Community Magazine 
You’ve probably seen it on the socials or read about it in earlier issues of the Joomla Community Magazine: next month, the Joomla World Conference will take place in Potsdam, Germany. A lot of JCM team members will attend this event and we’re all looking forward to it. One of the best reasons to be there is that it’s not just a sit-down-and-listen event. We get to meet each other in real life, learn a lot, have fun and do stuff together (for example: there will be a maintenance sprint during JWC, you can read more about that in this issue). We’d love to see you there!
Also in this issue: your monthly dose of tutorials and how-to’s, the latest updates on the Accessibility Project that aims to enhance Joomla’s state of the art accessibility even more, interviews with our re-elected Vice President and Outreach Department Coordinator, awards to vote for, community news and so much more. Don’t read this editor’s intro, start reading the articles by our fabulous authors!
Joomla turned 21 last month - celebrate with us!
On August 17, 2026, Joomla celebrated its 21st birthday. In case you missed it: it's never too late for a birthday present. Here's a donation form where you can donate exactly 21 dollars to keep your favorite CMS going: https://community.joomla.org/donate?form[amount]=21.
How can you help?
Get involved: join the global Joomla movement
As you probably noticed, Joomla keeps improving and there's a lot happening in the JoomlaSphere right now. For that to continue, we need you. Help Joomla grow: become part of Joomla's very active community of dedicated, passionate people. Are you wondering how you could get involved and contribute to Joomla?
Join our community! These are the steps:
- Head over to our Mattermost channel: joom.la/chat
- You'll be redirected to the Joomla Identity Portal
- Create an account and you'll get redirected and added to the Town Square channel on Mattermost
- Search for the channel called New to Joomla? Start here and join that as well (if you can't find it, ask in Town Square)
- Introduce yourself
- Join a New to the Joomla Community Session, they're on the 15th of each month
- We'll help you get settled in and find you a team / project to contribute to!
Joomla World Conference - 16-18 October 2026
We've mentioned it earlier: the Joomla World Conference is a fantastic way to get to learn a lot, get to know the people and feel the vibe! Three days of learning, sharing, connecting and fun. Read all about it on the JWC website. Not sure if you should go? We've all been there, and we're all there for you. Read Sigrid's personal story: https://magazine.joomla.org/issues/2026/july-2026/see-you-in-potsdam.
Broadcast Joomla to a broader audience
Joomla can only grow if you help get this message out to the world:
if you're in search of a flexible, stable, robust, extendable, secure and fast CMS that's completely yours, Joomla is it.
Show your passion for Joomla by:
- sharing the articles in the JCM on your socials
- sharing Joomla's social media posts
- creating videos about Joomla (how-to's, tutorials, explanations)
- writing blogs about Joomla on your website or your socials
Become a Joomfluencer now 🙂 and let's grow Joomla together! (Or, if you're not the extraverted/creative type: donate, see link above)
Full list of this month's articles
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- Brian Teeman
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- Robert Deutz
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- Krishna Gandhi
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- Reda Mohamed
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- Benjamin Trenkle
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- Anja de Crom
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- Cyril Reze
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- Benjamin Trenkle
This release wouldn't have been possible without the work of the Community Magazine Team, all the authors and all the people who patiently answered our questions.
Joomla Community Magazine team members:
Anja de Crom (Co-Editor), Claudia Weber-Lenck (Co-Editor), Viviana Menzel (Author & Maintainer), Louise Hawkins (Creative Team, Author), Dan Atrill (Author, Editor, Creative Team), Serge Billon (Author), Herman Peeren (Author), Philip Walton (Author), Emmanuel Lemor (Author)
Also contributing to this issue: Brian Teeman (Author), Allon Moritz (Author), Cyril Reze (Author), Robert Deutz (Author), Benjamin Trenkle (Author), Laura Gordon (Author), Robin Clapp (Author), Krishna Gandhi (Author)
We also thank all the developers, leaders and volunteers who dedicated their time to answer our interview questions. The Joomla Community Magazine wouldn't be possible without the continuing work of all the volunteers contributing to Joomla. Thank you all for being part of the Joomla movement!
The Call for Authors for the Community Magazine is always open. If you want to write for us, regularly or just once, we'd love to hear from you! Drop us a line at
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