Let’s celebrate! Today is an important day for the Joomla! Project. We’re celebrating six months of hard work by our volunteers, who had the vision to produce a new minor version. Today, we are proud to announce the release of our new minor version, Joomla 5.1, alongside Joomla 4.4.4,
The Joomla Project is pleased to announce the availability of Joomla 5.1 Release Candidate 2 for testing.
There are two main goals for Release Candidates:
For a complete list of known backward compatibility issues for version 5.1, please see Potential backward compatibility issues in Joomla 5.1 on the documentation site.
This release candidate version of Joomla 5.1 is not suitable for production sites. It is for testing only.
Where to get it?
To always use the latest build of Joomla 5, we invite you to use the nightly build packages (updated every night).
To make it easier for newcomers, you can launch a free Joomla 5 website for testing at launch.joomla.org.
Joomla! 5.1 (general availability) will be released on or about 16th April 2024. The planned milestones are:
Alpha
Beta (Feature Freeze)
Release Candidate (Language Freeze)
Stable Release
Please note that dates may be subject to change depending on the availability of volunteers and circumstances beyond our control.
We are firmly committed to making the next generation of Joomla the best. These are the features that have been committed to version 5.1.
As it's a release candidate, we now have a language freeze. From now on, no pull Requests touching the language files will be merged unless absolutely necessary (e.g., by fixing a critical bug). We’re two weeks away from a stable release, so the task is now: test, test, test.
We will not include any other new features in the 5.1 branch from now on. But you’re welcome to propose enhancements and fixes for existing features.
To learn more about our development strategy, please read this article.
To help ensure the 5.1 release and our major features are “production-ready”, we need your help testing releases and reporting any bugs you may find at issues.joomla.org.
We encourage extension developers to roll up their sleeves, seek out bugs and test their extensions with Joomla 5.1 and communicate their experience.
There are some tutorials to help you with Joomla 5. You can find the existing ones, like creating a Plugin or a Module for Joomla 5, namespaces conventions, prepared statements, using the new web asset classes and many more in https://docs.joomla.org/Category:Joomla!_5.x
We encourage developers to help write the documentation about Joomla 5 on docs.joomla.org and manual.joomla.org to help and guide users and other extension developers.
A JDocs page will help developers to see the existing documentation and the documentation still needed.
We invite you to check it regularly, update it and provide the missing content.
If you are an extension developer, please make sure you subscribe to the extension developer channel https://joomlacommunity.cloud.mattermost.com/main/channels/extension-development-room
Where you can join the community of extension developers.
A big thank you goes out to everyone who contributed to the release!
The Joomla Project is pleased to announce the availability of Joomla 5.1 Release Candidate for testing.
There are two main goals for Release Candidates:
For a complete list of known backward compatibility issues for version 5.1, please see Potential backward compatibility issues in Joomla 5.1 on the documentation site.
This release candidate version of Joomla 5.1 is not suitable for production sites. It is for testing only.
Where to get it?
To always use the latest build of Joomla 5, we invite you to use the nightly build packages (updated every night).
To make it easier for newcomers, you can launch a free Joomla 5 website for testing at launch.joomla.org.
Joomla! 5.1 (general availability) will be released on or about 16th April 2024. The planned milestones are:
Alpha
Beta (Feature Freeze)
Release Candidate (Language Freeze)
Stable Release
Please note that dates may be subject to change depending on the availability of volunteers and circumstances beyond our control.
We are firmly committed to making the next generation of Joomla the best. These are the features that have been committed to version 5.1.
As it's a release candidate, we now have a language freeze. From now on, no pull Requests touching the language files will be merged unless absolutely necessary (e.g., by fixing a critical bug). We’re two weeks away from a stable release, so the task is now: test, test, test.
We will not include any other new features in the 5.1 branch from now on. But you’re welcome to propose enhancements and fixes for existing features.
To learn more about our development strategy, please read this article.
To help ensure the 5.1 release and our major features are “production-ready”, we need your help testing releases and reporting any bugs you may find at issues.joomla.org.
We encourage extension developers to roll up their sleeves, seek out bugs and test their extensions with Joomla 5.1 and communicate their experience.
There are some tutorials to help you with Joomla 5. You can find the existing ones, like creating a Plugin or a Module for Joomla 5, namespaces conventions, prepared statements, using the new web asset classes and many more in https://docs.joomla.org/Category:Joomla!_5.x
We encourage developers to help write the documentation about Joomla 5 on docs.joomla.org and manual.joomla.org to help and guide users and other extension developers.
A JDocs page will help developers to see the existing documentation and the documentation still needed.
