The Joomla! Project is pleased to announce the availability of Joomla! CMS 3.1.0 Stable. Joomla 3 is the latest major release of the Joomla CMS, with Joomla 3.1 the second minor release in this series. The Production Leadership Team’s goal is to continue to provide regular, frequent updates to the Joomla community. Learn more about Joomla! development at the Developer Site.

Please note that going from Joomla 3.0 to 3.1 is a one-click upgrade with backward compatibility and is NOT a migration. The same is true is for any subsequent versions in the Joomla 3 series. If you’re running a Joomla 3.0 site, please use the one-click upgrade to get the new features and the latest bugs fixes for 3.1.

Download

New Installations: Click here to download Joomla 3.1.0 (Full package) »

Update Package: Click here to download Joomla 3.0.x to 3.1.0 (Update package) »

Note: Please read the instructions below.

Note: Just in case you need it, we also have 3.0.4 packages available. Version 3.0.4 is exactly the same as version 3.0.3 except that the seven security fixes listed below have been added. We encourage all 3.0 users to upgrade from 3.0 to 3.1 right away as 3.1 contains the security fixes and is a one-click upgrade with full backward compatibility support from 3.0.

Instructions

• New installation and technical requirements
• FAQ on updating from 2.5.x (if desired).  Please read the entire FAQ to get all the pertinent information.
• Migration from Joomla! 1.5.x

Want to test drive Joomla? Try the online demo or the Joomla JumpBox. Documentation is available for beginners.

Please note that you should always backup your site before upgrading.

 

What are the new features of Joomla! 3.1?

• 29855 - Tags (click here to see the recent blog post about it)
• 30298 - Added note form field
• 29822 - Show logs in debug console
• 30085 - Refactor installation to use new application and MVC classes
• 29965 - Added pagination in COM_SEARCH component
• 29770 - Added triggers on save for com_config
• 30230 - JPlugin autoloadLanguage property
• 28924 - Added SQL Server subclass for FinderIndexer
• 30318 - Media wiki package
• 30369 - OpenStreetMap package
• 30364 - UNION ALL feature

Miscellaneous: 28574 – Removed the GeSHi plug-in

What are the other new features of the Joomla! 3 series?

• Incorporation of Twitter Bootstrap into a jui media package.
• A new responsive administrator template–Isis– and interface.
• A new front end template–Protostar– built using Twitter Bootstrap
• Updated accessible template called Beez3
• PostgreSQL Driver. You will be able to run Joomla 3.0 sites using the PostgreSQL database.
• PHP Memcached Driver
• Use of JFeed for feed management rather than SimplePie
• Installation of language packages directly from the extension manager
• Guest user group present by default
• Saving blank articles allowed
• New administrator statistics module
• Update TinyMCE to version 3.5.6
• Continued clean up of older unused code, files and database fields and tables and improved standardization of tables.
• Improvements to Smart Search
• Extensive work on code style standardisation and consistency
• Unit testing in the CMS
• Updated system tests in the CMS 
• Multilanguage: adding items associations in remaining core components.
• Language Installation tool for the Joomla Installer.
• Items associations in multi-language
• Allow different update packages for different version dev levels

What security issues have been fixed in Joomla! 3.1?

• Moderate Priority – Core – XSS Vulnerability. More information »
• Moderate Priority – Core – DOS Vulnerability. More information »
• Low Priority – Core – XSS Vulnerability. More information »
• Low Priority – Core – Information Disclosure. More information »
• Low Priority – Core - XSS Vulnerability. More information »
• Low Priority – Core – Privilege Escalation. More information »
• Low Priority – Core - XSS Vulnerability. More information »

What bugs have been fixed in Joomla! 3.1?

There are a whopping 242 bug fixes for Joomla 3.1.  Because of the large number of fixes, we have listed them separately on the following page:

http://developer.joomla.org/version-3-1-0-release-notes.html

How can I update from Joomla! 3.0 to 3.1?

Joomla 3.0 to 3.1 is a one-click upgrade with backward compatibility and is NOT a migration. The same is true is for any subsequent versions in the Joomla 3 series. Thus, if you’re running a Joomla 3.0 site, please one-click upgrade, within the Joomla! Update component, to Joomla 3.1 to get the new features and the latest bugs fixes.

What is the status of Joomla! 2.5?

Version 2.5 of the Joomla! CMS is a Long Term Support release and support for it will continue until shortly after the release of Joomla 3.5 scheduled for Spring 2014. Joomla 2.5 users do not need to migrate to Joomla 3.1.

Will I be able to update directly to Joomla! 3 from Joomla! 2.5?

Moving to Joomla 3.x from Joomla 2.5 will be a mini-migration not an upgrade, although for the core of Joomla! the migration should be simple. However, it is likely that templates for Joomla 2.5 will need modification to work with Joomla 3 as will many extensions. Always test prior to migrating and consult with the developers of any extensions and templates you use.

What is the status of Joomla! 1.5?

Support for Joomla 1.5 ended in April of 2012 and we continued to support it unofficially until the end of 2012 for medium to high priority security issues.  

Does that mean your 1.5 site will suddenly stop working? No, your site will continue to work as it always has. However, Joomla’s developers will not be releasing new versions for Joomla 1.5, so you won’t be getting bug fixes or security fixes. For this reason, it’s recommended to migrate from 1.5.

Moving from 2.5 to any Joomla 3 version is relatively simple, since Joomla has made the process easy for newer versions. Unfortunately, moving from 1.5 is not a trivial task. Fortunately, there are two good extensions that make the process easier: jUpgrade and SPUpgrade.

You have a choice of going straight to Joomla 3.0 or going to 2.5 first.  Both jUpgrade and SPUpgrade have versions ready for both versions.  Please consult with their documentation on how to migrate from Joomla 1.5 to 3.0/2.5.

For most new/migrated sites, the Joomla! 3 series is the preferred series and starting on it avoids a mini-migration from Joomla 2.5 later down the road. Starting on the Joomla 3 series for a new/migrated site, also provides you with longer backward compatible support (with one-click upgrades) than starting a new site on 2.5 right now, because support for 3.x ends in 2016.

Joomla! Bug Squad

Thanks to the Joomla Bug Squad for their dedicated efforts investigating reports, fixing problems, and applying patches to Joomla. If you find a bug in Joomla, please report it on the Joomla! CMS Issue Tracker.

Active members of the Joomla Bug Squad during past 3 months include: Akarawuth Tamrareang, Aleksander Linkov, Alonzo Turner, Andrea Tarr, Andrew Matthew, Angelika Reisiger, Artur Alves, Arunas Mazeika, Ashan Fernando, Ashwin Date, Ben Tasker, Benjamin Trenkle, Brian Teeman, Chad Windnagle, Chris Smith, Constantin Romankiewicz, David Hurley, Dennis Hermacki, Don Gilbert, Edgars Piruška, Elijah Madden, Elin Waring, Emerson Rocha Luiz, George Wilson, Harald Leithner, Jacques Rentzke, Janich Rasmussen, Javier Gómez, Jean-Marie Simonet, Jon Neubauer, Julien Vonthron, Jurian Even, Kevin Griffiths, Khai Vu Dinh, Lu Nguyen, marco dings, Marijke Stuivenberg, Mark Dexter, Michael Babker, Mihàly Marti, Mihir Chhatre, Mike Biolsi, Nick Savov, Ofer Cohen, Parth Lawate, Patrick Alt, Peter van Westen, Piotr Konieczny, Ram Tripathi, Richard McDaniel, Robert Deutz, Robert Gastaud, Roberto Segura, Roland Dalmulder, Ruth Cheesley, sajal soni, Seth Warburton, Stefania Gaianigo, Tessa Mero, Thomas Hunziker, Thomas Jackson, Tobias Zulauf, Tom Hutchison, Valentin Despa, Yannick Gaultier.

Bug Squad Leadership: Mark Dexter and Nick Savov, Co-Coordinators. Super-star contributors and leaders by example: Jean-Marie Simonet, Elin Waring, David Hurley, and Brian Teeman.

Joomla! Security Strike Team

A big thanks to the Joomla! Security Strike Team for their ongoing work to keep Joomla secure. Members include: Airton Torres, Alan Langford, Andrea Tarr, Bill Richardson, David Hurley, Elin Waring, Gary Brooks, Jason Kendall, Jean-Marie Simonet, Marijke Stuivenberg, Mark Boos, Mark Dexter, Michael Babker, Nick Savov, Pushapraj Sharma, Rouven Weßling.

This release is the result of thousands of hours of work by dozens of volunteers. Thank you so very much for making Joomla the best CMS on the planet!

How can you help Joomla! development?

There are a variety of ways in which you can get actively involved with Joomla! It doesn’t matter if you are a coder, an integrator, or merely a user of Joomla!. You can contact the Joomla! Community Development Manager, David Hurley, david.hurley@joomla.org, to get more information, or if you are ready you can jump right into the Joomla! Bug Squad.

The Joomla Bug Squad is one of the most active teams in the Joomla development process and is always looking for people (not just developers) that can help with sorting bug reports, coding patches and testing solutions. It’s a great way for increasing your working knowledge of Joomla, and also a great way to meet new people from all around the world.

If you are interested, please read about us on the Joomla Wiki and, if you wish to join, email Mark Dexter, one of the Bug Squad co-coordinators.

You can also help Joomla development by thanking those involved in the many areas of the process. The project also wants to thank all of the people who have taken the time to prepare and submit work to be included in Joomla 1.6,1.7, 2.5, & 3.0, 3.1, and to those who have worked very hard on the Joomla Framework.

The Joomla Project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Joomla3.1.1. This is not a security release. This release fixes some problems introduced in the 3.1.0 release. The Production Leadership Team’s goal is to continue to provide regular, frequent updates to the Joomla community. Learn more about Joomla! development at the Developer Site.

The update process is very simple, and complete instructions areavailable here. Note that there are now easier and better ways of updating than copying the files with FTP.

Download

New Installations: Click here to download Joomla 3.1.1 (Full package) »

Update Package: Click here to download Joomla 3.1.x to 3.1.1 (Update package) »

Note: Please read the instructions below.

Instructions

• New installation and technical requirements
• FAQ on updating from 2.5.x (if desired).  Please read the entire FAQ to get all the pertinent information.
• Migration from Joomla! 1.5.x

Want to test drive Joomla? Try the online demo or the Joomla JumpBox. Documentation is available for beginners.

