How to update Joomla! and its extensions

"Internet security is a fast moving challenge and ever present threat."

Source: The Official Joomla! Security Checklist

This is why new versions and releases of the Joomla! CMS and its extensions are frequently announced by the Joomla! Project and 3rd party developers.

And why the Joomla! CMS includes the Joomla! Update Component to facilitate your being able to quickly and easily update your website's Joomla! CMS and extensions.

Are you using the latest release of Joomla! CMS?

We strongly recommend that you only ever run the latest version or release of the Joomla! CMS and any 3rd party extensions you have installed.

Your Joomla! CMS website is vulnerable to being compromised by hackers if you do not implement bug fixes and security patches as they are released.

So it is important that you keep up to date with news about new releases of the Joomla! CMS and any 3rd party extensions your website is using.

See links below.

Contents include:

How to update the Joomla! CMS.
How to update 3rd party extensions.
Checks after updating Joomla!
Warnings and Installation Messages.