Staying on Magento 1, safely
End-of-life doesn't mean unusable. It means Adobe no longer ships patches, so the responsibility for keeping the store secure shifts to you — and to whoever maintains it. Plenty of merchants have a genuine business case for staying a while longer:
A migration that isn't due yet. The store works, the budget for a full M2 rebuild isn't there this year, and a rushed migration would be worse than a planned one.
A heavily customised build. Years of bespoke functionality that needs careful re-engineering for M2 — not something to do under time pressure.
A working operation. Integrations, workflows and a catalogue that all function. The risk of disruption outweighs the benefit of moving today.
What M1 maintenance covers
Security patches
With Adobe support ended, patches come from the community and from us — backporting fixes, applying OpenMage's security releases, and closing known vulnerabilities an unmaintained M1 store accumulates.
OpenMage migration
OpenMage LTS is the community-maintained fork of Magento 1 — a drop-in path to keep getting security and compatibility updates. We assess fit and move eligible stores across.
PHP 8 compatibility
Old M1 stores often run on long-dead PHP versions. We bring stores to PHP-version compatibility (via OpenMage) so your hosting and security posture aren't stuck in the past.
PCI compliance
An unpatched M1 store is a PCI problem. We help close the gaps that compliance scans flag, and are honest about which gaps maintenance can close and which need migration.
Bug fixes & uptime
The day-to-day: a broken checkout path, a failing integration, a performance issue. Senior attention from people who actually remember how M1 works.
M2 upgrade planning
The eventual exit. We map a realistic path to Magento 2 — what migrates, what gets rebuilt, what it costs — so the move happens on your timeline, not in a crisis. (Linked: /services/magento-1-to-magento-2/)
OpenMage vs staying on stock M1
If you're staying on the Magento 1 codebase, OpenMage LTS is almost always the right foundation. It's the community-maintained fork that picked up where Adobe left off — same architecture, same extensions, but with ongoing security and PHP-compatibility updates that stock Magento 1 no longer gets.
For most M1 stores the move to OpenMage is low-risk and high-value:
It's designed as a drop-in replacement — your customisations and extensions generally carry over
It restores a source of security patches and modern PHP support
It buys you a safe runway to plan the eventual M2 migration without pressure
We assess whether your store is a clean candidate, handle the move, and then maintain it. Where a store is too customised for a straightforward OpenMage move, we'll say so — and that's usually a sign the M2 conversation is closer than you thought.
OpenMage: the realistic way to stay
What we have built
A real platform migration — Shopify to Magento 2, with the data and rankings kept whole.