Please note that you should always backup your site before upgrading.

Release Notes

Check the Joomla 3.1.1 Post-Release FAQs to see if there are important items and helpful hints discovered after the release.

Statistics for the 3.1.1 release period

• Joomla 3.1.1 contains:
  • no security issues fixed
  • 11 tracker issues fixed

See http://developer.joomla.org/version-3-1-1-release-notes.html for details of the tracker items fixed.

How can I update from Joomla! 3.0 to 3.1?

Joomla 3.0 to 3.1 is a one-click upgrade with backward compatibility and is NOT a migration. The same is true is for any subsequent versions in the Joomla 3 series. Thus, if you’re running a Joomla 3.0 site, please one-click upgrade, within the Joomla! Update component, to Joomla 3.1 to get the new features and the latest bugs fixes.

What is the status of Joomla! 2.5?

Version 2.5 of the Joomla! CMS is a Long Term Support release and support for it will continue until shortly after the release of Joomla 3.5 scheduled for Spring 2014. Joomla 2.5 users do not need to migrate to Joomla 3.1.

Will I be able to update directly to Joomla! 3 from Joomla! 2.5?

Moving to Joomla 3.x from Joomla 2.5 will be a mini-migration not an upgrade, although for the core of Joomla! the migration should be simple. However, it is likely that templates for Joomla 2.5 will need modification to work with Joomla 3 as will many extensions. Always test prior to migrating and consult with the developers of any extensions and templates you use.

What is the status of Joomla! 1.5?

Support for Joomla 1.5 ended in April of 2012 and we continued to support it unofficially until the end of 2012 for medium to high priority security issues.  

Does that mean your 1.5 site will suddenly stop working? No, your site will continue to work as it always has. However, Joomla’s developers will not be releasing new versions for Joomla 1.5, so you won’t be getting bug fixes or security fixes. For this reason, it’s recommended to migrate from 1.5.

Moving from 2.5 to any Joomla 3 version is relatively simple, since Joomla has made the process easy for newer versions. Unfortunately, moving from 1.5 is not a trivial task. Fortunately, there are two good extensions that make the process easier: jUpgrade and SPUpgrade.

You have a choice of going straight to Joomla 3.0 or going to 2.5 first.  Both jUpgrade and SPUpgrade have versions ready for both versions.  Please consult with their documentation on how to migrate from Joomla 1.5 to 3.0/2.5.

For most new/migrated sites, the Joomla! 3 series is the preferred series and starting on it avoids a mini-migration from Joomla 2.5 later down the road. Starting on the Joomla 3 series for a new/migrated site, also provides you with longer backward compatible support (with one-click upgrades) than starting a new site on 2.5 right now, because support for 3.x ends in 2016.

Joomla! Bug Squad

Thanks to the Joomla Bug Squad for their dedicated efforts investigating reports, fixing problems, and applying patches to Joomla. If you find a bug in Joomla, please report it on the Joomla! CMS Issue Tracker.

Active members of the Joomla Bug Squad during past 3 months include: Akarawuth Tamrareang, Aleksander Linkov, Alonzo Turner, Andrea Tarr, Andrew Matthew, Angelika Reisiger, Artur Alves, Arunas Mazeika, Ashan Fernando, Ashwin Date, Ben Tasker, Benjamin Trenkle, Brian Teeman, Chad Windnagle, Chris Smith, Constantin Romankiewicz, David Hurley, Dennis Hermacki, Don Gilbert, Edgars Piruška, Elijah Madden, Elin Waring, Emerson Rocha Luiz, George Wilson, Harald Leithner, Jacques Rentzke, Janich Rasmussen, Javier Gómez, Jean-Marie Simonet, Jon Neubauer, Julien Vonthron, Jurian Even, Kevin Griffiths, Khai Vu Dinh, Lu Nguyen, marco dings, Marijke Stuivenberg, Mark Dexter, Michael Babker, Mihàly Marti, Mihir Chhatre, Mike Biolsi, Nick Savov, Ofer Cohen, Parth Lawate, Patrick Alt, Peter van Westen, Piotr Konieczny, Ram Tripathi, Richard McDaniel, Robert Deutz, Robert Gastaud, Roberto Segura, Roland Dalmulder, Ruth Cheesley, sajal soni, Seth Warburton, Stefania Gaianigo, Tessa Mero, Thomas Hunziker, Thomas Jackson, Tobias Zulauf, Tom Hutchison, Valentin Despa, Yannick Gaultier.

Bug Squad Leadership: Mark Dexter and Nick Savov, Co-Coordinators. Super-star contributors and leaders by example: Jean-Marie Simonet, Elin Waring, David Hurley, and Brian Teeman.

Joomla! Security Strike Team

A big thanks to the Joomla! Security Strike Team for their ongoing work to keep Joomla secure. Members include: Airton Torres, Alan Langford, Andrea Tarr, Bill Richardson, David Hurley, Elin Waring, Gary Brooks, Jason Kendall, Jean-Marie Simonet, Marijke Stuivenberg, Mark Boos, Mark Dexter, Michael Babker, Nick Savov, Pushapraj Sharma, Rouven Weßling.

This release is the result of thousands of hours of work by dozens of volunteers. Thank you so very much for making Joomla the best CMS on the planet!

How can you help Joomla! development?

There are a variety of ways in which you can get actively involved with Joomla! It doesn’t matter if you are a coder, an integrator, or merely a user of Joomla!. You can contact the Joomla! Community Development Manager, David Hurley, david.hurley@joomla.org, to get more information, or if you are ready you can jump right into the Joomla! Bug Squad.

The Joomla Bug Squad is one of the most active teams in the Joomla development process and is always looking for people (not just developers) that can help with sorting bug reports, coding patches and testing solutions. It’s a great way for increasing your working knowledge of Joomla, and also a great way to meet new people from all around the world.

If you are interested, please read about us on the Joomla Wiki and, if you wish to join, email Mark Dexter, one of the Bug Squad co-coordinators.

You can also help Joomla development by thanking those involved in the many areas of the process. The project also wants to thank all of the people who have taken the time to prepare and submit work to be included in Joomla 1.6,1.7, 2.5, & 3.0, 3.1, and to those who have worked very hard on the Joomla Framework.

Editor’s note: Joomla 2.5.11 was released shortly after 2.5.10, which corrects some issues with 2.5.10 for some sites.  Please upgrade to Joomla 2.5.11 instead.

The Joomla Project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Joomla 2.5.10. This is a security release. The Production Leadership Team’s goal is to continue to provide regular, frequent updates to the Joomla community. Learn more about Joomla! development at the Developer Site.

The update process is very simple, and complete instructions are available here. Note that there are now easier and better ways of updating than copying the files with FTP.

Download

New Installations: Click here to download Joomla 2.5.10 (Full package) »

Update Package: Click here to download Joomla 2.5.10 (Update package) »

Note: Please read the update instructions before updating.

Instructions

• New installation and technical requirements
  
• Migration from Joomla! 1.5.x

Want to test drive Joomla? Try the online demo or the Joomla JumpBox. Documentation is available for beginners.

Please note that you should always backup your site before upgrading.

Release Notes

Check the Joomla 2.5.10 Post-Release FAQs to see if there are important items and helpful hints discovered after the release.

Statistics for the 2.5.10 release period

• Joomla 2.5.10 contains:
  • 7 security issues fixed
  • 38 tracker issues fixed

All 2.5 Help Screens Now Complete!

Thanks to heroic efforts by George Wilson and Tom Hutchison, we are pleased to announce that the online help screens for version 2.5 are 100% complete. If you have corrections or improvements to these screens, just register on the Wiki at docs.joomla.org and start editing.

Security Issues Fixed

• Moderate Priority – Core – XSS Vulnerability. More information »
• Moderate Priority – Core – DOS Vulnerability. More information »
• Low Priority – Core – XSS Vulnerability. More information »
• Low Priority – Core – Information Disclosure. More information »
• Low Priority – Core - XSS Vulnerability. More information »
• Low Priority – Core – Privilege Escalation. More information »
• Low Priority – Core - XSS Vulnerability. More information »

Tracker Issues Fixed

ID	Summary/Link
30652	Fix for smart search indexing
30506	Joomla update system erases entire site if downloaded zip package is broken.
30288	Module Prepare Paramater breaks Cache + Browser Cache + Application Rendering time. Note: Please check your custom html modules and make sure that ”prepare content” is set to “No”, unless you’re loading content plugins within them.
29240	Undefined property: JSite::$registeredurlparams.
30538	Joomla Update Options button displays even if you don’t have permission.
30537	Menus with default view in URL and sub-tasks are missing in other defined attributes and do not display correctly in menu type input in backend.
30139	Memcache handler Issue (Not working at all).
29250	Com_content caches article view no matter of Itemid.
30206	findmanifest should prioritize main folder manifests.
30154	Allow ability to upload file (eg: profile picture) through com_users registration view.
30534	Missing Help Button in Joomla! Update component.
29916	MySQL connections are not closed.
30505	Weblink module ignores end publishing date.
30091	Help Screens, key wrong, missing or not created correctly.
30428	nofollw not set correctly in mod_weblinks.
30209	Undefined index errors by using the style ‘beezTabs’ at an beez template.
30041	Use of ‘/’ not being handled well on Windows Servers.
30054	Catchable fatal error: Object of class stdClass could not be converted to string in /plugins/system/debug/debug.php on line 303.
29898	mod_banners module must be unprotected extension.
30482	Fix tel validation in 2.5.x series.
30480	com_contact error in admin->view->contacts search “author:xxxx”.
30412	Multilanguage 2.5: SIngle article display does not filter correctly author contact per language.
29417	sendMail automatically adds sender as replyTo.
28978	Smart search (com_finder) – problem when using “Allow Empty Search”.
30346	Contact creator does not include default language “All” for the contact created
29982	Cant add fields to the category form using a plugin.
26860	A Contact name must not be unique.
n/a	Updated Swahili intallation ini file
29677	robots.txt in updates.
29294	Show Correct Meta Titles in Joomla Admin for better usability.
29810	File deletion issue.
30312	Porting to 2.5.x a 3.x improvement in languagefilter
30249	Show Intro Text = Hide currently has no effect in Featured and Category menu items.
27945	Hide Subcategories text.
29769	com_config component missing triggers on save.
30100	Plugins ordering broken when search filter is populated.
29968	Only text gets passed to content events in blog view (for Joomla 2.5.x).
29970	Robots.txt check url no more working.

