Joomla! Community Magazine

1. The April Issue

   Our April issue has something in store for every Joomla user, from content manager to code poet and from beginner to developer. Like every month, our awesome volunteer authors happily share their knowledge with you, our readers. As you may know,...

2. New Abbr Buttons in TinyMCE

   With Joomla 6.1, a small but powerful enhancement was added to the TinyMCE editor: dedicated buttons for inserting, editing and removing the HTML <abbr> element.

3. Introducing Audio, Video & Document Custom Fields in Joomla 6.1

   In Joomla 6.1, custom fields just got significantly more flexible. Until now, the Media custom field type only let you select images but thanks to a core enhancement in Joomla 6.1, you now have dedicated field types for audio, video, and documents in addition to images. (github)

4. Evolving Joomla: Automated Redirects in Joomla - How a Sprint Idea Became a Plugin

   "Hello Rachel… I think we have a problem… Google is listing the wrong pages."
   Sadly I’d heard it before.
   And sure enough, when I took a look at the site I was right. The client had been busy renaming blog articles, changing menu items all for better SEO rankings. The idea was right, but nobody had told Google.

5. Joomla 6.2 Release Managers - Part 1: Charvi Mehra

   With Joomla 6.1 now available, attention turns to what comes next. Joomla 6.2 is scheduled for release on 13 October 2026, and at the helm are two release managers who bring very different backgrounds to the role. This month we meet Charvi Mehra, whose journey into Joomla began not through code but through a university semester project in Delhi.

6. Paying It Forward: Rethinking Contribution in the Joomla Community

   Open source does not work by accident. It works because people show up. We often describe that effort as "giving back". It’s a useful idea, but it may also be limiting how we think about contribution.

7. Show it, hide it: control your Joomla modules

   If you follow my writings, you probably know that I try to use as few extensions as possible. Not because I don’t like extensions, but because I like to keep the websites I create as easy to maintain as possible. There are many cases where extensions absolutely make sense: events calendars, big image galleries, file downloads, etc. In other cases I’m sure I can handle the request with Joomla core and some overrides, because Joomla is a very powerful system.

8. Be a Sponsor—And Why It Matters!

   Are you a company, an agency, an extension developer, a template provider, or an enthusiast? Are you wondering what sponsorship is and whether it applies to you? Then let's discover together why you shouldn't miss this opportunity, whatever your goals and resources.

9. Coming for GSoC, still here for Joomla!

   When I write for the Joomla Community Magazine, I usually do so with my " I'm a regular Joomla user, integrator, website builder " hat/mindset... but I also have other hats, like being a volunteer for the project in different teams, and at least one other hat, that of having the honor of being on the OSM Board as Vice-President.

10. Evolving Joomla: Smarter Module Assignment in Joomla - Why Inheritance Matters

    Joomla is well known for its flexibility. Its menu system is powerful, its module architecture solid, and in the hands of experienced developers it can scale from simple websites to complex platforms. But anyone who has worked extensively with multi-level menus and multiple modules has likely run into a recurring frustration: the lack of module inheritance.