Check for the latest Joomla! CMS version. If you are not on the latest release, read the release notes to see if you need to upgrade. If a release is being made in order to address security issues then it is strongly advised that you upgrade as soon as possible. You can see the release history of each series in the table below. Click the version history link in the notes column to find details on exact release date, release notes and package and MD5s.
Joomla! CMS versions
| CMS Version | Available | Support | End of Life | Upgrade Type | Notes | Latest Release | |
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| 1.0 |
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22 July 2009 | Migration to 1.5 | Plan to migrate to 1.5 now | EOL at 1.0.15 |
| 1.5 |
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Sept 2012 | Migration to 2.5 | Plan to migrate to 2.5 now Joomla 1.5 version history |
EOL at 1.5.26 |
| 1.6 |
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Aug 2011 | One-click to 2.5 | Upgrade to 2.5 now Joomla 1.6 version history |
1.6.6 |
| 1.7 |
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Feb 2012 | One-click to 2.5 | Upgrade to 2.5 now Joomla 1.7 version history |
1.7.5 |
| 2.5 |
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December 31st, 2014 | One-click to 3.x | Upgrade to 3.8.11 now Joomla 2.5 version history |
2.5.28 |
| 3.0 |
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May 2013 | One-click to 3.1 | You should use the one click upgrade Joomla 3.0 version history |
3.0.4 |
| 3.1 |
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Dec 2013 | One-click to 3.2 | You should use the one click upgrade Joomla 3.1 version history |
3.1.6 |
| 3.2 |
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Oct 2014[1] | One-click to 3.3 | You should upgrade your server's PHP to 5.3.10 or greater and upgrade to 3.3 Joomla 3.2 version history |
3.2.7 |
| 3.3 |
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3.4 release | One-click | You should use the one click upgrade Joomla 3.3 version history |
3.3.6 |
| 3.4 |
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3.5 release | One-click | Recommended for all new installs Joomla 3.4 version history |
3.4.8 |
| 3.5 |
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3.6 release | One-click | Recommended for all new installs Joomla 3.5 version history |
3.5.1 |
| 3.6 |
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3.7 release | One-click | Recommended for all new installs Joomla! 3.6 version history |
3.6.5 |
| 3.7 |
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3.8 release | One-click | Recommended for all new installs Joomla! 3.7 version history |
3.7.5 |
| 3.8 |
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3.9 release | One-click | Recommended for all new installs Joomla! 3.8 version history |
3.8.11 |
| 3.9[2] | to define[2][3] | - | - | 2 years after the release of 3.9.0, marks end of support for 3.x | One-click | ||
| 4.0 | to define[2][3] | - | - | ||||
- Jump up↑ Bug fixes will cease April 2014, security fixes only, see http://community.joomla.org/blogs/leadership/1798-raising-the-bar-on-security.html