 

Joomla! Bug Squad

Thanks to the Joomla Bug Squad for their dedicated efforts investigating reports, fixing problems, and applying patches to Joomla. If you find a bug in Joomla, please report it on the Joomla! CMS Issue Tracker.

Active members of the Joomla Bug Squad during past 3 months include: Akarawuth Tamrareang, Aleksander Linkov, Alonzo Turner, Andrea Tarr, Andrew Matthew, Angelika Reisiger, Artur Alves, Arunas Mazeika, Ashan Fernando, Ashwin Date, Ben Tasker, Benjamin Trenkle, Brian Teeman, Chad Windnagle, Chris Smith, Constantin Romankiewicz, David Hurley, Dennis Hermacki, Don Gilbert, Edgars Piruška, Elijah Madden, Elin Waring, Emerson Rocha Luiz, George Wilson, Harald Leithner, Jacques Rentzke, Janich Rasmussen, Javier Gómez, Jean-Marie Simonet, Jon Neubauer, Julien Vonthron, Jurian Even, Kevin Griffiths, Khai Vu Dinh, Lu Nguyen, marco dings, Marijke Stuivenberg, Mark Dexter, Michael Babker, Mihàly Marti, Mihir Chhatre, Mike Biolsi, Nick Savov, Ofer Cohen, Parth Lawate, Patrick Alt, Peter van Westen, Piotr Konieczny, Ram Tripathi, Richard McDaniel, Robert Deutz, Robert Gastaud, Roberto Segura, Roland Dalmulder, Ruth Cheesley, sajal soni, Seth Warburton, Stefania Gaianigo, Tessa Mero, Thomas Hunziker, Thomas Jackson, Tobias Zulauf, Tom Hutchison, Valentin Despa, Yannick Gaultier.

Bug Squad Leadership: Mark Dexter and Nick Savov, Co-Coordinators. Super-star contributors and leaders by example: Jean-Marie Simonet, Elin Waring, David Hurley, and Brian Teeman.

Joomla! Security Strike Team

A big thanks to the Joomla! Security Strike Team for their ongoing work to keep Joomla secure. Members include: Airton Torres, Alan Langford, Andrea Tarr, Bill Richardson, David Hurley, Elin Waring, Gary Brooks, Jason Kendall, Jean-Marie Simonet, Marijke Stuivenberg, Mark Boos, Mark Dexter, Michael Babker, Nick Savov, Pushapraj Sharma, Rouven Weßling.

The Joomla Project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Joomla 2.5.11. This is not a security release. This release fixes some problems introduced in the 2.5.10 release. The Production Leadership Team’s goal is to continue to provide regular, frequent updates to the Joomla community. Learn more about Joomla! development at the Developer Site.

The update process is very simple, and complete instructions are available here. Note that there are now easier and better ways of updating than copying the files with FTP.

Download

New Installations: Click here to download Joomla 2.5.11 (Full package) »

Update Package: Click here to download Joomla 2.5.11 (Update package) »

Note: Please read the update instructions before updating.

Instructions

• New installation and technical requirements
  
• Migration from Joomla! 1.5.x

Want to test drive Joomla? Try the online demo or the Joomla JumpBox. Documentation is available for beginners.

Please note that you should always backup your site before upgrading.

Release Notes

Check the Joomla 2.5.11 Post-Release FAQs to see if there are important items and helpful hints discovered after the release.

Statistics for the 2.5.11 release period

• Joomla 2.5.11 contains:
  • no security issues fixed
  • 5 tracker issues fixed

Tracker Issues Fixed

ID	Summary/Link
30717	Memcached driver breaks Joomla configuration page.
30681	Error in Database tab in Extension Manager. Thanks Amirol Ahmad.
30702	Only titles display in featured/blogged views when hide intro text is selected.
30723	Can’t upload file after update from 2.5.9 to 2.5.10
30725	Exception thrown for empty path

Joomla! Bug Squad

Thanks to the Joomla Bug Squad for their dedicated efforts investigating reports, fixing problems, and applying patches to Joomla. If you find a bug in Joomla, please report it on the Joomla! CMS Issue Tracker.

Active members of the Joomla Bug Squad during past 3 months include: Akarawuth Tamrareang, Aleksander Linkov, Alonzo Turner, Andrea Tarr, Andrew Matthew, Angelika Reisiger, Artur Alves, Arunas Mazeika, Ashan Fernando, Ashwin Date, Ben Tasker, Benjamin Trenkle, Brian Teeman, Chad Windnagle, Chris Smith, Constantin Romankiewicz, David Hurley, Dennis Hermacki, Don Gilbert, Edgars Piruška, Elijah Madden, Elin Waring, Emerson Rocha Luiz, George Wilson, Harald Leithner, Jacques Rentzke, Janich Rasmussen, Javier Gómez, Jean-Marie Simonet, Jon Neubauer, Julien Vonthron, Jurian Even, Kevin Griffiths, Khai Vu Dinh, Lu Nguyen, marco dings, Marijke Stuivenberg, Mark Dexter, Michael Babker, Mihàly Marti, Mihir Chhatre, Mike Biolsi, Nick Savov, Ofer Cohen, Parth Lawate, Patrick Alt, Peter van Westen, Piotr Konieczny, Ram Tripathi, Richard McDaniel, Robert Deutz, Robert Gastaud, Roberto Segura, Roland Dalmulder, Ruth Cheesley, sajal soni, Seth Warburton, Stefania Gaianigo, Tessa Mero, Thomas Hunziker, Thomas Jackson, Tobias Zulauf, Tom Hutchison, Valentin Despa, Yannick Gaultier.

Bug Squad Leadership: Mark Dexter and Nick Savov, Co-Coordinators. Super-star contributors and leaders by example: Jean-Marie Simonet, Elin Waring, David Hurley, and Brian Teeman.

Joomla! Security Strike Team

A big thanks to the Joomla! Security Strike Team for their ongoing work to keep Joomla secure. Members include: Airton Torres, Alan Langford, Andrea Tarr, Bill Richardson, David Hurley, Elin Waring, Gary Brooks, Jason Kendall, Jean-Marie Simonet, Marijke Stuivenberg, Mark Boos, Mark Dexter, Michael Babker, Nick Savov, Pushapraj Sharma, Rouven Weßling.

The Joomla! Project is pleased to announce the availability of Joomla! CMS 3 Beta5. Community members are asked to download and install the package in order to provide quality assurance for Joomla 3.1. Joomla 3.1 is scheduled for release on April 24th, 2013.

Joomla 3 is the latest major release of the Joomla CMS, with Joomla 3.1 the second short term support release in this series.  Please note that going from Joomla 3.0 to 3.1 is a one-click upgrade and is NOT a migration.  The same is true is for any subsequent versions in the Joomla 3 series.  That being said, please do not upgrade any of your production sites to the beta version as beta is ONLY intended for testing.

What is this release for?

This is a beta release and not for use on production sites.

Extension developers are encouraged to work with this release in order to prepare extensions for the General Availability release of Joomla 3.1, though there shouldn’t be any backward compatibility issues. Users are encouraged to test the package for issues and to report issues in the Joomla! issue tracker. 

Click here to download.

What are the new features of Joomla! 3.1?

• 29855 - Tags (click here to see the recent blog post about it)
• 30298 - Added note form field
• 29822 - Show logs in debug console
• 30085 - Refactor installation to use new application and MVC classes
• 29965 - Added pagination in COM_SEARCH component
• 29770 - Added triggers on save for com_config
• 30230 - JPlugin autoloadLanguage property
• 28924 - Added SQL Server subclass for FinderIndexer
• 30318 - Media wiki package
• 30369 - OpenStreetMap package
• 30364 - UNION ALL feature

Miscellaneous: 28574 – Removed the GeSHi plug-in

What are the other new features of the Joomla! 3 series?

• Incorporation of Twitter Bootstrap into a jui media package.
• A new responsive administrator template–Isis– and interface.
• A new front end template–Protostar– built using Twitter Bootstrap
• Updated accessible template called Beez3
• PostgreSQL Driver. You will be able to run Joomla 3.0 sites using the PostgreSQL database.
• PHP Memcached Driver
• Use of JFeed for feed management rather than SimplePie
• Installation of language packages directly from the extension manager
• Guest user group present by default
• Saving blank articles allowed
• New administrator statistics module
• Update TinyMCE to version 3.5.6
• Continued clean up of older unused code, files and database fields and tables and improved standardization of tables.
• Improvements to Smart Search
• Extensive work on code style standardisation and consistency
• Unit testing in the CMS
• Updated system tests in the CMS 
• Multilanguage: adding items associations in remaining core components.
• Language Installation tool for the Joomla Installer.
• Items associations in multi-language
• Allow different update packages for different version dev levels

What is the status of Joomla! 2.5?

Version 2.5 of the Joomla! CMS is a Long Term Support release and support for it will continue until shortly after the release of Joomla 3.5 scheduled for Spring 2014. Joomla 2.5 users do not need to migrate to Joomla 3.0 or 3.1.

Will I be able to update directly to Joomla! 3?

Moving to Joomla 3.x from Joomla 2.5 will be a mini-migration not an upgrade, although for the core of Joomla! the migration should be simple. However, it is likely that templates for Joomla 2.5 will need modification to work with Joomla 3 as will many extensions. Always test prior to migrating and consult with the developers of any extensions and templates you use.

What is the status of Joomla! 1.5?

Support for Joomla 1.5 ended in April of 2012 and we continued to support it unofficially until the end of 2012 for medium to high priority security issues.  

Does that mean your 1.5 site will suddenly stop working? No, your site will continue to work as it always has. However, Joomla’s developers will not be releasing new versions for Joomla 1.5, so you won’t be getting bug fixes or security fixes. For this reason, it’s recommended to migrate from 1.5.

Moving from 2.5 to any Joomla 3 version is relatively simple, since Joomla has made the process easy for newer versions. Unfortunately, moving from 1.5 is not a trivial task. Fortunately, there are two good extensions that make the process easier: jUpgrade and SPUpgrade.

You have a choice of going straight to Joomla 3.0 or going to 2.5 first.  Both jUpgrade and SPUpgrade have versions ready for both versions.  Please consult with their documentation on how to migrate from Joomla 1.5 to 3.0/2.5.

