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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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As the first Magento theme release for the year 2014, JM iTech is a dedicated responsive Magento theme built for digital and electronic stores. The theme will create an excellent online shopping experience for your store with trendiness and great UI application in the front end along with stable responsive settings, theme customizing tools and much more.

The theme supports responsive layout with off-canvas menu for mobile devices, Megamenu, cool accordion effect and theme customization tool.

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Update: JM Bookshop is now available for Magento 2. Check it out in the live demo here

Dear Magento geeks, responsive Magento theme JM Bookshop is our very first theme dedicated for online bookstores. JM Bookshop theme is compatible with both Magento 1.7 and the latest Magento 1.8 version too.

At the first glance, our JM Bookshop presents the trending flat design with a professional block layout. To dig out more, the theme is armed with 9 Magento extensions including Mega Menu, JM Basetheme, JM Slideshow 2, JM Masshead, JM Product Slider, JM Tabs, JM Product, JM Quickview and especially JM Product Deal. Not to mention this Magento theme is fully responsive and features Off-canvas navigation.

Browse through the features of our latest magento theme JM Bookshopand you would want to launch a bookstore of your own.

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Note : Responsive Magento theme JM Gamestore is now Magento 1.8 compatible!

This October, our responsive Magento theme JM Gamestore is a big hit. Designed in a dark tone of color, with bold typography and cutting-edge blocks, JM Gamestore is dedicated for online games e-stores. The theme is packed with Mega Menu, Off-canvas layout, responsive design and many more handy Magento extensions.

What make it so special? Firstly, this Magento theme features a complete Halloween skin which promises to rock your site on this Halloween event. Secondly, the theme holds a variety of our innovative style and design in which we apply for the first time in this theme JM Gamestore.

Let’s get a closer look at this big fist theme of the year!

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Update: We've developed a new basetheme from the ground up for Magento 2. Check it out in the live demo of UB MegaMall theme here

Magento extension JM Basetheme is our ambition to deliver one of the best tools for Magento geeks to customize our Magento themes.

For just a little look back, there was a time we got stuck with default colors like Black, White, Blue, Red and so on. You wished for a touch out-of-default? Our Magento team did offer a CSS file in which you could modify the codes yourself, provided that you had time to kill and experience about CSS.

It was not convenient at all, so it came the launch of JM Basetheme - a powerful tool in which you could personalize sites with our Magento themes at ease. Here comes livelier shades of colors - Emerald, Maroon, Ghostwhite, Turquoise, LavenderBlush, whatever in just some clicks!

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Note : Responsive Magento theme JM Sporty is now Magento 1.8 compatible!

Neat and strong, elegant and fashionable, these words may cross your mind when you first see our latest Magento responsive theme JM Sporty. The spotlight of this theme is our new extension – JM Color Swatch that gives the viewers a clearer visualization of the product in other available size and color. In this theme, we also support the Off-canvas navigation which gives better display layout for your store on mobile devices and tablet.

Besides, there is a list of not to miss out Magento extensions which we support in this sporty theme: JM Slideshow, JM Basetheme, JM Mega Menu, Product slider and so on.

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Update: We've developed a new basetheme from the ground up for Magento 2. Check it out in the live demo of Crafts theme here

Everyone is different when it comes down to color choices. Some love red, and some just happen to hate it. For the last few years, we have designed theme and picked out all the “popular” colors in the family such as yellow, red, orange, blue, green, purple and pink for our beloved Magento geeks, hoping to cover the color preferences of everyone out there. But, does it cover all? No, even each color has its own shades.

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