Drupal 7 goes end of life in November this year. Not upgrading from Drupal 7 to Drupal 9 can have several implications, including security vulnerabilities, performance issues, and compatibility problems.
Security vulnerabilities are perhaps the most significant risk of not upgrading from Drupal 7 to Drupal 9. With the end of life of Drupal 7, security updates and patches will no longer be released, leaving your website vulnerable to potential security threats. Hackers are always looking for vulnerabilities to exploit, and not upgrading your website can make it an easy target.
Compatibility problems are another potential issue of not upgrading to Drupal 9. As other modules and technologies evolve, compatibility with Drupal 7 may become increasingly difficult, leading to functional problems or even website downtime.
Rebuilding in WordPress may be the best option for simple sites
If you have a simple Drupal 7 website, even if it has an online shop, WordPress might be a more economical solution and easier to support. Drupal 9’s hosting requirements are more resource hungry and require more technical expertise than WordPress to support, meaning that hosting a WordPress website will be much cheaper than Drupal.
For example, we charge £100+ a month to host drupal 9 websites, whereas it’s £30+ for WordPress websites. As WordPress is the world’s most popular website platform, there are a lot more people invested in supporting the platform, and more developers specialising in WordPress, than Drupal.
WordPress has become more advanced in the last few years, we’re now building websites in WordPress that we would have built in Drupal before.
If you have a Drupal 7 website and are in need of an upgrade but are afraid of the cost, let us know, and with a chat and more information about your site we can quote for either a Drupal 7-9 upgrade to a rebuild in WordPress.