For most new/migrated sites, the Joomla! 3 series is the preferred series and starting on it avoids a mini-migration from Joomla 2.5 later down the road. Starting on the Joomla 3 series for a new/migrated site, also provides you with longer backward compatible support (with one-click upgrades) than starting a new site on 2.5 right now, because support for 3.x ends in 2016.

How can you help Joomla development?

There are a variety of ways in which you can get actively involved with Joomla! It doesn’t matter if you are a coder, an integrator, or merely a user of Joomla!. You can contact the Joomla! Community Development Manager, David Hurley, david.hurley@joomla.org, to get more information, or if you are ready you can jump right into the Joomla! Bug Squad.

The Joomla Bug Squad is one of the most active teams in the Joomla development process and is always looking for people (not just developers) that can help with sorting bug reports, coding patches and testing solutions. It’s a great way for increasing your working knowledge of Joomla, and also a great way to meet new people from all around the world.

If you are interested, please read about us on the Joomla Wiki and, if you wish to join, email Mark Dexter, one of the Bug Squad co-coordinators.

You can also help Joomla development by thanking those involved in the many areas of the process. The project also wants to thank all of the people who have taken the time to prepare and submit work to be included in Joomla 1.6,1.7, 2.5, & 3.1, and to those who have worked very hard on the Joomla Platform separation project.

Related information

If you are an extension developer, please make sure you subscribe to the general developer mailing list as this is a place where you can discuss extension development and news that may affect custom development will be posted from time to time.

Following is a list of previous news and information about Joomla and other sites of interest:

• Working with the Joomla Feature Tracker
• General developer mailing list
• Joomla developer network
• Joomla development strategy

A Huge Thank You to Our Volunteers!

This beta release is the result of thousands of hours of work by dozens of volunteers. Thank you so very much for making Joomla the best CMS on the planet!

The Joomla! Project is pleased to announce the availability of Joomla! CMS 3 Beta4. Community members are asked to download and install the package in order to provide quality assurance for Joomla 3.1. Joomla 3.1 is scheduled for release on April 24th, 2013.

Joomla 3 is the latest major release of the Joomla CMS, with Joomla 3.1 the second short term support release in this series.  Please note that going from Joomla 3.0 to 3.1 is a one-click upgrade and is NOT a migration.  The same is true is for any subsequent versions in the Joomla 3 series.  That being said, please do not upgrade any of your production sites to the beta version as beta is ONLY intended for testing.

What is this release for?

This is a beta release and not for use on production sites.

Extension developers are encouraged to work with this release in order to prepare extensions for the General Availability release of Joomla 3.1, though there shouldn’t be any backward compatibility issues. Users are encouraged to test the package for issues and to report issues in the Joomla! issue tracker. 

Click here to download.

What are the new features of Joomla! 3.1?

• 29855 - Tags (click here to see the recent blog post about it)
• 29822 - Show logs in debug console
• 30085 - Refactor installation to use new application and MVC classes
• 29965 - Added pagination in COM_SEARCH component
• 29770 - Added triggers on save for com_config
• 30230 - JPlugin autoloadLanguage property
• 28924 - Added SQL Server subclass for FinderIndexer
• 30318 - Media wiki package
• 30369 - OpenStreetMap package
• 30364 - UNION ALL feature

Miscellaneous: 28574 – Removed the GeSHi plug-in

What are the other new features of the Joomla! 3 series?

• Incorporation of Twitter Bootstrap into a jui media package.
• A new responsive administrator template–Isis– and interface.
• A new front end template–Protostar– built using Twitter Bootstrap
• Updated accessible template called Beez3
• PostgreSQL Driver. You will be able to run Joomla 3.0 sites using the PostgreSQL database.
• PHP Memcached Driver
• Use of JFeed for feed management rather than SimplePie
• Installation of language packages directly from the extension manager
• Guest user group present by default
• Saving blank articles allowed
• New administrator statistics module
• Update TinyMCE to version 3.5.6
• Continued clean up of older unused code, files and database fields and tables and improved standardization of tables.
• Improvements to Smart Search
• Extensive work on code style standardisation and consistency
• Unit testing in the CMS
• Updated system tests in the CMS 
• Multilanguage: adding items associations in remaining core components.
• Language Installation tool for the Joomla Installer.
• Items associations in multi-language
• Allow different update packages for different version dev levels

What is the status of Joomla! 2.5?

Version 2.5 of the Joomla! CMS is a Long Term Support release and support for it will continue until shortly after the release of Joomla 3.5 scheduled for Spring 2014. Joomla 2.5 users do not need to migrate to Joomla 3.0 or 3.1.

Will I be able to update directly to Joomla! 3?

Moving to Joomla 3.x from Joomla 2.5 will be a mini-migration not an upgrade, although for the core of Joomla! the migration should be simple. However, it is likely that templates for Joomla 2.5 will need modification to work with Joomla 3 as will many extensions. Always test prior to migrating and consult with the developers of any extensions and templates you use.

What is the status of Joomla! 1.5?

Support for Joomla 1.5 ended in April of 2012 and we continued to support it unofficially until the end of 2012 for medium to high priority security issues.  

Does that mean your 1.5 site will suddenly stop working? No, your site will continue to work as it always has. However, Joomla’s developers will not be releasing new versions for Joomla 1.5, so you won’t be getting bug fixes or security fixes. For this reason, it’s recommended to migrate from 1.5.

Moving from 2.5 to any Joomla 3 version is relatively simple, since Joomla has made the process easy for newer versions. Unfortunately, moving from 1.5 is not a trivial task. Fortunately, there are two good extensions that make the process easier: jUpgrade and SPUpgrade.

You have a choice of going straight to Joomla 3.0 or going to 2.5 first.  Both jUpgrade and SPUpgrade have versions ready for both versions.  Please consult with their documentation on how to migrate from Joomla 1.5 to 3.0/2.5.

For most new/migrated sites, the Joomla! 3 series is the preferred series and starting on it avoids a mini-migration from Joomla 2.5 later down the road. Starting on the Joomla 3 series for a new/migrated site, also provides you with longer backward compatible support (with one-click upgrades) than starting a new site on 2.5 right now, because support for 3.x ends in 2016.

How can you help Joomla development?

There are a variety of ways in which you can get actively involved with Joomla! It doesn’t matter if you are a coder, an integrator, or merely a user of Joomla!. You can contact the Joomla! Community Development Manager, David Hurley, david.hurley@joomla.org, to get more information, or if you are ready you can jump right into the Joomla! Bug Squad.

The Joomla Bug Squad is one of the most active teams in the Joomla development process and is always looking for people (not just developers) that can help with sorting bug reports, coding patches and testing solutions. It’s a great way for increasing your working knowledge of Joomla, and also a great way to meet new people from all around the world.

If you are interested, please read about us on the Joomla Wiki and, if you wish to join, email Mark Dexter, one of the Bug Squad co-coordinators.

You can also help Joomla development by thanking those involved in the many areas of the process. The project also wants to thank all of the people who have taken the time to prepare and submit work to be included in Joomla 1.6,1.7, 2.5, & 3.1, and to those who have worked very hard on the Joomla Platform separation project.

Related information

If you are an extension developer, please make sure you subscribe to the general developer mailing list as this is a place where you can discuss extension development and news that may affect custom development will be posted from time to time.

Following is a list of previous news and information about Joomla and other sites of interest:

• Working with the Joomla Feature Tracker
• General developer mailing list
• Joomla developer network
• Joomla development strategy

A Huge Thank You to Our Volunteers!

This beta release is the result of thousands of hours of work by dozens of volunteers. Thank you so very much for making Joomla the best CMS on the planet!

The Joomla! Project is pleased to announce the availability of Joomla! CMS 3 Beta3. Community members are asked to download and install the package in order to provide quality assurance for Joomla 3.1. Joomla 3.1 is scheduled for release on April 15th, 2013.

Joomla 3 is the latest major release of the Joomla CMS, with Joomla 3.1 the second short term support release in this series.  Please note that going from Joomla 3.0 to 3.1 is a one-click upgrade and is NOT a migration.  The same is true is for any subsequent versions in the Joomla 3 series.  That being said, please do not upgrade any of your production sites to the beta version as beta is ONLY intended for testing.

What is this release for?

This is a beta release and not for use on production sites.

Extension developers are encouraged to work with this release in order to prepare extensions for the General Availability release of Joomla 3.1, though there shouldn’t be any backward compatibility issues. Users are encouraged to test the package for issues and to report issues in the Joomla! issue tracker. 

Click here to download.

What are the new features of Joomla! 3.1?

• 29855 - Tags (click here to see the recent blog post about it)
• 29822 - Show logs in debug console
• 30085 - Refactor installation to use new application and MVC classes
• 29965 - Added pagination in COM_SEARCH component
• 29770 - Added triggers on save for com_config
• 30230 - JPlugin autoloadLanguage property
• 28924 - Added SQL Server subclass for FinderIndexer
• 30318 - Media wiki package
• 30369 - OpenStreetMap package
• 30364 - UNION ALL feature

Miscellaneous: 28574 – Removed the GeSHi plug-in

What are the other new features of the Joomla! 3 series?

• Incorporation of Twitter Bootstrap into a jui media package.
• A new responsive administrator template–Isis– and interface.
• A new front end template–Protostar– built using Twitter Bootstrap
• Updated accessible template called Beez3
• PostgreSQL Driver. You will be able to run Joomla 3.0 sites using the PostgreSQL database.
• PHP Memcached Driver
• Use of JFeed for feed management rather than SimplePie
• Installation of language packages directly from the extension manager
• Guest user group present by default
• Saving blank articles allowed
• New administrator statistics module
• Update TinyMCE to version 3.5.6
• Continued clean up of older unused code, files and database fields and tables and improved standardization of tables.
• Improvements to Smart Search
• Extensive work on code style standardisation and consistency
• Unit testing in the CMS
• Updated system tests in the CMS 
• Multilanguage: adding items associations in remaining core components.
• Language Installation tool for the Joomla Installer.
• Items associations in multi-language
• Allow different update packages for different version dev levels

What is the status of Joomla! 2.5?

Version 2.5 of the Joomla! CMS is a Long Term Support release and support for it will continue until shortly after the release of Joomla 3.5 scheduled for Spring 2014. Joomla 2.5 users do not need to migrate to Joomla 3.0 or 3.1.

