Community Magazine

The Joomla community has once again proven the strength of open‑source collaboration. The latest edition of Pizza Bugs & Fun (PBF) brought together more than 150 participants across 14 countries, uniting contributors of all skill levels for two days of testing, documenting, fixing, learning and yes, sharing pizza.

Reem Atalah, a backend Engineer from Cairo, Egypt, joined Joomla during Google Summer of Code 2025. In short, she developed a smart, dynamic way to migrate content from WordPress to Joomla. She learned a lot more along the way: in this article she tells us how working for Joomla showed her the power of open source and collaboration.

Over the last twenty years, the Italian Joomla community has undergone a period of radical transformation, with significant changes in many areas.

No doubt you will have heard of the successful Joomla 8 sprint that was held last autumn to roadmap Joomla for the future. And I think it would be fair to say that we, as a community have a good idea of what Joomla is and what it can do.

FOSDEM stands for Free and Open-source Software Developers' European Meeting.
Going to FOSDEM is like travelling back in time through the ages of the digital world.

A few weeks ago, just for a bit of fun, I used AI and shared in a Joomla group a picture of a mate dressed up as Super Joomler! Let's be honest, it was also a bit to show off!

Bad move on my part! 

Having one user account that works across a number of websites can save a lot of bother with joining new services.

As previously mentioned, the world of CMS is being moved, and shaken in some subtle and not so subtle ways… one big positive (at least in my mind) such impact is the Low-Code/No-Code transformational movement 🚀.

Congratulations! You've found the January issue of the Joomla Community Magazine! We're starting the year with a great variety or articles that hold something for everyone: tutorials and how-to's, community news (yes, elections coming up) and other interesting articles.   For over...

Small layout changes can make a big difference to how content is perceived. One of the most effective improvements you can make to a category blog layout is to treat the leading article differently from the rest — visually signalling that it matters more.

With the release of Joomla 5, the reCAPTCHA plugins were removed from Joomla core, for a number of good reasons. The downside was that the Joomla core was left without a captcha integrated by default, meaning that forms could only be protected against spam using third-party plugins. The good news is: that is going to change again. We’re introducing a better, native and user-friendly solution, built in Joomla’s core and not depending on third-party services.

What if you could have different colors and other styling for each category? With the Articles - Categories Module, you can - and all it takes is a few small tweaks. Joomla offers many modules, but some powerful ones go unnoticed. The Articles - Categories Module is one of them, and with a few small code and CSS tweaks, it can do far more than expected.

This tutorial explains how to add extra fields to the Joomla Contact form using Custom Fields. The process uses core Joomla functionality, requires no third-party extensions, and is fully upgrade-safe.

You’ll learn how to create a field, configure permissions correctly, control where it appears on the form, and ensure submitted values are included in the contact email.

In this series, we explore methods and tools to test a custom Joomla extension. In this third episode, we’ll use PHPStan, a tool to examine and debug source code before the program is run. You don’t even have to write a test to catch bugs at an early stage.

3 years ago I built a website which would be constantly updated with new content. More recently I built a mobile phone app that would need to display the same data. This is how I updated everything from one place.

An open source CMS that’s vibrant, community-driven, super flexible and powering millions of websites: that’s how Mahmoud Magdy experienced Joomla. It was the first ever open source project he worked on: "It was challenging at first, but I loved how it pushed me to write better code and learn from others."

Our open-source community thrives thanks to dedicated people, lived transparency, and open exchange – all fueled by a shared passion for Joomla! It’s not just about technical knowledge and expertise; it’s equally about how we interact as people. This combination of competence and personal connection is what makes our community strong, vibrant, and Joomla! successful.

A new year is upon us and with a new year means new possibilities… and it seems perfect timing to start this series…

2025 is behind us, and 2026 has peeked through with its brisk air, hopeful tone and snow covered roads or gorgeous weeks of sunshine depending from where you hail...

If you ever wanted to contribute to Joomla but are not sure where to begin, Pizza Bugs & Fun (PBF) is the ideal first step. On January 30 - 31, the global Joomla community is coming together for two days of learning, collaboration, and hands‑on contribution.