We invite you to check it regularly, update it and provide the missing content.
If you are an extension developer, please make sure you subscribe to the extension developer channel https://joomlacommunity.cloud.mattermost.com/main/channels/extension-development-room
Where you can join the community of extension developers.
A big thank you goes out to everyone who contributed to the release!
The Joomla! Project is pleased to announce the release of Joomla 5.0.3 and 4.4.3. This is a security and bug fix release for the 5.x and 4.x series of Joomla.
In an unprecedented move, Joomla, alongside other leading open-source content management systems including Drupal, TYPO3, and WordPress, has proudly co-founded the Open Website Alliance. This ground-breaking global, executive-level alliance symbolises a united front of international community organisations, all dedicated to championing the cause of open-source software over proprietary alternatives.
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Jack, ex NP2OR, 5X7JD will be active as 5X3L from Uganda.
Darrell, AB2E will be active as VP9/AB2E from Bermuda Islands, IOTA NA - 005, 23 - 27 May 2024.
The Dateline DX Association is pleased to announce that due to the increasing interest in our N5J DXpedition to this rare DXCC entity we are adding another local operator to our team.
Dave, G4WXJ will be active as ZC4RH from Cyprus, IOTA AS - 004, 28 April - 9 May 2024.
Chris, VK2YUS will be active again as YJ0CA from Vanuatu, 27 April - 9 May 2024.
TX7W Team will be active from Raivavae Island, IOTA OC - 114, Austral Islands, 16 - 30 April 2024.
3G0YA Team will be active from Easter Island, IOTA SA - 001, 18 April - 6 May 2024. (earlier they announced as CD0Y).
3D2CCC Team will be active from Conway Reef, IOTA OC - 112, Fiji.
TT8RR, TT8XX, TT8TT Team will be active from Chad, 16 - 30 April 2024.
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Harold, DF2WO will be active again as 9X2AW from Rwanda, 2 - 17 May 2024.
OE3DEC will be active as 8Q7EC from Embudu Village, Maldive Islands, IOTA AS - 013, 1 - 12 July 2024.
Hiroyuki, JG7PSJ will be active again as JD1BMH from Chichi Jima Island, IOTA AS-031, Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands, 22 April - 4 May 2024.
Gerben, PG5M will be active as VP6G from Pitcairn Island, IOTA OC - 044, 4 - 14 April 2024.
Marek, FH4VVK is planning to be active as FT4GL from Glorioso Islands, IOTA AF - 011, 24 May - 19 June 2024.
Upcoming FT4GL activity from Glorioso Island accepted for DXCC. LOTW certificate validated.
3B8M Team will be active from Mauritius Island, IOTA AF - 049, in CQ WW DX CW Contest, 23 - 24 November 2024.
Alex, T5/IT9HRK is active again from Mogadishu, Somalia.
A8OK Team will be active from Liberia, 5 - 19 April 2024.
DF8AN will be active as VP2MMN from Montserrat Island, IOTA NA - 103, 9 - 17 April 2024.
DF8AN will be active as V26MN from Antigua Island, IOTA NA - 100, 5 - 9 and 17 - 19 April 2024.
9M4IOTA Team will be active from Pulau Kapas, Terengganu, IOTA AS - 073, Malaysia, 31 May - 2 June 2024.
Diya, YI1DZ will be active as Z81D from Juba, South Sudan, starting 15 April 2024.
Tom, W2SC will be active as 8P5A from Barbados Island, IOTA NA - 021, in CQ WW WPX SSB Contest, 30 - 31 March 2024.
TO5LA Team will be active from Mayotte, IOTA AF - 027, 28 March - 2 April 2024.
HV0A Team will be active from Vatican city, 30 March 2024.
Rich, N6KT will be active as PJ4K from Bonaire Island, IOTA SA - 006 in CQ WW WPX SSB Contest, 30 - 31 March 2024.
YJ0VK Team will be active from Vanuatu, 29 March - 11 April 2024.
Haru, JA1XGI will be active as TX5XG from Austral Islands, IOTA OC - 050, 27 March - 3 April 2024.
4L5O will be active from Tbilisi, Georgia in CQ WW WPX SSB Contest, 30 - 31 March 2024.
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TO5A Team will be active from Martinique Island, IOTA NA - 107, in CQ WW DX SSB Contest, 26 - 27 October 2024.
Ren, PY8WW will be active as PZ5TW from Suriname, 27 March - 6 April 2024.
T32EU Team will be active from Kiritimati Atoll, IOTA OC - 024, Kiribati, 13 - 27 March 2024.