Drupal 8 EOL leaves contributed projects in a state where they’re prone to security threats. Therefore they must upgrade to the latest versions. All contributed projects which are only compatible with Drupal 8 core (with 8.y.x version numbers) remain unsupported since November 17, 2021.

1. Road Ahead for Drupal 8
Contributed Projects After
End of Life

2. The alarming rate of cyber threats pose
serious concern for the companies.
The number of malicious attacks,
ransomware could cost the companies a
chunk of revenue.
Drupal core version 8 was released on
November 19, 2015. It’s shelf life ended on
November 2, 2021, which is also known
as “Drupal 8 end of life”. This means that
the Drupal official community will not
provide security support for any of the
earlier releases of Drupal 8 core or
contributed project releases that are
compatible with only Drupal 8.

3. About 88% of the top 1000 contributed
modules are also compatible with Drupal
9, which means that they have usability in
both Drupal 8 and 9.
Moreover, 50% of all Drupal 8 contributed
modules are also compatible with the
newer Drupal version, while 20% of these
only require upgrade of info.yml file or/and
composer.json file for them to be Drupal 9
compatible.

4. Migrating to Drupal 9 helps you get
enticing features of this version. Features
such as richer media management,
accessibility of powerful visual designing,
front end facilities, intuitive designs, and
improvement in further migration, can help
you or your clients reap several benefits in
the long run.
With such innovative features of newer
Drupal versions, and ease of upgrade from
Drupal 8, migrating to these higher Drupal
versions is more than just a security fix.

5. Read more here-
Road ahead for Drupal 8 contributed
projects