

A rational risk assessment will tell you that while yes, you should prioritize moving off end-of-life (EOL) software as a best practice, there’s no clear and present danger to these sites. If you’re reactive, you’re more likely to rush either the up-front thinking or the implementation, and that leads to mistakes. The first thing to do is to put yourself in a proactive frame of mind.

We have quite a number of customers who are in this position, so I wanted to take a moment to provide some advice to everyone who is operating a Drupal 8 website today. With today’s official end-of-life date, a lot of people out there may be feeling a little nervous. In this post, we'll dive into two pragmatic options to keep your Drupal 8 sites current, along with Pantheon's plans for keeping your Drupal 8 sites up and running smoothly, even as they reach their end-of-life.Īccording to the official statistics, there are nearly a quarter million websites running Drupal 8.
