The Joomla! Project publish the minimum technical requirements for hosting a Joomla! CMS website on a server at the following link.

Read more: Joomla! Technical Requirements

Technical Requirements - PHP

Tip: check whether any 3rd party extensions used by your website are compatible with a version of PHP before changing.

Note: older versions of PHP no longer receive active support from the developer community.

See which versions of PHP are actively supported at the following link.

Read more: Supported PHP versions

Technical Requirements - MySQL

MySQL Derivatives and Joomla!

There are many derivatives of MySQL.

A popular derivative is MariaDB.

Another derivative listed by The Joomla Project is PostgreSQL.

Server Applications

Apache, Nginx and Windows - IIS are listed on the Joomla! Technical Requirements page, but there are others you can use with your Joomla! website.

Hosting providers which offer LiteSpeed Web Server hosting claim its use increases server performance, stability and security.

Read more: LiteSpeed Web Server

Useful articles in our Joomla! User Guide

What kind of hosting is right for your website?

Choosing a hosting provider.

How to speed up your website.

Joomla! websites perform better on SSD drives.

The web hosting environment.

JOOMLERS.UK is sponsored by WYNCHCO Solutions

We help and support managers responsible for Joomla! CMS websites in UK business, academy school and third sector organisations across Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside and North West England.

Read more: WYNCHCO Joomla! CMS Help & Support.

The Joomla! Project publish the minimum technical requirements for hosting a Joomla! CMS website on a server at the following link.

Read more: Joomla! Technical Requirements

Technical Requirements - PHP

Tip: check whether any 3rd party extensions used by your website are compatible with a version of PHP before changing.

Note: older versions of PHP no longer receive active support from the developer community.

See which versions of PHP are actively supported at the following link.

Read more: Supported PHP versions

Technical Requirements - MySQL

MySQL Derivatives and Joomla!

There are many derivatives of MySQL.

A popular derivative is MariaDB.

Another derivative listed by The Joomla Project is PostgreSQL.

Server Applications

Apache, Nginx and Windows - IIS are listed on the Joomla! Technical Requirements page, but there are others you can use with your Joomla! website.

Hosting providers which offer LiteSpeed Web Server hosting claim its use increases server performance, stability and security.

Read more: LiteSpeed Web Server

Useful articles in our Joomla! User Guide

What kind of hosting is right for your website?

Choosing a hosting provider.

How to speed up your website.

Joomla! websites perform better on SSD drives.

The web hosting environment.

JOOMLERS.UK is sponsored by WYNCHCO Solutions

We help and support managers responsible for Joomla! CMS websites in UK business, academy school and third sector organisations across Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside and North West England.

Read more: WYNCHCO Joomla! CMS Help & Support.