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The July Issue

Details: Written by: Anja de Crom

A lot is happening in the Joomlasphere at the moment. We have Pizza, Bugs and Fun in August, the Joomla World Conference in October, and elections for board positions are in full swing. Our President, Elisa Foltyn, joined Wordcamp in Krakow and wrote an article about it.
Joomla has just started on a 20-month programme to further improve accessibility, which will strengthen our position as one of the world's most accessible content management systems. For this we've been awarded a significant investment from the Sovereign Tech Fund.

You'll read all about that in this issue of the Joomla Community Magazine.

And on top of that, we also have your monthly dose of tutorials, how-to's, interesting (new) features and community news. So sit back, relax and start reading!

Passkeys, part two - you asked, so here are the answers

Details: Written by: Philip Walton

Last month I wrote about logging into Joomla with passkeys, and I ended it by asking you to drop a comment if there was appetite for more. Well, you did, and the comments turned out to be better than the article. You asked exactly the right questions: how do I roll this out to my users, what happens if I lose my phone, what if my machine has no fingerprint reader, and, from at least one healthy sceptic, is this whole thing actually ready or is it a bit of a mess out there?

See You in Potsdam

Details: Written by: Sigrid Gramlinger

Why, after countless JoomlaDays and one unforgettable trip to Rome, I'm not skipping the Joomla World Conference this October.

When AI hacks, AI fixes (and me in the middle)

Details: Written by: Serge Billon

When AI hacks, AI fixes (and there I am in the middle, going back and forth( or like a yoyo ?))
Over the past few weeks, several websites under my responsibility have been hacked. Then others. Then yet more. Not an isolated incident that you can quickly file away among your bad memories, but a real wave, concentrated over the space of a few weeks, which eventually engulfed my daily life.

Removable Sample Data

Details: Written by: Cliff Ford

Joomla sample data is useful for a variety of purposes such as testing, feature illustration and preparation of tutorials. The Joomla core sample data sets available are fine for some purposes, but not all, and they are not designed to be uninstalled when no longer required. This article describes my personal approach to creation of removable sample data. Two extensions are required: a plugin and a module.

Elections 2026 - Be part of Joomla’s future!

Details: Written by: Anja de Crom

It’s election time in the Joomniverse! Twice a year, we can choose which Joomlers will represent us in the Board of Open Source Matters. You can be one of them! Are you passionate about Joomla and do you think you got what it takes to become our new Vice President, Outreach Department Coordinator or Treasurer? This is your moment!

Custom Plugins, part 3: Workflow Plugin

Details: Written by: Herman Peeren

In episode 3 of our series about building custom plugins we will look at workflow plugins. With a workflow plugin you can create actions that are executed at a workflow transition. In this article we’ll show how to create your own plugins to adjust the publishing workflow or create completely custom workflows. We'll end with three concrete examples.

How to create a conference website with Joomla Core - Part 3

Details: Written by: Viviana Menzel

Part 1 of our series about creating a conference website with Joomla core covered everything there is to know about preparing and defining the desired functionality. Part 2 was about the process of submitting and approving Talks. In the last part of the series I will detail the process of creating the conference schedule.

Setting up Single Signon: Part Two

Details: Written by: Dan Atrill

In part one I covered reasons why we might want to use Single Signon and how we could set this up in Joomla. This time I’m detailing how I set things up and got myself signed into several websites using the same credentials authenticated by one site.

Leadership interview: Bruce Scherzinger, Secretary

Details: Written by: Anja de Crom

Bruce Scherzinger has been Secretary of Open Source Matters (the organisation facilitating Joomla) since the last election in March 2026. Now that he’s all settled in, it’s time we get to know him a little better!

Rooted Together: What WordCamp Europe in Kraków Showed Me About Open Source

Details: Written by: Elisa Foltyn

When I travelled to Kraków for WordCamp Europe, I was not quite sure what to expect. I come from the Joomla community, so I assumed I would be something of an outsider at a WordPress event. Instead, from Contributor Day onward, I kept running into faces I already knew, many of them from CloudFest. It felt less like arriving somewhere new and more like continuing a conversation that had been going on for a while.

The most accessible CMS Joomla! gets even more accessible

Details: Written by: Robert Deutz

The Joomla project has been awarded a significant investment from the Sovereign Tech Fund to deliver a structured 20-month accessibility programme. This programme will further strengthen Joomla's position as one of the world's most accessible content management systems.

I've Been Hiding Things on Websites for Years

Details: Written by: Brian Teeman

I have a confession to make.

For as long as I can remember, I've been hiding things on websites. Not malware. Not tracking pixels. Not cryptocurrency miners. Little surprises.

Some people call them Easter eggs, but if you've ever sat through one of my presentations over the last fifteen years, you'll know I've always preferred hidden secrets. It just sounds more intriguing.

Pizza Bugs and Fun 2026 August 21–22 - A JUG Leader cheat sheet

Details: Written by: Olivier Buisard

Pizza Bugs and Fun is just around the corner, and we’d love to have you join us! Round up all your Joomla friends for an unforgettable get together on August 21 and 22, 2026. It doesn't matter if you're a Joomla novice or an experienced developer, a techie or a regular user: there's something to do and to learn for everyone.

If Joomla Could ...

Details: Written by: Brian Teeman

For the last five or six years I have spent a week every summer in Athens with Nicholas Dionysopoulos. It isn't a conference, there is no agenda, and if anyone were watching us from a nearby balcony they would probably conclude that we were doing very little at all. We spend hours talking about Joomla, eating far too much excellent food and, every now and then, sharing a beer or two. It has become something of a tradition, and one that I look forward to more and more each year.

Beyond Full Page Reloads: How Joomla Is Using Declarative Partial Updates

Details: Written by: Adarsh Dubey

What if Joomla could update only what changed, instead of reloading the entire page?

Declarative Partial Updates make that possible.

Why I build my clients' sites on Joomla

Details: Written by: Philip Walton

When I started SoftForge, I was maintaining my own content management system. I say "system"; it was a poorly crafted piece of coding that I was nursing along single-handedly, and it existed to satisfy one deceptively simple request from a client. They wanted to be able to wake up at four in the morning, log in, and post their own article. That was it. That was the whole brief, and it very nearly broke me.

Is your Article Accessible? Jooa11y is your Tool!

Details: Written by: Christiane Maier-Stadtherr

The Jooa11y Accessibility Checker is a hidden gem in Joomla. It was intended to check articles in the backend. It helps editors writing accessible content. But it also makes checks easy in the frontend. Accessibility tools are like superheroes: They all have cool powers, they all want to save the web but they come in different capes and have different superpowers. It is not a battle, each tool brings its strengths. Jooa11y has the best presentation of errors and warnings.