Will I be able to update directly to Joomla! 3?

Moving to Joomla 3.x from Joomla 2.5 will be a mini-migration not an upgrade, although for the core of Joomla! the migration should be simple. However, it is likely that templates for Joomla 2.5 will need modification to work with Joomla 3 as will many extensions. Always test prior to migrating and consult with the developers of any extensions and templates you use.

What is the status of Joomla! 1.5?

Support for Joomla 1.5 ended in April of 2012 and we continued to support it unofficially until the end of 2012 for medium to high priority security issues.  

Does that mean your 1.5 site will suddenly stop working? No, your site will continue to work as it always has. However, Joomla’s developers will not be releasing new versions for Joomla 1.5, so you won’t be getting bug fixes or security fixes. For this reason, it’s recommended to migrate from 1.5.

Moving from 2.5 to any Joomla 3 version is relatively simple, since Joomla has made the process easy for newer versions. Unfortunately, moving from 1.5 is not a trivial task. Fortunately, there are two good extensions that make the process easier: jUpgrade and SPUpgrade.

You have a choice of going straight to Joomla 3.0 or going to 2.5 first.  Both jUpgrade and SPUpgrade have versions ready for both versions.  Please consult with their documentation on how to migrate from Joomla 1.5 to 3.0/2.5.

For most new/migrated sites, the Joomla! 3 series is the preferred series and starting on it avoids a mini-migration from Joomla 2.5 later down the road. Starting on the Joomla 3 series for a new/migrated site, also provides you with longer backward compatible support (with one-click upgrades) than starting a new site on 2.5 right now, because support for 3.x ends in 2016.

How can you help Joomla development?

There are a variety of ways in which you can get actively involved with Joomla! It doesn’t matter if you are a coder, an integrator, or merely a user of Joomla!. You can contact the Joomla! Community Development Manager, David Hurley, david.hurley@joomla.org, to get more information, or if you are ready you can jump right into the Joomla! Bug Squad.

The Joomla Bug Squad is one of the most active teams in the Joomla development process and is always looking for people (not just developers) that can help with sorting bug reports, coding patches and testing solutions. It’s a great way for increasing your working knowledge of Joomla, and also a great way to meet new people from all around the world.

If you are interested, please read about us on the Joomla Wiki and, if you wish to join, email Mark Dexter, one of the Bug Squad co-coordinators.

You can also help Joomla development by thanking those involved in the many areas of the process. The project also wants to thank all of the people who have taken the time to prepare and submit work to be included in Joomla 1.6,1.7, 2.5, & 3.1, and to those who have worked very hard on the Joomla Platform separation project.

Related information

If you are an extension developer, please make sure you subscribe to the general developer mailing list as this is a place where you can discuss extension development and news that may affect custom development will be posted from time to time.

Following is a list of previous news and information about Joomla and other sites of interest:

• Working with the Joomla Feature Tracker
• General developer mailing list
• Joomla developer network
• Joomla development strategy

A Huge Thank You to Our Volunteers!

This beta release is the result of thousands of hours of work by dozens of volunteers. Thank you so very much for making Joomla the best CMS on the planet!

The Joomla! Project is pleased to announce the availability of Joomla! CMS 3 Beta2. Community members are asked to download and install the package in order to provide quality assurance for Joomla 3.1. Joomla 3.1 is scheduled for release on or around March 25th, 2013.

Joomla 3 is the latest major release of the Joomla CMS, with Joomla 3.1 the second short term support release in this series.  Please note that going from Joomla 3.0 to 3.1 is a one-click upgrade and is NOT a migration.  The same is true is for any subsequent versions in the Joomla 3 series.  That being said, please do not upgrade any of your production sites to the beta version as beta is ONLY intended for testing.

What is this release for?

This is a beta release and not for use on production sites.

Extension developers are encouraged to work with this release in order to prepare extensions for the General Availability release of Joomla 3.1, though there shouldn’t be any backward compatibility issues. Users are encouraged to test the package for issues and to report issues in the Joomla! issue tracker. 

Click here to download.

What are the new features of Joomla! 3.1?

• 29855 - Tags (click here to see the recent blog post about it)
• 29822 - Show logs in debug console
• 30085 - Refactor installation to use new application and MVC classes
• 29965 - Added pagination in COM_SEARCH component
• 29770 - Added triggers on save for com_config
• 30230 - JPlugin autoloadLanguage property
• 28924 - Added SQL Server subclass for FinderIndexer

Miscellaneous: 28574 – Removed the GeSHi plug-in

What are the other new features of the Joomla! 3 series?

• Incorporation of Twitter Bootstrap into a jui media package.
• A new responsive administrator template–Isis– and interface.
• A new front end template–Protostar– built using Twitter Bootstrap
• Updated accessible template called Beez3
• PostgreSQL Driver. You will be able to run Joomla 3.0 sites using the PostgreSQL database.
• PHP Memcached Driver
• Use of JFeed for feed management rather than SimplePie
• Installation of language packages directly from the extension manager
• Guest user group present by default
• Saving blank articles allowed
• New administrator statistics module
• Update TinyMCE to version 3.5.6
• Continued clean up of older unused code, files and database fields and tables and improved standardization of tables.
• Improvements to Smart Search
• Extensive work on code style standardisation and consistency
• Unit testing in the CMS
• Updated system tests in the CMS 
• Multilanguage: adding items associations in remaining core components.
• Language Installation tool for the Joomla Installer.
• Items associations in multi-language
• Allow different update packages for different version dev levels

What is the status of Joomla! 2.5?

Version 2.5 of the Joomla! CMS is a Long Term Support release and support for it will continue until shortly after the release of Joomla 3.5 scheduled for Spring 2014. Joomla 2.5 users do not need to migrate to Joomla 3.0 or 3.1.

Will I be able to update directly to Joomla! 3?

Moving to Joomla 3.x from Joomla 2.5 will be a mini-migration not an upgrade, although for the core of Joomla! the migration should be simple. However, it is likely that templates for Joomla 2.5 will need modification to work with Joomla 3 as will many extensions. Always test prior to migrating and consult with the developers of any extensions and templates you use.

What is the status of Joomla! 1.5?

Support for Joomla 1.5 ended in April of 2012 and we continued to support it unofficially until the end of 2012 for medium to high priority security issues.  

Does that mean your 1.5 site will suddenly stop working? No, your site will continue to work as it always has. However, Joomla’s developers will not be releasing new versions for Joomla 1.5, so you won’t be getting bug fixes or security fixes. For this reason, it’s recommended to migrate from 1.5.

Moving from 2.5 to any Joomla 3 version is relatively simple, since Joomla has made the process easy for newer versions. Unfortunately, moving from 1.5 is not a trivial task. Fortunately, there are two good extensions that make the process easier: jUpgrade and SPUpgrade.

You have a choice of going straight to Joomla 3.0 or going to 2.5 first.  Both jUpgrade and SPUpgrade have versions ready for both versions.  Please consult with their documentation on how to migrate from Joomla 1.5 to 3.0/2.5.

For most new/migrated sites, the Joomla! 3 series is the preferred series and starting on it avoids a mini-migration from Joomla 2.5 later down the road. Starting on the Joomla 3 series for a new/migrated site, also provides you with longer backward compatible support (with one-click upgrades) than starting a new site on 2.5 right now, because support for 3.x ends in 2016.

How can you help Joomla development?

There are a variety of ways in which you can get actively involved with Joomla! It doesn’t matter if you are a coder, an integrator, or merely a user of Joomla!. You can contact the Joomla! Community Development Manager, David Hurley, david.hurley@joomla.org, to get more information, or if you are ready you can jump right into the Joomla! Bug Squad.

The Joomla Bug Squad is one of the most active teams in the Joomla development process and is always looking for people (not just developers) that can help with sorting bug reports, coding patches and testing solutions. It’s a great way for increasing your working knowledge of Joomla, and also a great way to meet new people from all around the world.

If you are interested, please read about us on the Joomla Wiki and, if you wish to join, email Mark Dexter, one of the Bug Squad co-coordinators.

You can also help Joomla development by thanking those involved in the many areas of the process. The project also wants to thank all of the people who have taken the time to prepare and submit work to be included in Joomla 1.6,1.7, 2.5, & 3.1, and to those who have worked very hard on the Joomla Platform separation project.

Related information

If you are an extension developer, please make sure you subscribe to the general developer mailing list as this is a place where you can discuss extension development and news that may affect custom development will be posted from time to time.

Following is a list of previous news and information about Joomla and other sites of interest:

• Working with the Joomla Feature Tracker
• General developer mailing list
• Joomla developer network
• Joomla development strategy

A Huge Thank You to Our Volunteers!

This beta release is the result of thousands of hours of work by dozens of volunteers. Thank you so very much for making Joomla the best CMS on the planet!

The Joomla! Project is pleased to announce the availability of Joomla! CMS 3 Beta1. Community members are asked to download and install the package in order to provide quality assurance for Joomla 3.1. Joomla 3.1 is scheduled for release on or around March 25th, 2013.

Joomla 3 is the latest major release of the Joomla CMS, with Joomla 3.1 the second short term support release in this series.  Please note that going from Joomla 3.0 to 3.1 is a one-click upgrade and is NOT a migration.  The same is true is for any subsequent versions in the Joomla 3 series.  That being said, please do not upgrade any of your production sites to the beta version as beta is ONLY intended for testing.

What is this release for?

This is a beta release and not for use on production sites.

Extension developers are encouraged to work with this release in order to prepare extensions for the General Availability release of Joomla 3.1, though there shouldn’t be any backward compatibility issues. Users are encouraged to test the package for issues and to report issues in the Joomla! issue tracker. 

Click here to download.

What are the new features of Joomla! 3.1?

• 29855 - Tags (click here to see the recent blog post about it)
• 29822 - Show logs in debug console
• 30085 - Refactor installation to use new application and MVC classes
• 29965 - Add pagination in COM_SEARCH component
• 29770 - Added triggers on save for com_config

Miscellaneous: 28574 – Removed the GeSHi plug-in

What are the other new features of the Joomla! 3 series?

