Tips for Joomlers
These tips are provided for subscribers to WYNCHCO Joomla! CMS Help and Support in UK business and third sector organisations.
If you are not a subscriber but actively manage a Joomla! CMS website then you may also find these tips useful.
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Is your Website using an old version of Joomla! CMS?
The Joomla! Project™ recommends that you use the latest available version of its CMS.
The Joomla! Project only provides bug fix and security fix support for the latest versions of its CMS, namely:
- Joomla! 5.x, and
- Joomla! 6.x.
It no longer provides support for previous versions of its Joomla! CMS.
Websites using older versions of Joomla! CMS are therefore at increased risk of becoming Compromised.
This risk can be significantly reduced by using the latest version of Joomla! CMS with your Website.
If you need help migrating your Website to Joomla! 6 then just ask.
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Joomla! CMS Official Documentation
In 2025 The Joomla! Project announced that the old Official Documentation was to be replaced by new two-part documentation.
A Joomla! User Guide for users, called Joomla! User Documentation
And a Joomla! Developers Manual for developers and programmers, called Joomla! Programmers Documentation
For now the old Official Documentation may still be be found here: Old Joomla! Documentation
The Joomla! Project invites all Joomla! users to become contributors to the new Joomla! Uaser Guide.
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If you do too then we recommend you try using the DuckDuckGo privacy-focused search engine and web browser.
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Periodically check whether or not your mobile device (phone or tablet) and its operating system are still being supported with security updates.
The device manufacturer should inform you when it is about to reach end of life, but may not so so.
Your device will stop receiving security updates when it reaches end of life.
The onus is on you to check.
The same goes for its operating system which will have a separate life span and scheduled end of life.
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Read more: Keep tabs on when your phone and its operating system reach end of life
It can be expensive to employ the services of professional graphic designers and photographers when you want to add engaging illustrative content to your website content.
Do not despair.
Providers of free to use multimedia resources do exist.
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In our blog post:
Is your website impacted by the UK Online Safety Act 2023?
we previously referenced guidance published by Ofcom to help website administrators better understand how the Online Safety Act 2023 might impact their website, themselves and their organisation.
We have since found a better place from which to start this journey and a useful Online Safety Regulation Checker.
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Read more: Check if the UK Online Safety Act 2023 applies to your website
Take advantage of new improved Media File Management after Joomla! 5.3.0.
Joomla! 5.3.0 introduced a new "files" folder to the Media Manager.
The new "files" folder makes it possible to organize non-image files (for example, PDFs) separately from images.
In the Media screen of new Joomla! 5.3.0 installations, a new root folder named "files" is visible alongside "images", but not in updated existing Joomla! installations.
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Read more: Take advantage of new improved Media File Management after Joomla! 5.3.0
The Joomla! Project state the minimum requirement to run a Joomla! 6 Series website is PHP 8.3.0.
And recommend using PHP 8.4+
Using PHP 8.5 with your Joomla! CMS website will enhance performance, including:
- improved page load speed, and
- reduced memory usage, meaning more users can be served at any one time
and security.
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- Use the Joomla! Accessibility Checker
- Use Font Awesome Icons in your website
- Periodically update the Smart Search Index
- Use the Joomla! CMS Guided Tours Feature
- Periodically check your website is mobile-friendly
- Help protect the privacy of your website visitors
- How to respond when told dropdown menus don't work on Google Chrome
- Try using the Columns Selector feature introduced with Joomla! 4.2
- Check your website's Robots TXT File after updating to Joomla! 4
- Ensure your website complies with UK GDPR Regulations
- Save time when pasting text into your website
- Periodically browse the Joomla! Vulnerable Extension List
- Display round images in your website
- Add a custom favicon to your website's template
- Check your website's Robots TXT File is search engine friendly
- Always be on the look out for Joomla! Updates
- Things to consider when changing template
- How to prevent scripts from being removed on saving
- Essential Joomla! Tasks
- Good housekeeping makes sense!
