End of life / Craft CMS / 4
End of life
Craft CMS 4 is past end of life.
Security fixes stopped on 30 Apr 2026, 182 days ago. New vulnerabilities in 4 won’t be fixed.
- Released
- 4 May 2022
- Active support
- ended 30 Apr 2025
- Security fixes
- ended 30 Apr 2026
- Latest
- 4.18.9
Upgrade to Craft CMS 5: security fixes until 31 Dec 2031.
Release cycles
Every Craft CMS cycle, at a glance.
Active support means bug fixes and security fixes; after it, security fixes only. Past the end of security support, nothing.
- Active support
- Security fixes only
- Supported
- Ends within 90 days
- Ended
Cycle
Status
Released
Active until
Security until
Latest
What to upgrade to
Go to 5.
5 is the newest supported Craft CMS cycle, with security fixes until 31 Dec 2031.
Before you upgrade
Update to the latest release of your current major first, then follow the upgrade guide. Plugins need versions that support the new major. Read the Craft CMS 5 upgrade guide
How to check your version
Which Craft CMS is this site on?
In the app
In the lock file
In the control panel
Know before support ends.
Porro reads the PHP, framework and database version from every site and tells you 90 days before support runs out.
Dates from endoflife.date/craft-cms, checked daily · data as of 29 Oct 2026.