9 July 2026.
mySites.guru reports this week in its latest Email Newsletter that JoomShaper has become the latest third party extension developer to stop providing support for users of its extensions in Joomla! 3 CMS websites.
JoomShaper is the developer of popular extensions like SP Page Builder and the Helix framework,
Read more: JoomShaper drops support for Joomla! 3 CMS websites
JoomShaper
Withdrawal of support is not limited to bug fixes.
It includes withdrawal of security fixes.
Quote: "“No security patches, regardless of severity.”
Other Developers
Developer withdrawal of support is to be expected given that The Joomla! Project itself withdrew bug fix and security support for its Joomla! 3 CMS in 2023.
There are still loads of old Joomla! 3 CMS websites visible on the web.
All of them were already at serious risk of hack.
As third party extension developers continue to terminate security fix support then that risk is magnified.
Your Joomla! 3 CMS Website
If you value your Joomla! 3 website, upgrade it to the latest available version of Joomla! CMS.
If you don't value it and don't want to upgrade it then do everyone a favour by deleting it from the web.
Reason: old unsupported hackable websites facilitate Denial of Service attacks against other websites.
mySites Guru
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