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Preparing for Drupal 11: Best Practices for Upgrading from Drupal 9 or 10

Drupal is continually evolving, and keeping your website updated is essential for maintaining security and performance. With the launch of Drupal 11, now is the perfect time to strategize your upgrade from Drupal 9 or 10. This blog serves as a step-by-step guide to best practices for a smooth transition, ensuring your site is future-ready to take advantage of Drupal 11’s new features.

Why Upgrade to Drupal 11?

Drupal 11: New Features to Empower Ambitious Site Builders

Drupal 11 launched in early August, marking a significant milestone achieved through the contributions of 1,858 individuals from 590 organizations. This remarkable teamwork showcases the talent and collaboration of the Drupal community. A big shout-out to everyone involved!

Building on the foundation of Drupal 10, Drupal 11 introduces more intuitive content management tools, enhanced site builder capabilities, and simplified upgrades and maintenance.

According to Dries Buytaert, the Founder and Project Lead of Drupal:

What’s new in Drupal 10

The significance of Drupal 10 lies in its seamless and easy upgrade process. Unlike major overhauls seen in previous versions, Drupal 10 aims to maintain backward compatibility with Drupal 9, making the migration straightforward. This approach ensures that the transition from Drupal 9 to Drupal 10 is not a major disruption for website owners and developers.

Drupal 11: What to expect

Greetings, dear colleagues and friends! It's fascinating to witness the enthusiasm within the Drupal community, even though Drupal 10's release is still a few months away on December 14, 2022. The anticipation for Drupal 11 is palpable, and discussions are already in full swing. People are engaging in lively debates, and the wealth of speculations and assumptions about the upcoming version is incredible.

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 Why Choose Drupal?

Drupal is one of the most popular content management systems currently available in the market. It is one of the largest community of open source and is preferred by everyone from small enterprises to large organizations with complex websites. It is a powerful, secure and accessible one stop solution for all kinds of website requirements.
Some of the robust and out of the box functionalities which makes Drupal the leading CMS are discussed below,

Ease Of Content Creation