This is not a mystery anymore, Magento 1 End of Life is happening in 2020! Don’t wait until the last moment to migrate to Magento 2 or to another eCommerce platform.
To help you make the right decision for your business, we synthesize the most important dates that you need to be aware of. Don’t be left behind.
December 31, 2018: This is the date that PHP 5.6 goes End of Life. After this date, there won’t be any more security updates for this critical server software that most servers hosting Magento 1 website are utilizing. If you stay on an old version of PHP, your hosting account will inevitably have known security holes that hackers can exploit.
June 2020: This is the official date that Magento will stop publishing Community and Enterprise 1.x security patches. This should be seen as a red line for merchants. Once June 2020 comes and goes, any Magento 1 security vulnerabilities that are discovered are not expected to be addressed by the Magento team. This means that Magento 1 sites will become sitting ducks. This is the Magento 1 end of life!
November 30, 2020: While it’s not advisable to stay on Magento 1 past June 2020 for security reasons, if you’re the gambling type and take that risk, you’re going to have to contend with CentOS 6 going end of life too.
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