Important information for site owners with custom overrides! After the release of Joomla 5.4.7 and 6.1.2, some site owners encountered a problem — article layout overrides (article_layout) specified in article parameters stopped working.
Important information for all Joomla website owners! On July 9, 2026, a critical vulnerability was discovered in the popular AcyMailing (com_acym) email newsletter component. The vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries against the site database, leading to the exposure of confidential data.
Important information for all Joomla website owners! On July 7, 2026, JoomShaper developers released an update for the popular Helix Ultimate template (version 2.2.7), which addresses a range of critical vulnerabilities. These include Open Redirect, Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF), Cross-Site Scripting (XSS), and unauthorized modification of site settings.
Important information for all Joomla! website owners: On June 29, 2026, JoomShaper released an update for the Helix 3 framework (version 3.1.1) that patches several critical vulnerabilities. These issues allow an attacker to delete files on your server without authorization, overwrite template settings, and inject malicious code.
Attackers are actively targeting Joomla sites using this vulnerability. Immediately update SP Page Builder to version 6.6.2 and check your administrator user list for suspicious accounts.
Important information for all Joomla website owners! In early June 2026, security researchers discovered a critical vulnerability in the popular JCE (Joomla Content Editor).
Important information for all Joomla! site owners. Since the beginning of April 2026, increased hacker activity has been observed: someone is successfully hacking sites that have not been updated for a long time.
We're pleased to introduce our new Offcanvas content module, which helps users stay focused on important content on mobile devices. This Joomla module displays a button that, when clicked, slides out an Offcanvas panel containing the desired content. Simply select the content type you want to display in the Offcanvas panel and the viewport width at which the button should appear. The module uses Bootstrap 5.
On April 15, a new version of Joomla 5.3 was released, which is the last minor version in the Joomla 5 line before the release of Joomla 6. The most significant in Joomla 5.3 are the improvements in URL routing, other innovations are not so significant, but they are definitely not superfluous.
Nominations for the 2024 CMS Critic Awards are officially open! To nominate Joomla, please fill out and submit the form by January 24, 2025, using this link.
