A new guide compares Joomla templates and frameworks, including Cassiopeia, Helix3, Helix Ultimate, Astroid, T4, Gantry and YOOtheme Pro. It explains how to check Joomla and PHP compatibility, assess updates and maintenance costs, distinguish responsive design from accessibility and evaluate a template before changing a live website.
The new English guide to installing Joomla explains how to prepare the server and an empty database, complete the Joomla 6 installer, add languages and check the initial site settings. It includes current requirements, explanations of the installer fields, screenshots and checks for common installation errors.
The guide to user registration and login in Joomla 5 and 6 explains how to enable or disable registration, choose account activation and add login forms. It covers the differences between user groups, access levels and permissions, along with username and password recovery, multi-factor authentication and checks for restricted content. Step-by-step instructions and interface screenshots help administrators configure user access and avoid giving new accounts excessive permissions.
The new guide to choosing fast Joomla templates explains which current solutions to consider and how to compare them under consistent conditions. Learn what LCP, INP, CLS and TTFB mean, avoid common PageSpeed Insights mistakes, and prepare equivalent pages before measuring performance.
A reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability has been discovered in the JoomShopping component. It allows an attacker to inject JavaScript code into a specially crafted link to a product page.
JoomShaper has released Helix Ultimate 2.2.11, an update that addresses six security issues. They affect embedded audio and video filtering, path handling, the Media Manager, article editing, article ratings, and Mega Menu badges.
Our new guide to robots.txt for Joomla explains the default rules, how to check access to CSS, JavaScript and images, and how to add a sitemap. It also covers common crawling mistakes and explains when to use noindex, canonical and redirects.
A new guide explains how to reset a Joomla administrator password across the main releases from 1.0 to 6. Each method includes version compatibility notes, with separate instructions for legacy and modern password hashes, the SSH command, temporary access through configuration.php and the limitations of email recovery.
On October 21, 2026, the PHP developers released emergency security updates addressing two critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities: CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619.
We have updated our collection of JoomShopping templates for Joomla, adding SJ Entry and a dedicated Flex9 overview, and revising Joomla 6 and 5 compatibility, prices and package contents. Explore 11 store designs, links to demos and developer websites, and practical advice on choosing a template.
