Joomla! 6.0 Alpha2 - Help Shape the Next Generation
The Joomla! Project is pleased to announce the availability of the first Joomla 6.0 Alpha 2 for testing.
Key Features & Improvements
✔️ New Date and Datetime fields
✔️ Batch tag removal functionality
✔️ Media manager thumbnails for any file type
✔️ Language file caching
✔️ Task runner functionality
✔️ Compatibility plugin for Joomla 6.0 migration
What are the plans for Joomla 6.0?
☑️ Healthchecker
☑️ SEO
☑️ Migration tool
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Joomla! 5.4.0 Alpha2 - See how it's coming together
The Joomla! Project is pleased to announce the availability of the first Joomla 5.4 Alpha 2 for testing.
What’s new in Joomla 5.4?
We are firmly committed to making the next generation of Joomla the best. So far, these are GitHub commits to version 5.4. We expect to commit other features for the next alpha2 and alpha3 releases.
☑️ Automated Core Updates
☑️ Use of None in various filter options and list views
☑️ More links for user-friendliness
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Joomla Community Magazine - The June issue, 2026
The June issue of the Joomla Community Magazine is here.
✔️ Louise Hawkins - Joomla Academy's Journey So Far and What’s Next!
✔️ Laura Gordon - Joomla User Group - Organizer Meeting - July 8, 2025
✔️ Christiane Maier-Stadtherr - The Blind Spots of Accessibility Testing Tools - Alt Text
✔️ Brian Teeman - The Pink Elephant Paradox: Why Joomla Can't Just 'Not Be' Something
✔️ JCM Team - Advanced Migration Tool coming to Joomla!
✔️ Emmanuel Lemor - How to make your clients think Joomla?
✔️ Carlos Cámara - Together we grow Joomla: Podcasting - Simple Tools, Big Impact
✔️ JCM Team - Improved SEO for Joomla
✔️ Herman Peeren - How to contribute to user documentation
✔️ Dan Atrill - Animate Your Page Transitions With CSS
✔️ JCM Team - Joomla! 8 - The future is planned now
✔️ Angelika Prox-Dampha - Celebrating 20 Years of Joomla
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The beta version of the Phoca Cart - Facebook (Meta Pixel) Conversion Plugin is now available for download. Testers with experience using Meta Pixel, particularly in e-commerce, are welcome to participate. Thank you.
https://www.phoca.cz/news/1374-phoca-cart-facebook-meta-pixel-conversion-plugin-version-5-1-4-beta-released-testers-welcoming
https://youtu.be/73F1_rvAeaI
Joomla - Feedback and Ideas For Improving The Work in the Administration In Future Versions For a More Efficient Experience
https://youtu.be/hA-X5dYgsxs
Based on the https://magazine.joomla.org/all-issues/june-2025/joomla-8-the-future-is-planned-now article discussing Joomla's future in general, let’s focus specifically on feedback and ideas for improving the work in administration in future versions for a more efficient experience.
Phoca Cart - security release
Phoca Cart 5.1.2 (Joomla 5 and Joomla 6) and Phoca Cart 4.0.12 (Joomla 4) have been released. Both version are security release versions.
Changelog:
✔️ Added protection to avoid possible XSS attack.
Phoca Cart is a free shopping cart extension for Joomla.
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Joomla! participates in Google Summer of Code 2025.
From about 280 proposals we selected four. We are very happy that Google Summer of Code granted Joomla all four slots we asked for this year! Congratulations to our contributors.
They will introduce themselves and their projects in this article.
In alphabetical order:
☑️ Charvi Mehra: Joomla! AI Framework
☑️ Dileep Adari: Workflow Enhancements
☑️ Mahmoud Magdy: Weblinks Enhancements
☑️ Reem Atalah: Migrating Content using a Common Content Model
Read more: https://ow.ly/w7Rk50W7Lzs