The Joomla! Project is pleased to announce the planned release of Joomla! CMS 4.0 Stable and Joomla 3.10 Stable.
Joomla! Will Be 16 on the 17th August 2021
And it is with great pride that the Joomla! Project would like to announce the planned launch of Joomla 4.0 and Joomla 3.10 to coincide with its birthday celebrations.
Joomla4You
Nearly nine long years in the making, Joomla 4 is finally here. This open-source, community project has delivered a Content Management System that has been downloaded over 123,000,000 times in its 16 years. Translated into 77 languages and with over 2.5 million sites. At 3.1% Joomla is the third most popular CMS accounting for one in every 50 websites on the internet. With over 9% of all business websites, Joomla’s emphasis on accessibility, speed, security, and SEO out of the box makes it the CMS of choice for sites that want to expand and grow.
Joomla 4: the free to download and use, entirely volunteer-built CMS with 16 years of experience delivering products you can trust.
Joomla4Accessibility
Whatever size your site is, accessibility is a must, and from the start, Joomla 4 delivers best in class accessibility. The layout, contrast, and infrastructure all have accessibility built-in so all your visitors will benefit. We have aimed for W3C Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 (with AA compliance)
Joomla4Design
A redesigned administration area speeds content creation. Improved media manager and editor updates give you the power to design and build amazing websites. Article templates help you and your colleagues keep to the page design with ease.
Joomla4Emails
Deliver customized emails that welcome and inform your website’s audience effectively! With the new email template system, it’s easier than ever to make the emails your site sends be on message and on-brand. Now you can take your site to the next level when communicating with your customers.
Joomla4Search
Search is a boost to any site. It allows your visitors to hone in on the areas they are interested in, increasing engagement and improving your site’s ranking. So when it comes to search look no further, Joomla 4 smart search has many improvements over the previous Joomla search and is the best to date.
Joomla4SEO
Get to the top of any search engine fast with Joomla 4. It takes care of SEO, so you can focus on getting your great content noticed. SEO built into the architecture of the page means you get the correct page structure without any additional extensions.
Joomla4Security
Running a site with state of the art well-written code helps you stay ahead when it comes to security. With many architecture changes designed to maximize security and keep hackers out, you can be assured that moving to Joomla 4 is a wise choice. The benefits are countless when it comes to ensuring you and your client’s data are as well protected as they can be.
Joomla4Speed
With Joomla 4 you benefit from the increased performance. Speed is one of the top factors in conversions whether your site is eCommerce or you need to grow your subscriptions. Joomla 4 gives your site the boost it needs.
Joomla4Workflows
Workflows help you to run your site efficiently, making sure that the jobs that need to get done are done and by the right people. Combined with the many improvements in the media manager, content writers will love the new workflow and media manager.
Where can I find more information?
Links to J4 Documentation
Getting Started with Joomla!
Joomla 4 Tutorials Project
Joomla 3.10 helps with the transition to Joomla 4
Along with Joomla 4 Stable, the Joomla team released the first stable version of Joomla 3.10.
Joomla 3.10 is the bridge between the two major series. Joomla 3.10 stable will primarily be a release containing backports of API changes from the Joomla 4.0 development branch to help ease the transition to the next major release. Joomla 3.10 will be supported for two years after it has been finally released.
Once your website is updated to 3.10, the pre-update checker will allow you to check the compatibility with the Joomla 4.0 minimum requirements in terms of the current hosting environment and, more importantly, your installed extensions. This will help you migrate to Joomla 4.0 smoothly.