End of life / Craft CMS / 5
Supported
Craft CMS 5 is supported.
Active support until 31 Dec 2030, then security fixes until 31 Dec 2031.
- Released
- 26 Mar 2024
- Active support
- until 31 Dec 2030
- Security fixes
- until 31 Dec 2031
- Latest
- 5.11.5.1
No upgrade needed yet.
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
How to check your version
Which Craft CMS is this site on?
In the app
$ php craft --version
Craft CMS 5.8.20
In the lock file
$ composer show craftcms/cms | grep versions
versions : * 5.8.20
# composer.lock is what deploys
In the control panel
Utilities → System Report
# shows Craft, plugin and PHP versions
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.