Community Magazine

The other day, I ran into a bug : an extension that threw up an error message as mysterious as it was frustrating. My first reaction was to copy and paste the message into my browser and start searching. And there, as is often the case with Joomla, it was a foreign forum that gave me the clue (in my case the Dutch one).

The teams in Joomla’s Operations Department are our enablers. They’re the quiet and unobtrusive teams, working silently in the background on everything the other teams need to get their jobs done. Carlos Cámara, coordinator of this department (and just elected for his third term), tells us what his department does and why he likes it so much.

In just a few short weeks, a disparate group of Joomla volunteers across multiple disciplines will convene in Paris for a two day Outreach Sprint. 

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.

Joomla is calling for a new President of Open Source Matters and it’s not just about having a title. It’s about empowering the community, lifting others up, and helping Joomla move forward together.

The Joomla World Conference 2026 is coming — and this is your opportunity to be part of it.

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.

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.

You don’t need a badge to polish to contribute to Joomla. You just need to roll up your sleeves and do it.

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