Craft 6 and Laravel: What You Need To Know

Craft CMS is migrating from Yii 2 to Laravel in its upcoming version 6, announced at Dot All 2025. The transition is designed to be low-friction thanks to a first-party Yii 2 adapter package (`craftcms/yii2-adapter`) that bridges Yii 2 API calls to Laravel equivalents at runtime, allowing most plugins to work without code changes. The core Craft architecture — Elements, Fields, Sections, Matrix, Twig templating — remains unchanged; only the underlying framework plumbing is swapped. Craft 6 also brings new content authoring features including content releases, scheduled drafts, approval workflows, and a redesigned UI with dark mode and WCAG 2.2 compliance. Craft 5 has been designated an LTS release with support through 2031, removing any urgency to migrate immediately. Craft 6 stable release is targeted for Q4 2026.