Deprecation Plan

Note

This article only refers to InterWorx servers that are not managed by Liquid Web or Nexcess.

In order to provide an up-to-date user experience, features are sometimes removed, changed, or updated.

This page lists upcoming and past feature deprecations and removals.

• Deprecated: No longer recommended, and will be removed in a future version of InterWorx

  • No longer providing updates outside of security and bug fixes

  • Recommended action should be taken as soon as possible

• Removed/EOL: Removed from InterWorx, or reached End of Life status

  • No longer be providing any updates at all, including for security or bug fixes

  • Tickets submitted to Support will only be answered with advice to follow the Recommended Action listed

  • Feature will be unusable

A service or feature will be marked as Deprecated or Removed/EOL using either a specific date or a specific InterWorx version

• Date: The feature was deprecated or removed on that date, which did not correspond with a specific version

• InterWorx Version: The feature was deprecated or removed in that version

Contents

• Deprecation Plan

  • Upcoming Deprecations and Removals

  • Past Deprecations and Removals

Upcoming Deprecations and Removals

Feature	Details	Recommended Action	Deprecated	Removed/EOL
Internal PHP version 7.2	Due to PHP 7.2 reaching EOL status, the internal PHP version will be upgraded to 8.1	Verify that all third-party plugins function with PHP version 8.1	InterWorx 7.10.2	InterWorx 8
Horde Webmail Interface	Horde requires PHP 7.4 or below. Since the internal PHP version will be upgraded to 8.1, Horde is no longer compatible Security vulnerability CVE-2022-30287	Use Roundcube for webmail services	InterWorx 7.10.2	InterWorx 8
Webalizer Stats Program	Webalizer is not supported in EL9	Use AWStats	InterWorx 7.10.2	InterWorx 8

Past Deprecations and Removals

Feature	Details	Recommended Action	Removed/EOL
Squirrelmail	Squirrelmail was no longer being updated	Use Roundcube or Horde for webmail services	InterWorx 6.3.9
Internal PHP version 5.6	Due to PHP 5.6 reaching EOL status, the internal PHP version was upgraded to 7.2	Verify that all third-party plugins function with PHP version 7.2	InterWorx 6
EL5 Support	EL5 reached EOL status March 31, 2017	Migrate to a server using CentOS 6 or CentOS 7	InterWorx 5.1.49
Certbo-auto for Let’s Encrypt	Let’s Encrypt announced in December 2020 that they would be deprecating certbot-auto. Certbot-auto was replaced by Snapd for generating Let’s Encrypt certificates	IW6 Servers: Update to InterWorx 7. Documentation can be found here IW7 Servers: None, this was an automated update change	InterWorx 7.8.0
Snapd for Let’s Encrypt	Due to compatibility issues with Snapd and CloudLinux, Snapd was replaced on IW7 servers with AcmePHP for generating Let’s Encrypt certificates	None, this was an automated update change	InterWorx 7.11.2
EL6 Support	EL6 reached EOL status November 30, 2020	Migrate to a server running a supported os	November 1, 2023
InterWorx 6	InterWorx 6 will reach public EOL status in the near future	Update to InterWorx 7. Documentation can be found here	InterWorx 6.14.2