you must have PHP 8.3 and Symfony 7. The minimum versions for different database types include MySQL 8.0, MariaDB 10.6, PostgreSQL16, or SQLite 3.45. Be sure to upgrade your technology stack to work harmoniously together.
Find a Drupal Partner
For further questions about digital transformations leveraging Drupal, contact CTAC at info@ctacorp.com or visit our digital competency webpage at www.ctacorp.com/solutions/digital