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We’re excited to announce a major milestone for the JomSocial community: JomSocial 5.0.0 is now available, delivering full compatibility with Joomla 6 and PHP 8.3.

This release also includes refactoring across both backend and frontend areas to ensure a smooth upgrade path and long-term stability.

Even better: all JomSocial themes and templates are also fully compatible with Joomla 6, so you can upgrade with confidence while keeping your current look and feel intact.

If you’re planning a Joomla 6 migration (or already running Joomla 6), this update is the recommended foundation for a secure, modern, and future-ready community website.

JomSocial 5.0.0 update - Joomla 6 and PHP 8.3 compatibility


What’s new in JomSocial 5.0.0

Version 5.0.0 focuses on Joomla 6 readiness with a full review of deprecated APIs and legacy calls, plus key improvements to installation, configuration, and media workflows. Below is the full changelog:

Version 5.0.0 changelog

  • Update for Joomla 6 compatibility
  • Refactored deprecated backend methods and legacy code
  • Resolved installation and configuration issues
  • Replaced deprecated frontend methods and legacy calls
  • Refactored photo upload workflow to comply with Joomla 6 APIs
  • Fixed: Incorrect return value for hash in pro/dev version
  • Fixed: JavaScript error in Terms & Conditions popup

JomSocial Themes – Joomla 6 ready

All JomSocial themes have been reviewed and updated to ensure full compatibility with Joomla 6 and PHP 8.3. You can safely upgrade your Joomla core while keeping your community design consistent and stable.

JomSocial Templates – Joomla 6 ready

In addition to themes, all official JomSocial templates are now fully compatible with Joomla 6. These templates work seamlessly with JomSocial 5.0.0 and help you customize layouts without breaking core functionality.


Download JomSocial 5.0.0

Get the latest packages:

Download JomSocial 5.0.0 Download Themes Download Templates


Upgrade instructions

  1. Backup first: Create a full site backup (files + database) before making changes.
  2. Update Joomla & PHP: Ensure your environment is running Joomla 6 and PHP 8.3 (or upgrade in a staging site first).
  3. Install JomSocial 5.0.0: Download the package and install it via Joomla Extension Manager.
  4. Update themes/templates: If you use JomSocial themes or templates, download the Joomla 6 compatible versions and apply them as needed.
  5. Verify site functionality: Test registration, activity stream, photos, user profiles, and key workflows.

Tip: If your site includes heavy customizations or template overrides, we recommend testing in a staging environment first to ensure a seamless transition.


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Hi guys,

Guru Pro 6.3.0 is now ready to download.

This update brings full Joomla 6 compatibility, improved PHP 8.x support, and a set of important bug fixes to ensure a stable and future-proof LMS experience.

Guru Pro is a powerful Joomla LMS extension for building online courses, universities, and training platforms that generate revenue. Version 6.3.0 ensures your LMS is fully aligned with the latest Joomla standards.

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Hi everyone,

Another Joomla update is here. We’re releasing a new batch of JoomlArt templates updated for Joomla 6.0.1 and Joomla 5.4, ensuring continued compatibility, stability, and performance with the latest Joomla versions.

All templates in this release are built on the latest T4 Framework and fully tested with Joomla 6.0.1 and Joomla 5.4.

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Hi everyone,

The Joomla 6 upgrade continues! We’re excited to announce another large batch of Joomla 6–ready template updates, further expanding our compatibility coverage across the JoomlArt portfolio.

All templates below are now fully compatible with Joomla 6 (and also support Joomla 5.4 / Joomla 4), ensuring smooth upgrades and long-term stability for your sites.

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Hey Ho here come the Jumbo! Ok, it’s not the legend Jumbo the Circus Elephant that you use to know. It’s the Jumbo Bundle! Keep up with the series of Joomla Humble Bundle deal, we offer you the Jumbo Bundle, featuring JoomShaper and JoomlArt. In this deal, we throw in our best-selling template club subscriptions and promise to bring you the best Joomla templates on the market.

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Update 28 Jan 2013: Little too late, this deal is over.

The extensions marathon deal continues. With the increasing number of subscribers just few days after running the Hot Joomla Extensions Deals between Techjoomla and JoomlArt - which will end in 48 hours, we know you are thirsty for more extensions.

You don't have to wait long, more extensions are here for you to choose from. Our experienced Joomla developer friend 'corePHP' with years of experience in providing top-of-the-line products and services agreed to join hand to the Joomla 1M dream with their most popular extensions. For a complete and ultimate user experience, JoomlArt would bring on JATC and JAEC memberships.

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Someone once said that when we dream a dream together, it will become reality.

My friends, the Joomla humble bundle is reality. Let’s cheer our glasses and give a toast to the success of the first milestone: $10,000 has been raised for the Joomla!Community (within less 2 weeks).

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When we worked on the Joomla humble bundle idea we received many questions where the money of the fund will end up. To be transparent, this blog post should keep you in sync to clarify this question.

We successfully accomplished two deals of Joomla Humble Bundles between us and JomSocial and redComponent. Two more deals are in progress. Thanks to the supports from all Joomla lovers and fans around the world. This is a good sign to consolidate the belief of JoomlArt and all our partners who have agreed to join us and make the $1M target feasible. We are working hard to bring on the most exciting deals to create a good cause for the Joomla Community.

Our team and all the volunteers, developers and businesses of commercial extensions and template clubs have been enjoying the growth of the Joomla Community since the foundation of Joomla. As a little gesture of gratitude, we want to contribute to this growth.

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Update 9 Jan 2013: Little too late! This deal is over!

2012 has peacefully passed with the not-became-true Mayans prediction, but we made the 2 first deals come true with JomSocial and redComponent. 884 deals were sold out and the amount of $9,283.10 generated so far for Joomla! community strengthens our belief that the generosity of Joomla! supporters will make the $1M dream come true.

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Update 3 Jan 2013: Little too late! This deal is over!

The first deal of Joomla Humble Bundle, the one with our friends at JomSocial, has been up and running for 5 days and so far $4000 has been raised for Joomla Community.
We hope you enjoyed being part of it! And in case you didn’t knew about it, the deal is still waiting for you to pick up at our Bundle page, but time is running out, so hurry up!

Mayans predicted bu world did not end, similarly, the deals are not ending at our Joomla Humble Bundle, a new deal with RED hot partner redCOMPONENT is live now

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Good news for the JA Wall builders, new version of JA Wall now sports all new Christmas theme apart from the bug fixes and update for the latest K2 component version 2.6.2. Dress up your Wall website this season with all new Christmas theme.

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