Deprecated capabilities in Sitefinity CMS

Overview

The capabilities listed below are no longer supported. This means that starting from the respective Sitefinity CMS version, no further feature development and no bug fixes will be provided. In terms of related technical support, we will provide best-effort support, which means that the availability of knowledge and skills to diagnose and resolve technical issues is not guaranteed.

RECOMMENDATION: If your project is running on a version where the listed capability is still supported, you may continue to use it, however we recommend switching to an alternative option.

Discontinued or deprecated capability Discontinued since Alternative option
More information
Integration of Twitter with the Publishing system in Sitefinity CMS

Sitefinity CMS 15.2

Release date:
October 29, 2024

Before the upgrade, we recommend that you consider the following:

  • Remove the Twitter Feed widget to prevent yellow screens on your front-end pages.
  • To achieve similar integration of X with the Publishing system, use Service hooks or Sitefinity Integration Hub.

As of version Sitefinity 15.2, the integration of Twitter (rebranded to X) with the Publishing system in Sitefinity CMS will be discontinued. As a result, you are no longer able to include Twitter feed as source or target destination in your feeds.
Only pages based on Web Forms or hybrid templates are affected because Twitter Feed is a Web Forms widget.
For more information, see Upcoming deprecation of Twitter integration with Publishing system.

Sitefinity Project Manager

Sitefinity CMS 15.0

Release date:
October 31, 2023

For available installation options, see Install Sitefinity CMS As of version Sitefinity 15.0, Sitefinity Project Manager is no longer available for download either as trial, or as licensed application. You can no longer download any corresponding installer MSI file under Your Account.
MySQL and Oracle RDBMS

Sitefinity CMS 15.0

Release date:
October 31, 2023

For available supported alternatives, see System requirements
With the release of Sitefinity 15.0, the support for MySQL and Oracle is discontinued. It is no longer possible to create Sitefinity projects using MySQL and Oracle databases.
For recommendations on how to migrate to a supported alternative, see the FAQ page MySQL Database Management Deprecation in Sitefinity.

Legacy authentication modes (OpenID, SWT, and Forms)

Sitefinity CMS 14.4

Release date: March 29, 2023

Default authentication Internal Identity Provider (IdentityServer3) is no longer supported. The corresponding code is removed.
Universal Analytics (UA)
July 1, 2023 Google Analytics 4 Google has deprecated its Analytics solution – Universal Analytics (UA) on July 1, 2023. Sitefinity CMS Analytics dashboard relies on UA. To continue using uninterrupted analytics for your sites, use the recommendations on how to migrate to Google Analytics 4 in Sitefinity CMS. For more information, see Google Universal Analytics Sunset: How to Migrate to Google Analytics 4.
  • Web Forms widgets for front-end development
  • Web Forms widget templates
  • Hybrid page templates
  • Mobile & Responsive module

Sitefinity CMS 14.1

Release date: March 14, 2022

  • ASP.NET Core widgets, pages, and templates
  • Next.js widgets, pages, and templates
Web Forms capabilities for new projects are not available. The recommended frontend technology options are ASP.NET Core and Next.js.
Support for Web Forms in the Sitefinity frontend was discontinued in version 14.1. However, these capabilities are still included in later versions, such as 15.x, only to facilitate the transition to ASP.NET Core or Next.js.
Progress strongly advises against using Web Forms for production deployments in any version beyond 13.3 LTS, which is the last officially supported version for Web Forms. Customers who choose to deploy Web Forms-based websites on versions beyond 13.3, do so at their own risk.
Web Forms capabilities are no longer eligible for support, feature development or bug fixes, including security updates. Any newly introduced or discovered issues, including critical bugs without workarounds, will not be addressed.
Classic content UI

Sitefinity CMS 14.1

Release date: March 14, 2022

New UI (New Content Editing Experience) It is no longer possible to switch between the New and the Classic interface. The New UI is now the only interface available for all Sitefinity CMS users. For more information, see FAQ: Deprecated Capabilities in Sitefinity CMS.
Sitefinity CMS built-in Ecommerce module

