Magento extends support for Magento 1
Magento has clarified its plans for Magento 1 and has now officially announced that it will continue supporting the platform until June 2020.
Magento recognizes that many organizations still running on Magento 1 need more time to move to Magento 2. By extending support for the software, Magento gives these customers the time and confidence to upgrade when it suits them best.
Magento 1 Commerce & Open Source
Magento 1 Commerce (formerly Enterprise Edition) will receive software support until June 2020, covering both bug fixes and security patches. Magento 1 Open Source (formerly Community Edition) will receive security patches only until June 2020, keeping online stores on this edition secure.
Support for PHP 7
Magento also addressed support for PHP 5.6. As you may know, PHP itself will stop supporting version 5.6 on December 31, 2018.
PHP 7.2 is the only version that will still be supported until June 2020. Magento will therefore add PHP 7.2 support to the latest versions of Magento 1 Commerce and Magento 1 Open Source, with a new minor release of Magento 1 due before the end of the year.
Migrating to Magento 2
Now that Magento 1 has a firm end date, the logical next step is to migrate to Magento 2 as soon as possible. A migration like this takes time to complete, so it’s wise to get started right away.
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