What is Joomla 5?

Exactly a month has already passed since the release of Joomla 5, let's still find out what is new on this platform and what new Joomla can  please users and programmers.

Among the main disadvantages, it should be noted that there is no Ukrainian location yet, but later Ukrainian language should appear with the help of volunteers who will translate Jumla into Ukrainian.

According to the developers, Joomla 5: the pinnacle of the evolution of CMS and Joomla 5 will be the main version. Everything "under the hood" has been redesigned, reimagined, and redesigned to use the latest server-side languages. Most importantly, the goal of Joomla 5.0 is to grow the CMS along with your business.

Building on the strengths of Joomla 4.x, this latest version of Joomla offers unparalleled security, lightning-fast performance, and impeccable code quality. Prioritizing accessibility, it aligns flawlessly with WCAG guidelines.

Joomla 5 contains modern CMS requirements, promising its users a combination of speed, security, and an intuitive user experience. With the improvements, we fifth Joomla offers a lot of new features, improves security and code, and increases speed.

It is worth noting that along with the fifth version, Joomla 4.4 was released, which does not have any features and is only needed so that you can upgrade Joomla 4.x to Joomla 5.x.

What new features are there in Joomla 5?

Code optimization. A speed increase has been noticed due to the automatic optimization of the source code using phpcs fixer.

PHP and Bootstrap updates. Improved compatibility with PHP 8+ and an upgrade to Bootstrap 5.3.2 ensures that the platform remains up-to-date.

Cleaner codebase. Joomla 5 places a strong emphasis on code cleanliness. Switching from older APIs, removing es5 support, and other intensively coded cleanups ensure that the CMS works efficiently.

Web resources and caching. Many improvements in the caching of web resources.

State-of-the-art technologies. The restructuring of the internal code focuses on the use of more modern APIs. Added support for JS import maps for Web Asset Manager and deprecated fixes for PHP 8.2.

Improved security. Events have been moved to their classes, and the removal of non-functional Recaptcha plugins increases security.

Dark mode in the admin. Joomla 5 boasts a more sophisticated dark mode not only for users but also for administrators.

Media management. AVIF support in Media Manager and the ability to exclude archived content from smart search indexing improve media processing capabilities.

User interface. Dark mode improvements for the Atum admin template and a new Joomla modal for select buttons promise a more user-friendly experience.

Tools and plugins. The TinyMCE editor has received an update to 6.7 with added image alignment features. Several scheduled tasks have been moved to scheduler plugins, which improves system performance.

Sorting the menu. Allows you to sort the menu the way you want.

Integration Schema.org. Automatic activation of Schema.org data for the names of organizations and sites improves search engine optimization.

Extension and compatibility. Joomla 5 introduces Fontawesome 6.4, Codemirror 6, and updated the Webauthn library. In particular, Joomla now requires PHP 8.1, MySQL 8.0.13+, MariaDB 10.4+, and PostgreSQL 12+ for optimal performance.