• Incorporation of Twitter Bootstrap into a jui media package.
• A new responsive administrator template–Isis– and interface.
• A new front end template–Protostar– built using Twitter Bootstrap Updated accessible template called Beez3
• PostgreSQL Driver. You will be able to run Joomla 3.0 sites using the PostgreSQL database.
• PHP Memcached Driver
• Use of JFeed for feed management rather than SimplePie
• Installation of language packages directly from the extension manager
• Guest user group present by default
• Saving blank articles allowed
• New administrator statistics module
• Update TinyMCE to version 3.5.6
• Continued clean up of older unused code, files and database fields and tables and improved standardization of tables.
• Improvements to Smart Search
• Extensive work on code style standardisation and consistency
• Unit testing in the CMS
• Updated system tests in the CMS 
• Multilanguage: adding items associations in remaining core components.
• Language Installation tool for the Joomla Installer.
• Items associations in multi-language
• Allow different update packages for different version dev levels

What is the status of Joomla! 2.5?

Version 2.5 of the Joomla! CMS is a Long Term Support release and support for it will continue until shortly after the release of Joomla 3.5 scheduled for Spring 2014. Joomla 2.5 users do not need to migrate to Joomla 3.0 or 3.1.

Will I be able to update directly to Joomla! 3?

Moving to Joomla 3.x from Joomla 2.5 will be a mini-migration not an upgrade, although for the core of Joomla! the migration should be simple. However, it is likely that templates for Joomla 2.5 will need modification to work with Joomla 3 as will many extensions. Always test prior to migrating and consult with the developers of any extensions and templates you use.

What is the status of Joomla! 1.5?

Support for Joomla 1.5 ended in April of 2012 and we continued to support it unofficially until the end of 2012 for medium to high priority security issues.  

Does that mean your 1.5 site will suddenly stop working? No, your site will continue to work as it always has. However, Joomla’s developers will not be releasing new versions for Joomla 1.5, so you won’t be getting bug fixes or security fixes. For this reason, it’s recommended to migrate from 1.5.

Moving from 2.5 to any Joomla 3 version is relatively simple, since Joomla has made the process easy for newer versions. Unfortunately, moving from 1.5 is not a trivial task. Fortunately, there are two good extensions that make the process easier: jUpgrade and SPUpgrade.

You have a choice of going straight to Joomla 3.0 or going to 2.5 first.  Both jUpgrade and SPUpgrade have versions ready for both versions.  Please consult with their documentation on how to migrate from Joomla 1.5 to 3.0/2.5.

For most new/migrated sites, the Joomla! 3 series is the preferred series and starting on it avoids a mini-migration from Joomla 2.5 later down the road. Starting on the Joomla 3 series for a new/migrated site, also provides you with longer backward compatible support (with one-click upgrades) than starting a new site on 2.5 right now, because support for 3.x ends in 2016.

How can you help Joomla development?

There are a variety of ways in which you can get actively involved with Joomla! It doesn’t matter if you are a coder, an integrator, or merely a user of Joomla!. You can contact the Joomla! Community Development Manager, David Hurley, david.hurley@joomla.org, to get more information, or if you are ready you can jump right into the Joomla! Bug Squad.

The Joomla Bug Squad is one of the most active teams in the Joomla development process and is always looking for people (not just developers) that can help with sorting bug reports, coding patches and testing solutions. It’s a great way for increasing your working knowledge of Joomla, and also a great way to meet new people from all around the world.

If you are interested, please read about us on the Joomla Wiki and, if you wish to join, email Mark Dexter, one of the Bug Squad co-coordinators.

You can also help Joomla development by thanking those involved in the many areas of the process. The project also wants to thank all of the people who have taken the time to prepare and submit work to be included in Joomla 1.6,1.7, 2.5, & 3.1, and to those who have worked very hard on the Joomla Platform separation project.

Related information

If you are an extension developer, please make sure you subscribe to the general developer mailing list as this is a place where you can discuss extension development and news that may affect custom development will be posted from time to time.

Following is a list of previous news and information about Joomla and other sites of interest:

• Working with the Joomla Feature Tracker
• General developer mailing list
• Joomla developer network
• Joomla development strategy

A Huge Thank You to Our Volunteers!

This beta release is the result of thousands of hours of work by dozens of volunteers. Thank you so very much for making Joomla the best CMS on the planet!

The Joomla Project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Joomla 3.0.3. This is a security release. The Production Leadership Team’s goal is to continue to provide regular, frequent updates to the Joomla community. Learn more about Joomla! development at the Developer Site.

Download

New Installations: Click here to download Joomla 3.0.3 (Full package) »

Update Package: Click here to download Joomla 3.0.2 to 3.0.3 (Update package) »

Update Package: Click here to download Joomla 3.0.3 (for updates from Joomla 2.5)  (Update package)  »

Note: Please read the instructions below.

Instructions

• New installation and technical requirements
• Special update instructions for version 3.0.0
• FAQ on updating from 2.5.x (if desired).  Please read the entire FAQ to get all the pertinent information.
• Migration from Joomla! 1.5.x

Want to test drive Joomla? Try the online demo or the Joomla JumpBox. Documentation is available for beginners.

Please note that you should always backup your site before upgrading.

Release Notes

Check the Joomla 3.0.3 Post-Release FAQs to see if there are important items and helpful hints discovered after the release.

Statistics for the 3.0.3 release period

• Joomla 3.0.3 contains:
  • 3 security issue fixed
  • 2 new features
  • 136 tracker issues fixed

Security Issues Fixed

• Low Priority – Core – Information Disclosure. More information »
• Low Priority – Core – Information Disclosure. More information »
• Low Priority – Core – Information Disclosure. More information »

New Features

• 29897 Multilanguage: adding items associations in remaining core components. Thanks Benjamin. Click here for more information.
• 29496 Language Installation tool for the Joomla Installer. Thanks Javier. Click here for more information.

Tracker Issues Fixed

ID	Summary/Link	Category
29763	Category list state change bug	Administration
29635	* No message notification when new article is created	Administration
29473	Fixed issue with hits_class not being defined when hits is 24	Administration
29921	*Com_content category list filter field wrong Options	Administration
29676	*formatting at the PM System are lost	Administration
29768	Internet Explorer -> Menu Item Select -> Popup unreadable	Administration
29620	*Creating new position when editing module broken in master?	Administration
29289	*No admin private message when an author submit a new content in frontend	Administration
29762	*cpanel layout in backend messed up after adding feed to cpanel	Administration
29764	Missing icon-pending in back-end	Administration
29626	Commit for 29519 Breaks Wrapper Menu Item Type	Administration
29821	Cannot select contact or newsfeed in modal after filtering	Administration
29679	*Passwords fields not required when creating a new user in back-end	Administration
29619	In the current version 3.0.2 (master branch, 03. Nov. 2012) some settings aren’t working.	Administration
29660	Error 500 due to “missing alias column in assets table”	Administration
28714	Authentication – Gmail: Apply Username suffix does not allow user to login with suffix already applied	Authentication and Login
29995	No language tooltip at the Joomla Login	Authentication and Login
29669	Consistent form validation notifications	CMS Libraries
29700	Component installer and menus may return invisible bug	CMS Libraries
28895	Missing closing	Code Quality
29714	Code style fixes based on Jenkins, replace uses of JRequest	Code Quality
29979	Codestyle pass 1	Code Quality
30035	code for page break plugin	Code Quality
29903	Fix a reference in jDatabaseDriver	Code Quality
29987	Code Style Part 2	Code Quality
29960	Correct language specification in components’ XML files	Code Quality
29651	Removing try/catch clauses in ‘dispatch’ methods	Code Quality
29895	Strict errors in categories models	Code Quality
28087	PHP errors when all modules are removed	Components
29836	*Weblinks, Newsfeeds, Contacts Search Filter (frontend)	Components
30021	*Wrong parameters for Articles Category List layout	Components
29693	*Position of Article Info. Setting Use Global not saved. Menu Manager: Edit Menu Item and Article Manager: Edit Article	Components
29824	Smart search saves * in language field	Components
29682	Adding an icon to the “reply” button in com_messages	Components
28577	User Notes Search not working	Components
29738	Weblinks Hits Display when set to hide	Components
29952	template manager pagination broken	Components
29913	*Com_content feed read more links broken	Components
29989	*Media manager can’t upload is memory_limit is set to -1	Components
27903	invalid call to parent::getStoreId in getStoreId of NewsfeedsModelCategories (unused)	Components
29905	Issue 29895 broke weblinks categories.	Components
30007	Fix broken module installation in Postgresql because of NULL constraint	Database
28533	Sqlsrv MSSQL Azure joomla.sql default constraints should all have defined names	Database
27709	Saving in backend very slow when many user groups	Database
29845	Joomla 3.0.2 Back-end Performance Issue with Item Associations (large #__associations table)	Database
29345	MySQLi does not display SQL errors messages anymore.	Database
29997	Email validation fails with longer top level domains	Forms
20173	[PATCH] selective usage of editor’s buttons does not working	Forms
29933	*’Article’ string above the TOS article and print icon not working with Protostar	Front End
29827	Sematic & Accessibility fixes frontend	Front End
29887	*Disable System redirect breaks 404	Front End
29838	the registration-mail does not contain username and password if activation is set to “none”. Even if “send password” is set to yes.	Front End
28841	Username modification in frontend (Profile Edit) is not saved	Front End
29904	*With plugin Language Filter enabled, user articles parameter in frontend shows all articles	Front End
29862	*Filter_field Option missing in category list layout for Contact, Newsfeeds, Weblinks	Front End
29715	*Submit an Article doesn’t work	Front End
29941	*User Profile frontend tooltips same as backend ones	Front End
29860	*Wrong display of Search and Clear buttons in Insert Article modal + RTL	Front End
29927	*User Profile Plugin – Required TOS field not enforced	Front End
29999	Fix fatal error in JInstallerFile::uninstall()	Installation
29646	Some errors on Updater	Installation
29712	Alternate fix for 29646 update changes	Installation
29573	Remove unnecessary JS snippet from rules field	Javascript
29705	blank login page J3.x beez3	Javascript
29691	Smart Search autocomplete.js issue	Javascript
29998	Problem with grid sort	Javascript
29668	language installer coordinator team URL must changed j3 TT	Languages
29962	*303 when not using URL Language code in multilanguage-again	Languages
29616	Missing JGLOBAL_CENTER in frontend language file	Languages
29434	J3.0 Stable – Missing language value JLIB_INSTALLER_ABORT_PACKAGE_INSTALL_MANIFEST	Languages
29852	Drop down chzn missing from end translation	Languages
28616	Add French language stemmer to Smart Search	Languages
29684	Wrong HTML markup on category edit	Layouts
29217	*Status column missing in weblinks mobile view	Layouts
29908	Allow use of text instead of icons in the login module	Layouts
29865	JLayoutFile keeps rendering same layout	Layouts
29776	com_media/plugin interaction	Media Manager
29743	heading menu type renders bad html code	Modules
29744	Submenu module missing closing A tag	Modules
29710	mod_breadcrumbs: Custom separator is not applied	Modules
29929	mod_custom with wrong client attribute	Modules
28778	Incorrect Rendering of Breadcrumb Trail for Home Page Sub-Items	Modules
29771	Inconsistent usage of module suffix at mod_menu and mod_breadcrumbs	Modules
29558	Incorrect current menu item highlighting in mod_menu if ‘Base Item’ is not current.	Modules
30000	Division by 0 problem in JCrypt	Platform
29731	RSS feed gets corrupted when ampersand (&) or other escapable characters exist in Site Meta Description	Platform
29417	sendMail automatically adds sender as replyTo	Platform
25337	site on unc path, path.php removes \\ for 2.5 only	Platform
29197	Potential loop in JPagination	Platform
29809	Callback logger wrongly named	Platform
29694	Fix broken extension update	Platform
30023	Faster sorting for languages	Platform
30006	Add totally new classes and methods from the platform	Platform
27699	Only text gets passed to content events in blog view	Plugins
29871	email cloaking stripping class attribute	Plugins
29469	CodeMirror looks a little bad	Plugins
29665	*Cache plugin is not differentiating between Menu-Items	Plugins
30031	*Notice: Undefined index: title in /plugins/content/pagebreak/pagebreak.php on line 197	Plugins
29727	Pagebreak plugin generates same ID for tabs and slides	Plugins
29638	*admin dashboard statics not fully RTL	RTL
29849	*RTL: Wrong display of Subcategories titles in Content Category List menu item	RTL
29698	*Adding bootsrtap-rtl to compiler, correcting some rtl classes	RTL
29914	*Login module wrong display in beez3 RTL	RTL
29740	*HTML direction tag for Back-end login missed	RTL
29954	*RTL: Wrong display of Subcategories titles in Content Category Blog and Categories menu items	RTL
29621	The root asset has the wrong lft value in 3 files	SQL Files
30026	*Reverting parts of tracker #29875 which breaks container-fluid class in Protostar- regression	Templates
29906	*Viewing Access Levels order numbering is not shown	Templates
29707	protostar pagination: active items li not closed	Templates
29819	*Correcting Hathor admin login	Templates
29917	*Beez3 RTL wrong display of items in category list	Templates
29675	*Protostar error page tries to load search module even when module is not published	Templates
30028	Ordering is not working in Beez3 article Category List	Templates
29834	*Beez3 edit article wrong display	Templates
29706	icon display in protostar pagination on active items	Templates
29833	*Beez3 does not display Print, Mail, Edit, New icons	Templates
29687	*Adapting hathor to new message using editor	Templates
29907	*Protostar template does not display page break tab feature in a page.	Templates
30043	*Correcting a few Hathor css issues	Templates
29870	*Beez3 wrong messages display	Templates
29959	*Show Create Date global article option does not work when it is the only option selected	Templates
29749	*Correcting Hathor CPanel display	Templates
29875	[Github #625] Protostar invalid class names for itemid, layout and task	Templates
29994	Clear tooltips at template hathor	Templates
29842	Display error by the contactform with IE 8 and 9	Templates
29439	Bootstrap clearfix improperly used.	Templates
30015	*Isis tooltip text is always centered	Templates
29923	*Ordering in Featured Articles doesn’t work with isis administrator template	User Interface
29653	*Correcting Isis media modal display	User Interface
30018	*Isis calendar display issue	User Interface
29363	Responsive layout during installation breaks	User Interface
29654	*User Basic settings do not display when debug language on	User Interface
29569	*Implementing accordeons for Modules Options	User Interface
29528	Incorrect arrows in table heading.	User Interface
22198	Weblinks module follow/no follow description	User Interface
29210	Help page restricted to small window at top of screen	User Interface

