{"id":4903,"date":"2020-08-27T18:48:24","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T13:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/?p=4903"},"modified":"2025-02-27T17:52:28","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T12:22:28","slug":"tips-to-prepare-for-installing-the-latest-version-of-drupal-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/tips-to-prepare-for-installing-the-latest-version-of-drupal-9","title":{"rendered":"Tips to Prepare for Installing the Latest Version of Drupal 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_72 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/tips-to-prepare-for-installing-the-latest-version-of-drupal-9\/#Is_There_Any_Need_to_Upgrade_to_Drupal_9\" title=\"Is There Any Need to Upgrade to Drupal 9?\">Is There Any Need to Upgrade to Drupal 9?<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/tips-to-prepare-for-installing-the-latest-version-of-drupal-9\/#When_Updating_from_Drupal_7\" title=\"When Updating from Drupal 7:\">When Updating from Drupal 7:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/tips-to-prepare-for-installing-the-latest-version-of-drupal-9\/#When_Upgrading_from_Drupal_8\" title=\"When Upgrading from Drupal 8:\">When Upgrading from Drupal 8:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/tips-to-prepare-for-installing-the-latest-version-of-drupal-9\/#Check_the_Status_and_Update\" title=\"Check the Status and Update:\">Check the Status and Update:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Websites owners must be aware that Drupal 9 is there in the market and they must be planning to upgrade to the latest edition of the web content management framework, but before that you need to know a few things before proceeding. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The right information and approach will help you to upgrade seamlessly and so here in this blog we will discuss some of the most important features that should be considered before initiating the update process.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Website owners and developers both are gearing all over the globe for updating their favorite web development framework and so many of them are looking to hire a reliable Drupal migration service provider that can help to install the latest version. So here is want they should look for at first:<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_There_Any_Need_to_Upgrade_to_Drupal_9\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #008000;\"><strong>Is There Any Need to Upgrade to Drupal 9?<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The first thing that you need to consider is the need of the upgrade.\u00a0 Since to make it compatible with your site, you will need to make some key changes, which will allow you to streamline the web content, SEO and also help to remove inefficient sections. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">You have to check whether the new release will help to expand your business base and if you are also ready for the key changes:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">More advanced versions of the PHP framework<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">New libraries for jQuery and UI components to the CMS<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Updated version of the libraries<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"When_Updating_from_Drupal_7\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #003366;\"><strong>When Updating from Drupal 7:<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">If you are using Drupal 7 website, and want to update to Drupal 9, then it will of course be a major update. It will also make the further updates easier and faster. So it is suggested to upgrade to Drupal 8 and then install to the latest version. Drupal 8 migration may be a complex thing, but there is no direct upgrade to the existing codebase. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">So all you need to do is opt for a new <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/drupal-development\/\">Drupal website development<\/a><\/span> and them important all your data.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"box-shadow: 0 0 16px #cccccc; padding: 10px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Also Read:<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"\/blog\/drupal-9-cms-and-the-rich-features-that-it-offers\">Drupal 9 CMS and the Rich Features that it Offers<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"When_Upgrading_from_Drupal_8\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">When Upgrading from Drupal 8:<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Upgrading to the latest Drupal 9 version from Drupal 8 is of course a seamless process and the core code of Drupal 8.9 matches completely with the latest version. So in case you are using the latest version of Drupal 8, then you can enjoy some improvements on an update, which includes UI modernization, layout builder, migration management tools, automatic updates and also improved media management among the rest.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Check_the_Status_and_Update\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #003366;\"><strong>Check the Status and Update:<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The upgrade from Drupal 8 to 9 is created around deprecation so once the installation is done, you don\u2019t have to depend on deprecated codes. It is important to keep all your module updates and since Drupal 9 doesn\u2019t come with major changes to the core code.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Non Composer Based Installation<\/strong>:<\/span> If you have a website which is not built on a composer, then we recommend you to convert it to a composer based one so that you can easily manage the <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/drupal-development\/\">Drupal CMS development<\/a><\/span> and all its third party dependencies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Composer Based Installation<\/strong>:<\/span> If your website is already using a composer, then things are much easier and all you need to do us to upgrade your Drupal 8 core to the latest version.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"box-shadow: 0 0 16px #cccccc; padding: 10px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Also Read:<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"\/blog\/the-journey-of-drupal-from-1-0-to-drupal-8\">The Journey of Drupal from 1.0 To Drupal 8<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Websites owners must be aware that Drupal 9 is there in the market and they must be planning to upgrade to the latest edition of the web content management framework, but before that you need to know a few things&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[256],"tags":[754,534],"class_list":["post-4903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cms","tag-drupal-cms-development","tag-drupal-development"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4903"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11350,"href":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4903\/revisions\/11350"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.idslogic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}