JOOMLERS.UK News
These User Guides are provided for subscribers to WYNCHCO Joomla! CMS Help and Support.
If you are not a subscriber but actively manage a Joomla! CMS website then you may also find this guide useful.
If you are not a subscriber but actively manage a Joomla! CMS website then you may also find the following guides useful:
Search Engine Optimisation Guide.
About Our Sponsor: WYNCHCO Solutions
WYNCHCO Solutions offer Joomla! CMS Help and Support to managers responsible for Joomla! CMS websites in UK businesses, academy schools and third sector organisations regardless of where their website is hosted.
Subscribe to WYNCHCO Joomla! CMS Help and Support to improve your website's resilience.
And reduce the risk of Compromise.
Subscription includes:
- Daily, Weekly and Monthly Joomla! CMS Website Maintenance,
- Timely implementation of Joomla! CMS and 3rd Party Extension updates,
- Priority Personal Email and Telephone Support,
- Unrestricted access to our JOOMLERS.UK User Guides, and
- Use of our unique WYNCHCO Template with your Joomla! CMS Website.
Each Joomla! CMS Help and Support subscription is covered by a bespoke Service Level Agreement.
Is your website using a no longer supported version of Joomla! CMS?
The Joomla! Project™ no longer provides bug and security fix support for the following versions of its CMS:
- Joomla! 1.0.
- Joomla! 1.5.
- Joomla! 2.5.
- Joomla! 3.x.
- Joomla! 4.x.
Just ask if your website uses one of these no longer supported versions and you need help.
Contact Customer Support to discuss how we can helpCall us on 0770 300 4155 to discuss how we can help.
Joomla! Official News
Get it straight from the horse's mouth!
Release date: 27 October 2025.
OSMap 5.1.0 is a bug fix release for this useful site map extension.
The latest release of OSMap by developer Joomlashack is compatible with the Joomla! 5 and 6 Series and PHP 8.4.
- Details
The latest release for the PHP 8.4 Series is PHP 8.4.14.
It is a Bug Fix Release.
PHP 8.4.10 was a Security Fix Release.
Are you checking which version and release of PHP is being used by your Joomla! website?
- Details
Release date: 20 October 2025.
Slideshow CK v2.8.0 is a bug fix release.
v2.8.0 adds compatibility with Joomla! 6.x.
- Details
Release date: 20 October 2025.
This month's newsletter is again packed full of interesting articles about Joomla!
Articles this month include:
- Six WOW Factors of Joomla! 6, and
- Automatic core updates in Joomla.
- Details
Date: 14 October 2025.
The Joomla! Project has announced the launch of its Joomla! 6 Series.
The Joomla! 6 Series introduces lots of new features, security and code improvements and increased performance.
Put using Joomla! 6 with your website at the top of your To Do List before 2026.
- Details
15 October 2025.
The Hacker News report that Microsoft has "released fixes for a whopping 183 security flaws spanning its products, including three vulnerabilities that have come under active exploitation in the wild."
Support for the Windows 10 operating system has now ended unless a device is enrolled in its Extended Security Updates program."
- Details
Read more: Two new Windows Zero-Days exploited in the wild, one affecting every version ever shipped
- Joomla! 5.4 is released by The Joomla! Project
- Joomla! 4 reaches its end of life
- Akeeba Backup 10.1.0 Bug Fix Release
- Akeeba Admin Tools 7.8.3 Bug Fix Release
- Aimy Captcha-Less Form Guard 19.0 is released
- JCE Content Editor 2.9.95 is released
- Google patches Chrome Zero-Day exploit threatening millions
- Tabs and Accordions v2.5.6 released by Regular Labs
- Weblinks 5.0.0 is released by The Joomla! Project
- Google fixes Android flaws exploited in the wild
- Apple patches Zero Day flaw exploited in targeted attacks
- Joomla is 20 years old
- Hikari announce release of HikaShop 6.1.0
- JW announce release of AllVideos 7.0
- Wordpress CMS security concerns should also concern Joomla! CMS users
- Mozilla patches two Firefox browser Zero-Day exploits
- Phishing attack targeting Wordpress CMS users is a timely reminder for Joomlers
- Joomla! voted Best Open Source CMS in 13th Annual CMS Critic Awards
- Targeted Security Release announced by cPanel
- PWT ACL 5.2.0 is released
Your personal data is nobody's business.