Migrate Drupal Without Losing Data, Rankings, or Uptime

Drupal 7 reached its official end of life on January 5, 2025, after 14 years of support. The Drupal Security Team no longer issues security advisories, and the community no longer maintains Drupal 7 core or contributed modules. Extended commercial support is available through certified partners only until January 5, 2027.

Both are fully supported. Drupal 11, released in August 2024, is the latest version and the strongest long-term choice. Drupal 10 is supported until December 9, 2026. Because Drupal 8 and 9 are already end of life, we migrate directly to 10 or 11 rather than staging through unsupported versions.

Yes. The modern standard is a direct migration from Drupal 7 into Drupal 10 or 11 using the Migrate API, Migrate Plus, and Migrate Tools. Routing through Drupal 8 is no longer recommended because Drupal 8 itself is unsupported.

Yes. Every node, taxonomy term, field, media file, and revision is mapped to its Drupal 10/11 equivalent and verified with automated source-to-target reconciliation. You receive a reconciliation report so nothing silently drops.

We engineer a 1:1 redirect map from every legacy URL, preserve canonical tags and structured data, and validate the redirects before go-live. The goal is for rankings and organic traffic to hold through the cutover rather than drop.

We run a module-by-module audit during Discovery. Each custom or contributed D7 module is either rebuilt for Drupal 10/11 or replaced with a supported equivalent, so the gap is identified and scoped before the budget is committed.

Timeline depends on content volume, custom module count, and integration complexity. We scope a specific timeline during the Discovery assessment after inventorying your site, rather than quoting a generic figure up front.

Cost is driven by site complexity, not a fixed package. We scope every project in a Discovery assessment and price it against your actual modules, content, and integrations. There are no hidden tiers — you see the full scope before work begins.

An upgrade moves you between modern major versions (for example Drupal 9 to 10 or 11), which is relatively straightforward. A migration rebuilds content and configuration from an older architecture such as Drupal 7, where a direct in-place upgrade is not possible.

We use a staged, parallel-run cutover with a tested rollback path. The new site is built and verified in staging, and the switch to production is a planned, low-downtime event rather than an in-place rewrite.

Acquia was founded by Drupal’s creator, and partner status reflects verified platform depth. Combined with ISO 27001 and 9001 certification and a Drupal.org contribution record since 2012, it means your migration is planned by a team embedded in the platform you are moving to.

Yes. We migrate from WordPress, TYPO3, Joomla, and legacy or static platforms into Drupal, carrying content, structure, and the user experience across while modernizing the underlying architecture.

Running end-of-life software can put a site out of compliance with standards such as FedRAMP, PCI, HIPAA, and SOC 2, and third-party scans now flag Drupal 7 as insecure. Migrating to a supported version closes those audit and security gaps.

Yes. We provide go-live hypercare, performance tuning, and ongoing Drupal maintenance and SRE support after the cutover, so the migrated site stays secure, fast, and current.