How to find version of Drupal installed

**The really easy way is:** go to your site, and into the Browser go to: view source.

Generally you can find:

<!-- begin snippet: js hide: false console: true -->

<!-- language: lang-html -->

<meta name="generator" content="Drupal 7 (

[To see links please register here]

)" />

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Or just press: Ctrl/Cmd "F": And find the word Drupal.

You will find the Drupal version in the code without check anything in the admin.

Drupal 8 programmatically: `\DRUPAL::VERSION`

Open project folder.
Look for CHANGELOG.txt and open it.
Here you can find version.

**For Drupal7**

Two ways you can find installed drupal version.for this you have to logged in as admin.

1.Go to Url 'admin/reports/status',on status report page it will show first drupal with its version.

2.Go to Url 'admin/modules',on finding core tab ,we can find drupal contributed modules with 'version'.

**For Drupal8**

Open drupal\core\lib\Drupal.php in your text editor

you will see something like this (from line 79 to line 84)

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<!-- language: lang-html -->

open drupal\core\lib\Drupal.php in your text editor

you will see something like this (from line 79 to line 84)

class Drupal {

/**
* The current system version.
*/
const VERSION = '8.2.3';


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***In Drupal 7***

Open CHANGELOG.txt and the top most version will be the installed version.

***In Drupal 8***

Open core/lib/Drupal.php file and there will be a version mentioned like
const VERSION = '8.1.8';

***Drush Tool***

Drush status

***Admin Interface***

Go to Administer -> Reports -> Status Report or enter URL /admin/reports/status

> Above is the simplest way otherwise installed ***wappalyzer*** browser
> addons and see the magic.

Drupal 7
admin->modules->(see version of core module like block )
admin->reports->status->drupal version

Drupal 8
admin->reports->updates : see Drupal core

In Drupal admin panel, you can find using the menu as follows,
Drupal admin **Reports->Status report**.
or else

You can find Drupal version via URL or View Source.

URL=> type **CHANGELOG.txt** in <http://example.com/CHANGELOG.txt>

View Source => You can find this by the following [meta tag]

[![enter image description here][1]][1]

This meta tag appears only in Drupal Site. You can confirm that the web application is based on Drupal CMS.


[1]:

use drush to know which drupal version you are using.
command : drush status

Below is the list of information it will show:

Drupal version : 8.7.10
Site URI :

[To see links please register here]

DB driver : mysql
DB hostname : localhost
DB port : 3306
DB username : root
DB name : drupal_8_7_10
PHP binary : /usr/bin/php7.4
PHP config : /etc/php/7.4/cli/php.ini
PHP OS : Linux
Drush script : /opt/lampp/htdocs/drupal-8.7.10/vendor/drush/drush/drus
h
Drush version : 10.2.0
Drush temp : /tmp
Drush configs : /opt/lampp/htdocs/drupal-8.7.10/vendor/drush/drush/drus
h.yml
Drupal root : /opt/lampp/htdocs/drupal-8.7.10
Site path : sites/default

To find the version of Drupal installed, follow these steps:

- Log in to your Drupal website as an administrator.
- Go to the "Reports" section in the admin panel, located under the
"Reports" tab.
- Scroll down to the "System Information" section, and look for the
"Drupal Version" field.
- The version of Drupal installed will be displayed next to "Drupal
Version."

**Note:** If you do not have access to the Drupal admin panel, you can also check the version of Drupal installed by looking at the version number in the "core" directory located in the Drupal installation directory. Drupal 8,9 /web/core/lib/Drupal.php