Community Magazine

With Joomla 6.1, a small but powerful enhancement was added to the TinyMCE editor: dedicated buttons for inserting, editing and removing the HTML <abbr> element.

In Joomla 6.1, custom fields just got significantly more flexible. Until now, the Media custom field type only let you select images but thanks to a core enhancement in Joomla 6.1, you now have dedicated field types for audio, video, and documents in addition to images. (github)

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.

When most people think of Joomla, they think of a traditional content management system that handles everything: storing content, managing users, rendering templates, positioning modules, and outputting complete HTML pages. For the vast majority of websites, that integrated approach makes perfect sense.

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

Joomla 5.2 quietly introduced a powerful new content feature: native accordions in TinyMCE, powered by standard HTML rather than JavaScript. This gives content creators an easy way to add collapsible sections while keeping markup clean, accessible, and future-proof.

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.

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.