Joomla!

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Joomla! 6 is the newest actively maintained release, currently at patch 6.1.3. 2 of 4 tracked cycles remain supported. The next cycle scheduled to reach end-of-life is 5, on October 12, 2027.

Latest version

6.1.3

Aug 18, 2026

Actively maintained cycles

of 4 tracked

Total cycles tracked

since Sep 27, 2012

Support pattern

How Joomla! has behaved across the cycles tracked here, rather than what its policy documents state. Useful for judging how much runway a version is likely to have before you commit to it.

Typical support window

49 mo (~4 years)

median of 4 completed cycles

New cycle roughly every

26 months

median gap between releases

Compared with server app

+35 mo

longer than the server app median

Next end of life

398 days

Joomla! 5

Computed from release and end-of-life dates tracked for Joomla!. Medians are used rather than averages so one unusually short or long release does not skew the figure. Cycles with no recorded end-of-life date are excluded from the support window.

Release lifecycle

Actively maintainedSecurity support onlyEnd of life

Today

6Latest

6.1.3 · Aug 18, 2026

5.4.8 · Aug 18, 2026

EOL Oct 14, 2025

EOL Aug 17, 2023

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