Community Magazine

Last month we met Charvi Mehra, the first of two release managers steering Joomla 6.2 towards its October 2026 release. Now we turn to Martin Kopp, a 30-year IT veteran from Switzerland who leads the Bug Squad, mentors GSoC students, and was part of the MCP server discovery sprint that explored AI-powered Joomla administration. Martin co-managed Joomla 4.4 alongside Allon Moritz and returns for 6.2 with experience and, as you will discover, a sideline in DJing.

When I write for the Joomla Community Magazine, I usually do so with my " I'm a regular Joomla user, integrator, website builder " hat/mindset... but I also have other hats, like being a volunteer for the project in different teams, and at least one other hat, that of having the honor of being on the OSM Board as Vice-President.

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.

Serving on any board can be quite rewarding and is often a thankless job that requires much time and probably never more so than in an all-volunteer organization like Joomla.

Students looking for an opportunity to contribute to open source development and work with the best on a great content management system: this article’s for you. People who know their way around Joomla’s code and want to share their knowledge and help shape Joomla’s future: this article is for you. Read all about the Joomla Academy coming to life!

While the 6.0 downloads growing, we look to the new release managers for Joomla 6.1. Last month we featured  Harald Leithner and now we turn our focus on Stefan Wendhausen.

In October 2025, members of the Greek Joomla community, led by Bill Kotsias, were invited to speak at the University of the Aegean in Samos. Their goal: to introduce Joomla — one of the leading open-source CMS platforms — to students and educators in Greece.

What do you do when your baby turns 20? Celebrate! That's what Brian Teeman, one of Joomla's founders, had in mind when he created Spread the Joomla Love, a website celebrating 20 years of Joomla. JCM interviews him: about the site, the community, what it means to be part of something bigger, and what spreading the Joomla love is about. 

Interview Stephane Bouey

Many Joomla users are familiar with Falang, the well-known multilingual extension — but few know the story of the developer behind it: Stéphane Bouey.

If you read his author bio here on the JCM website, you'll find Philip Walton is a rower, juggler, cricket fan, warm beer tasting expert, unicyclist and a patented inventor. He's also the Secretary of the Board of Open Source Matters (the organisation that facilitates Joomla). What does this serial Board Member think about Joomla and its community? "We are a massive success story, and it's so easy to forget that." Let's find out more about Phil, his role, his achievements so far and the challenges and he sees for Joomla!