**CERN is migrating from Drupal to WordPress**, leveraging a modern ecosystem offering improved accessibility, responsiveness, and workflow efficiency. The decision to adopt WordPress as CERN's future content management system follows an extensive review of both Drupal and several other alternative systems: a process requested and overseen by the Web Governance Board initially motivated by the increasing complexity and maintenance demands of supporting the status quo. You can find more information about WordPress and the process leading to its adoption [here](https://wordpress.docs.cern.ch/background/background/).
WordPress presents a unique opportunity to modernise our extensive digital presence, leveraging the rich WordPress ecosystem to address the many shortcomings and difficulties inherent to Drupal. With the Web Governance Board's endorsement, WordPress will be the foundation for CERN's web presence in the years to come.
**WordPress is officially coming to CERN in 2025.**
**WordPress is officially available at CERN!**
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## News
### March 2025: The Path to WordPress
### May 2025: WordPress is here!
WordPress has officially been released at CERN.
Please visit https://wordpress.docs.cern.ch/ for more information.
Accordingly, the creation of new Drupal websites will be discontinued, favouring WordPress.
This documentation will remain online and accessible for those still using Drupal.
Starting July, automated migrations to WordPress of conformant Drupal websites will begin.
Customised Drupal websites are encouraged to strip away customisation in order to qualify for, and benefit from, the automated migration.
Websites not immediately suited for automated migration will be contacted on a case-by-case basis, outlining the necessary steps for compliance.
This is a joint effort led by the Web Team and the IT Drupal/WordPress Infrastructure team and will continue throughout the rest of the year before concluding in early 2026.
See you on WordPress!
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<summary><h3>March 2025: The Path to WordPress</h3></summary>
WordPress is coming to CERN with a scheduled production release in May 2025.
The official release of WordPress at CERN also marks the beginning of the end of Drupal as an official service at CERN.
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Once your WordPress websites becomes your primary website, the Drupal website will stick around behind CERN SSO for a period of time before eventually being decommisioned.
More information can be found at https://wordpress.docs.cern.ch/.
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<summary><h3>September 2024: Update to timeline and plans, WordPress Lite and much more</h3></summary>
