Why it matters now
Your Drupal 7 site still works, but the Drupal Security Team no longer publishes fixes for Drupal 7 core or its modules. New vulnerabilities stay open unless you pay a vendor for extended support.
Older software also gets harder to host. Servers move to newer PHP versions, modules stop working, and small fixes get slower and more expensive.
- No community security fixes
- Harder to host on modern PHP
- Modules no longer maintained
- Accessibility and compliance gaps