Time to Upgrade to the new MODX?

October 13, 2025

Over the past year, we’ve been busy converting a number of websites to the new branch of MODX, version 3, and we’ve been setting up all new websites with this version. The previous branch, MODX 2.8, will continue to be supported for some time, although only for things like bug fixes and security updates, not new features. MODX 3 has become pretty reliable at this point, and just about all plugins have been updated to work with it. So whereas in the past we have told most clients to hold off on upgrading, at this point we are whole-heartedly behind transitioning to keep our clients’ websites current going well into the future. The new version definitely looks more visually appealing and has new features that are pretty great. It’s also much better for programmers, using up-to-date coding capabilities.

We now have a set of standard upgrade procedures that make updating websites more efficient. Some sites will definitely take a bit more time, because in addition to upgrading MODX, it’s important to use the new branch of PHP (the coding language that runs MODX and custom scripts we create), and there are some incompatibilities with older versions of PHP. In our experience so far, those incompatibilities are pretty minor in the scripts we typically use for websites and are easily remedied. 

If you’re interested in upgrading your website(s), let us know and we’ll give you a quote for your specific website setup.