Joomla! Bug Squad

Thanks to the Joomla Bug Squad for their dedicated efforts investigating reports, fixing problems, and applying patches to Joomla. If you find a bug in Joomla, please report it on the Joomla! CMS Issue Tracker.

Active members of the Joomla Bug Squad during the past three months include: Aaron Schmitz, Akarawuth Tamrareang, Aleksander Linkov, Andrea Tarr, Andrew Eddie, Angelika Reisiger, Brian Teeman, Constantin Romankiewicz, Cristina Solana, Daria Mikhailova, Dennis Hermacki, Elin Waring, Harald Leithner, Jacob Waisner, James Brice, Jan Kuchař, Janich Rasmussen, Jean-Marie Simonet, Jonathan M. Cameron, Kevin Griffiths, Lukas Polak, Mark Dexter, Mark Lee, Michael Babker, Milton Bryant, Moises Jafet Cornelio-Vargas, Nicholas Antimisiaris, Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos, Nick Savov, Nikolai Plath, Ofer Cohen, Omar Ramos, Peter van Westen, Peter Wiseman, Rob Clayburn, Roberto Segura, Roland Dalmulder, Soheil Novinfard, Tessa Mero, Troy Thomas Hall, Viet Hoang Vu.

Bug Squad Leadership: Mark Dexter, Coordinator. Super-star contributors and leaders by example: Jean-Marie Simonet and Elin Waring.

Joomla! Security Strike Team

A big thanks to the Joomla! Security Strike Team for their ongoing work to keep Joomla secure. Members include: Airton Torres, Alan Langford, Bill Richardson, Elin Waring, Gary Brooks, Jason Kendall, Jean-Marie Simonet, Jeremy Wilken, Marijke Stuivenberg, Mark Boos, Mark Dexter, Michael Babker, Pushapraj Sharma, Rouven Weßling.

How can you help Joomla development?

The great news is you don’t have to be a developer to help build Joomla. The Joomla Bug Squad is one of the most active teams in the Joomla development process and is always looking for people (not just developers) that can help with sorting bug reports, coding patches and testing solutions. It’s a great way for increasing your working knowledge of Joomla, and also a great way to meet new people from all around the world.

If you are interested, please read about us on the Joomla Wiki and, if you wish to join, email the Bug Squad coordinator.

You can also help Joomla development by thanking those involved in the many areas of the process.

The Joomla Project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Joomla 3.0.1. This is a security release. This release also fixes several high-priority problems with version 3.0.0. 

IMPORTANT NOTE FOR 3.0.0 SITES: If you plan to update a site from 3.0.0 to 3.0.1, you need to install the Joomla 3.0.0 Hot Patch before doing the update to Joomla 3.0.1. See the Hot Patch Instructions for more information. This is NOT required for updating from version 2.5.x.  If you require the FTP layer you will need to manually FTP the update. Also, please note that version 3.0 users need to make sure the Update server is set to “Short Term Support” in the Joomla! Update component. Otherwise, no 3.0.x updates will show.

The Production Leadership Team’s goal is to continue to provide regular, frequent updates to the Joomla community. Learn more about Joomla! development at the Developer Site.

Download

New Installations: Click here to download Joomla 3.0.1 (Full package) »

Hot Patch (required for update from 3.0.0): Click here to download Joomla 3.0.0 Hot Patch »

Update Package: Click here to download Joomla 3.0.0 to 3.0.1 (Update package) »

Update Package: Click here to download Joomla 3.0.1 (for updates from Joomla 2.5)  (Update package)  »

Note: Please read the special update instructions before updating. Updating from 3.0.0 requires that you apply the hot patch first.

Instructions

• New installation and technical requirements
  
• Migration from Joomla! 1.5.x

Want to test drive Joomla? Try the online demo or the Joomla JumpBox. Documentation is available for beginners.

Please note that you should always backup your site before upgrading.

Release Notes

Check the Joomla 3.0.1 Post-Release FAQs to see if there are important items and helpful hints discovered after the release.

Statistics for the 3.0.1 release period

• Joomla 3.0.1 contains:
  • 1 security issue fixed
  • 1 new feature
  • 47 tracker issues fixed

Security Issues Fixed

• Low Priority – Core – XSS Vulnerability. More information »

New Feature

• 29445 Allow different update packages for different version dev levels

  Until now, for both core auto updates and extension updates, update packages have been controlled by the 2-digit version number (e.g., 2.5, 3.0). It is not possible,for example, to have users of version 3.0.0 install a different update package than users of 3.0.1. This means the update packages are larger than they need to be. This feature allows for checking all three elements of a version number.

Tracker Issues Fixed

ID	Summary/Link	Category
25663	“Can’t build admin menu item” error while (re)installing component	Administration
29419	*Missing client field (and other fields) when creating a new banner	Administration
29426	*Missing list limit in Extensions Manager => Manage and Install Languages	Administration
29367	*Filtering by category does not work for Featured articles	Administration
29307	getComponentsWithConfig does not work for custom components	Administration
29387	unpublish button don’t work	Administration
29006	*J3.0 alpha 2.0 : Fieldset not working for plugin extension	Administration
29268	Language dropdown too small in backend login using IE8	Authentication and Login
29399	Clean up code style	Code Quality
28849	Publishing date instead of creation date in com_content/category/view.feed.php	Components
28297	com_banners: BannersModelClients SQL error (group by banner id)	Components
29358	A sinjgle contact does not send email and return 500 system error	Components
29369	Updated sample data for SQL Azure database	Database
29403	*Missing required=”true” in front-end login form	Front End
29343	Remove installation folder’ button not always working	Installation
29421	Auto update doesn’t work in version 3.0.0	Installation
29323	Problems in update from 2.5 to 3.0	Installation
29429	Can’t install Joomla update as an extension	Installation
29385	Joomla 3.0 stable package has wrong file permissions	Installation
29383	Language String TPL_HATHOR_COLOUR_CHOICE_BLUE Missing	Languages
29380	Override Language String Created Cannot be Deleted	Languages
29374	Languages Cannot be Installed Using Install Languages	Languages
29408	images upload to the wrong folder in image manager	Media Manager
29344	Javascript Error with JHTML tabs	Platform
29431	Prostar Template not honouring module Title Hide.	Templates
29211	Isis: Jumping table rows on mouseover	Templates
29336	*Protostar page navigation does not work	Templates
29414	Isis template showing User Name is not a good idea	Templates
29410	Beez3 template_Details.xml needs a rework and beez3 itselfs needs additional files	Templates
29407	*Isis wong implementation of the color parameter	Templates
29393	beez3 CLOSE INFO	Templates
29390	Components Title Truncated to 40 Bytes in ISIS	Templates
29325	*article manager options –	User Interface
29443	*Normalising isis UI part1 administrator folder	User Interface
29414	Isis template showing User Name is not a good idea.	Templates
29387	unpublish button don’t work.	Administration
29446	One character too much in JFeedPerson	CMS Libraries
29262	Wrong file name in garbagecoro cli app	Administration
29394	beez3 — single contact.	Templates
29449	*Normalising isis UI part2 components, modules, plugins	Templates
29447	Broken installation with PostgreSQL.	Installation
29464	Untranslated string COM_INSTALLER_INSTALL_FTP	Languages
29452	beez3: change meta tag name from apple-touch-fullscreen to apple-mobile-web-app-capable.	Templates
29451	beez3: element closed before opened.	Templates
29454	multi level menus not support RTL languages well.	RTL
29074	Back-end: Unable to save FTP Settings – Catchable fatal error	Platform
29468	Additional places where null should be changed to array().	Platform

