Good People Technologies provides Drupal support and maintenance services that keep your site secure and fast. We handle updates and fixes and plan Drupal upgrades. We also connect Drupal to your other systems.
Drupal 10 reaches end of life on December 9, 2026. If your site still runs Drupal 10 or an older version, now is the time to plan the move to Drupal 11. That upgrade can be part of ongoing Drupal website maintenance or a one-time project.
What is Drupal and who uses it?
Drupal is an open-source content management system known for flexibility and security. It is common among:
- Higher education
- Nonprofits and NGOs
- Government and public sector
- Enterprises with content-heavy sites
- Healthcare organizations
What do Drupal support services include?
- Security updates and patching
- Performance monitoring and speed audits
- Bug fixes and troubleshooting
- Regular CMS health checks
- Custom module development
- API integrations
- Caching and CDN configuration
- Access control best practices
Drupal support and maintenance plans
Most Drupal sites need steady care more than big projects. That’s why our Drupal support and maintenance plans run on a retainer, so routine work happens on a schedule instead of when something breaks. A plan can include:
- Core and module security updates, tested on a copy of the site before they go live
- Performance monitoring, with a speed audit when pages slow down
- Regular health checks of modules, logs and user permissions
- Fixes for bugs and broken integrations
- Upgrade planning, so the next major version doesn’t arrive as a surprise
If you only need help with one problem, such as a slow site or a failed update, we can also take it on as a one-time project.
Do you handle Drupal upgrades?
Yes. We plan and carry out upgrades from Drupal 10 to Drupal 11 and migrations from Drupal 7 or 8, along with upgrade planning for the road ahead.
Drupal 10 end of life: what to do before December 9, 2026
According to the Drupal core release schedule, Drupal 10 reaches end of life on December 9, 2026. Drupal 10.6 is its last minor version, and security support for it ends that week. As a result, a Drupal 10 site will stop getting core security fixes.
Drupal 12 is scheduled for release the same week. Even so, the next step for a Drupal 10 site is Drupal 11, because major upgrades go one version at a time. Drupal 11 is supported until early December 2028, which leaves time to plan the move to Drupal 12 later.
In our Drupal maintenance services, a typical Drupal 11 upgrade covers these steps:
- Check your Drupal version, contributed modules and themes. The Upgrade Status module shows what still needs work
- Update or replace modules that have no Drupal 11 release, and fix custom code that uses deprecated APIs
- Confirm that your hosting supports the PHP version Drupal 11 requires
- Test the upgrade on a copy of the site, then schedule the switch for a quiet time
Sites still on Drupal 7 are already past end of life, which came on January 5, 2025. Moving them is a migration rather than an upgrade, because the site has to be rebuilt on modern Drupal and the content moved over. Our Drupal support services cover both paths.
Where does AI fit with Drupal?
AI is only useful when it can see the systems your business actually runs on. A clean Drupal setup with reliable connections to your other systems comes first. From there, AI can take on part of the work while Drupal keeps doing what it was designed to do.
Good uses of AI on top of a well-run system include:
- Plain-English questions about your own numbers
- Catching the misses between systems that no single app can see
- Sorting and checking work that a person does by hand today
Nothing goes to a customer without a person approving it. Read more about our AI implementation for small businesses.
Drupal itself now includes AI options too. Drupal CMS 2.0, released on January 28, 2026 and built on Drupal core 11.3, makes Drupal Canvas the default visual editor. It also adds optional AI tools that can:
- Generate full pages from a text prompt, using your site’s Canvas components
- Help with site-building tasks, such as creating content types and adding fields
- Draft image alt text that a person reviews before it goes live
Drupal CMS has built-in support for amazee.ai, OpenAI and Anthropic as AI providers. Before you turn these tools on, decide which provider fits your data rules and who reviews what the AI writes. Both decisions can be part of your Drupal support and maintenance plan.
How does a project with Good People Technologies start?
- An intro call to understand what is stuck
- A systems map of your current software and processes
- A prioritized plan with a clear scope
- Build and test before anything goes live
- Ongoing support on a project or retainer basis
Most of our work is helping businesses choose and connect proven software that is already on the market. We build custom pieces only where a real gap remains. We are not a software reseller, so our advice is not tied to license sales.
Our team is based in Asheville and works in person or remotely across:
- Western North Carolina
- East Tennessee
- Upstate South Carolina
The team also includes onshore and offshore consultants and developers.
Frequently asked questions
How do I know if I need Drupal support and maintenance?
If your site is slow or hard to manage, you likely need ongoing support. The same is true if it has not had regular security updates.
When does Drupal 10 support end?
Drupal 10 reaches end of life on December 9, 2026, according to the Drupal core release schedule. After that, it no longer gets core security fixes, so plan the move to Drupal 11 before then.
Do your Drupal maintenance services include Drupal 11 upgrades?
Yes. The upgrade can be part of an ongoing maintenance plan or a one-time project. Drupal 12 is scheduled for release the week of December 7, 2026, and we can plan that move too once your site is on Drupal 11.
Can you migrate us from Drupal 7 or 8 to Drupal 11?
Yes. We offer full migration planning and execution.
Do you support headless or decoupled Drupal?
Yes. We have integrated Drupal with modern front ends such as React and Vue.
Can you provide Drupal website support remotely?
Yes. Most Drupal website support, such as updates, fixes and monitoring, is done remotely through your hosting and code repository. For clients in Western North Carolina, East Tennessee and Upstate South Carolina, we can also meet in person.