Sitefinity CMS 14.0

Release date: Sept. 15, 2021 

Ucommerce
All Ecommerce assembly files and APIs are removed from the project source code. Progress has partnered with Ucommerce to provide a comprehensive, feature-rich replacement. For more information, see Ucommerce for Sitefinity
Forms and SWT authentication mechanisms

Sitefinity CMS 14.0

Release date: Sept. 15, 2021 

Default and OpenID authentication protocols The basic settings authentication screen has been removed for new projects and is only visible for projects that use Forms authentication. For more information, see Authentication.
Sitefinity CMS implementation of GitHub authentication provider

Sitefinity CMS 14.0

Release date: Sept. 15, 2021 

We recommend implementing the authentication via custom code Sitefinity CMS implementation of GitHub authentication provider is no longer supported. GitHub announced that they have deprecated API authentication through query parameters as of Sept. 8, 2021. For more information, see Deprecating API authentication through query parameters.
Amazon CloudSearch

Sitefinity CMS 13.3

Release date: March 10, 2021

Built-in search services: Lucene, Azure Search, and Elasticsearch Amazon CloudSearch is no longer supported. If you have Amazon CloudSearch setup, the system status dashboard widget will report an error. We suggest configuring one of the three built-in search services instead. For more information, see Compare search services.
Social media widgets

Sitefinity CMS 11.1

Release date: Nov. 12, 2018

Custom service or third-party service You can integrate social media sharing buttons into your Sitefinity CMS website content. For more information, see Make Your Website Content Shareable with Social Media Sharing Buttons.
DropBox provider

Sitefinity CMS 11.0

Release date: May 30, 2018

 External Blob storage provider You can use an external Blob storage provider, such as Microsoft Azure Blob storage, or Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3).
Sitefinity Thunder

Sitefinity CMS 11.0

Release date: May 30, 2018

Sitefinity VSIX  
Default backend theme

Sitefinity CMS 10.2

Release date: Nov. 14, 2017

Light theme Light theme is now the only option.
Sitefinity Silverlight upload mode

Sitefinity CMS 10.2

Release date: Nov. 14, 2017

HTML 5 upload module
Progress Sitefinity now only supports HTML 5 upload module as the default upload mode.
Blogging with Windows Live Write

Sitefinity CMS 10.0

Release date: March 14, 2017

   
Old Twitter Widget (TwitterWidget)

Sitefinity CMS 10.0

Release date: March 14, 2017

Custom service or third-party service
You can integrate a Twitter sharing button into your Sitefinity CMS website content. For more information, see Make Your Website Content Shareable with Social Media Sharing Buttons.
Sitefinity Connector for Telerik Backend Services (Everlive)

Sitefinity CMS 10.0

Release date: March 14, 2017

You can easily create Sitefinity web services
The Sitefinity Connector for Telerik Backend Services has been discontinued.
For more information, see Sitefinity Connector for Telerik Backend Services is Discontinued.
DAM Module (Lightening)

Sitefinity CMS 10.0

Release date: March 14, 2017

  The Sitefinity DAM module has been discontinued.
Sitefinity Mobile App Builder

Sitefinity CMS 9.2

Release date: Oct. 02, 2016

  The Sitefinity Mobile App Builder has been discontinued.
Migration Module

Sitefinity CMS 9.2

Release date: Oct. 02, 2016

  The Migration Module has been discontinued. This capability was only used to migrate legacy projects from version 3.x to 4.x, which are retired.
Sitefinity Desktop Application

Sitefinity CMS 9.1

Release date: May 19, 2016

  The Sitefinity Desktop Application has been discontinued.
For more information, see Sitefinity Desktop Application Discontinued with 9.1 Release.

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If you have specific questions, feedback or ideas, you can contact Sitefinity Support team by logging a Support Case, or submit a product enhancement request on Sitefinity Ideas and Feedback Portal.

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