Joomla! Bug Squad

Thanks to the Joomla Bug Squad for their dedicated efforts investigating reports, fixing problems, and applying patches to Joomla. If you find a bug in Joomla, please report it on the Joomla! CMS Issue Tracker.

Active members of the Joomla Bug Squad during the past three months include: Aaron Wood, Andrea Tarr, Bill Richardson, Brian Teeman, Christophe Demko, Dean Clarke, Dennis Hermacki, Elin Waring, Emerson Rocha Luiz, Harald Leithner, Itamar Elharar, Jacob Waisner, James Brice, Janich Rasmussen, Jean-Marie Simonet, Kevin Griffiths, Loyd Headrick, Marijke Stuivenberg, Marius van Rijnsoever, Mark Dexter, Matt Thomas, Michael Babker, Neil McNulty, Nicholas Dionysopoulos, Nick Savov, Nikolai Plath, Ofer Cohen, Peter Wiseman, rachmat wakjaer, Radek Suski, rob clayburn, Roland Dalmulder, Rouven Weßling, Rune Sjøen, Samuel Moffatt, Shaun Maunder, Soheil Novinfard, Troy Hall, Viet Vu.

Bug Squad Leadership: Mark Dexter, Coordinator.

Joomla! Security Strike Team

A big thanks to the Joomla! Security Strike Team for their ongoing work to keep Joomla secure. Members include: Airton Torres, Alan Langford, Bill Richardson, Elin Waring, Gary Brooks, Jason Kendall, Jean-Marie Simonet, Jeremy Wilken, Marijke Stuivenberg, Mark Dexter, Michael Babker, Rouven Weßling, Samuel Moffatt.

How can you help Joomla development?

The great news is you don’t have to be a developer to help build Joomla. The Joomla Bug Squad is one of the most active teams in the Joomla development process and is always looking for people (not just developers) that can help with sorting bug reports, coding patches and testing solutions. It’s a great way for increasing your working knowledge of Joomla, and also a great way to meet new people from all around the world.

If you are interested, please read about us on the Joomla Wiki and, if you wish to join, email the Bug Squad coordinator.

You can also help Joomla development by thanking those involved in the many areas of the process.

The Joomla Project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Joomla 3.0.2. This is a security release. The Production Leadership Team’s goal is to continue to provide regular, frequent updates to the Joomla community. Learn more about Joomla! development at the Developer Site.

Download

New Installations: Click here to download Joomla 3.0.2 (Full package) »

Update Package: Click here to download Joomla 3.0.1 to 3.0.2 (Update package) »

Update Package: Click here to download Joomla 3.0.2 (for updates from Joomla 2.5)  (Update package)  »

Note: If you are running version 3.0.0 please read the special update instructions before updating.

Instructions

• New installation and technical requirements
  
• Migration from Joomla! 1.5.x

Want to test drive Joomla? Try the online demo or the Joomla JumpBox. Documentation is available for beginners.

Please note that you should always backup your site before upgrading.

Release Notes

Check the Joomla 3.0.2 Post-Release FAQs to see if there are important items and helpful hints discovered after the release.

Statistics for the 3.0.2 release period

• Joomla 3.0.2 contains:
  • 1 security issue fixed
  • 1 new feature
  • 50 tracker issues fixed

Security Issues Fixed

• Medium Priority – Core – Clickjacking Vulnerability. More information »

New Feature

• 27373 Implementing Items associations in multi-language. With this function you can assign articles and article categories from different languages together and the module will display the correct link if you change the language itself. Click here for more information.

Tracker Issues Fixed

ID	Summary/Link	Category
29610	User and Notes views missing chosen/bootstrap	Administration
29471	Save as Copy Overwrites Menu Titles (always) for External URL	Administration
29533	Missing closing link tag in submenu layout	Administration
27989	Filtering of extension update list and additional notice before updatiing	Administration
29587	*Adding Author alias in Article Manager	Administration
29615	*Hathor edit user broken	Administration
29582	User Profile cannot be edited from user manager	Administration
29606	*New Feature Items associations also displays the parameter for other categories than com_content	Administration
29411	Missing function _unix2DOSTime in libraries/joomla/archive/zip.php.	CMS Libraries
29583	JForm media field element is unable to determine the selected image root path	CMS Libraries
29565	Joomla! 3.x version update information issue on 64-bit servers	CMS Libraries
28379	*Normalizing Hathor css and js load in index.php + correcting a small error	Code Quality
29128	Add a heading menu item, use Bootstrap’s markup for separator	Code Quality
29568	*Patch correcting issues in Featured/blog/archive for the info display	Components
29545	Incorrect label / date in article created date	Components
29251	Com_content caches article view no matter of Itemid	Components
29499	“Browser Page Title” Not Considered in Category Blog Layouts	Components
29547	Category parent link missing	Components
29480	Removed class=” form closing tag in contacts default view	Components
29551	Fixed list_price and sale_price	Database
29239	Increment the hit counter of the category	Database
29597	‘Title’ label doesn’t appear when editing an article in frontend	Front End
29478	Incorrect Home link from 500 error page Joomla 3.0	Front End
29488	Missing JText In Language Installer	Languages
29604	*Language no more available in Extension Manager after uninstall	Languages
29521	J3.0.1 JLIB_FILESYSTEM_ERROR_PATH_IS_NOT_A_FOLDER_FILES INSTL_ERROR_INITIALISE_SCHEMA	Languages
29584	*Untranslated strings in chosen.jquery.js using Isis	Languages
29477	Missing style for Cancel	Layouts
29401	Repeated htmlspecialchars() Applied When Multiple Breadcrumbs Active	Modules
29536	XHTML syntax error in default system Breadcrumbs module	Modules
29570	Recaptcha fails	Platform
29530	*Language override search broken	Plugins
29339	User Manager: Viewing Access Levels – layout	Templates
29553	Convert Hathor’s brown color scheme to Less	Templates
29543	Category on article is sometimes not displayed	Templates
29527	*Beez category list display issue	Templates
29535	Invalid XHTML syntax in Protostar Joomla 3.0.1	Templates
29599	*Beez article category list display issue	Templates
29470	*Hathor submenus broken	Templates
29305	Adding red colour to invalid fields	Templates
29487	isis error.php is accessing unexisting object $this->params	Templates
28960	Correct system message output	Templates
29494	*Normalising Edit Category page	User Interface
29577	Wrong status filter in Plug-in-Manager	User Interface
29525	No tooltip help for Global Configuration Text Filters	User Interface
29476	Isis: Fixed btn-group labels not getting right colors in component subtemplate	User Interface
29602	Add bootstrap-extended to the CSS compiler	User Interface
29519	*Edit Menu Item layout usability	User Interface
29552	*Com_messages “My Settings” broken	User Interface
29340	Menu Manager: Menus	Web Services

Joomla! Bug Squad

Thanks to the Joomla Bug Squad for their dedicated efforts investigating reports, fixing problems, and applying patches to Joomla. If you find a bug in Joomla, please report it on the Joomla! CMS Issue Tracker.

Active members of the Joomla Bug Squad during the past three months include: Akarawuth Tamrareang, Andrea Tarr, Angelika Reisiger, Bill Richardson, Brian Teeman, Constantin Romankiewicz, Daria Mikhailova, Dean Clarke, Dennis Hermacki, Elin Waring, Emerson Rocha Luiz, Harald Leithner, Ian Galpin, Itamar Elharar, Jacob Waisner, James Brice, Jan Kuchař, Janich Rasmussen, Jean-Marie Simonet, Jonathan M. Cameron, Kevin Griffiths, Marijke Stuivenberg, Mark Dexter, Mark Lee, Matt Thomas, Michael Babker, Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos, Nick Savov, Nikolai Plath, Ofer Cohen, Peter van Westen, Peter Wiseman, Prasit Gebsaap, Radek Suski, Rob Clayburn, Rob Joyce, Roberto Segura, Roland Dalmulder , Rouven Weßling, Sam Moffatt, Shaun Maunder, Soheil Novinfard, Tessa Mero, Tim Plummer, Troy Thomas Hall, Viet Vu.

Bug Squad Leadership: Mark Dexter, Coordinator.

Joomla! Security Strike Team

A big thanks to the Joomla! Security Strike Team for their ongoing work to keep Joomla secure. Members include: Airton Torres, Alan Langford, Bill Richardson, Elin Waring, Gary Brooks, Jason Kendall, Jean-Marie Simonet, Jeremy Wilken, Marijke Stuivenberg, Mark Dexter, Michael Babker, Rouven Weßling, Samuel Moffatt.

How can you help Joomla development?

The great news is you don’t have to be a developer to help build Joomla. The Joomla Bug Squad is one of the most active teams in the Joomla development process and is always looking for people (not just developers) that can help with sorting bug reports, coding patches and testing solutions. It’s a great way for increasing your working knowledge of Joomla, and also a great way to meet new people from all around the world.

If you are interested, please read about us on the Joomla Wiki and, if you wish to join, email the Bug Squad coordinator.

You can also help Joomla development by thanking those involved in the many areas of the process.