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Joomla 3.8 was aimed mainly at developers: new routing, optionally without IDs in the URLs, and the beginning of a compatibility layer for Joomla 4. For this review we installed Joomla 3.8.13 of 9 October 2018, the last version of this line, and photographed it.
| Released | 18 September 2017 (Joomla 3.8.0) |
|---|---|
| Last version | 3.8.13 of 9 October 2018 (14 versions) |
| Followed by | Joomla 3.9 on 30 October 2018 |
| Requirements | PHP from 5.3.10 |
| Templates | Protostar (default), Beez3; Isis in the backend, Hathor |
| Included in the installation | 164 extensions |
| End of support | End of Life: Joomla 3.x |
What was new in Joomla 3.8
According to the Joomla 3.8 announcement:
- The new routing gives more control over the URLs – optionally without IDs.
- A compatibility layer for the namespaces of Joomla 4.
- Sample data can be installed in the backend after the installation.
- Encryption with Sodium, even before PHP 7.2.
- More than 300 improvements; Joomla recommended PHP 7 or 7.1.
The installation
The website
The backend
2017 and today
For comparison: the same views in a fresh Joomla 6.2.
All 14 versions of Joomla 3.8
According to the Joomla downloads:
- 3.8.018 Sep 2017
- 3.8.14 Oct 2017
- 3.8.27 Nov 2017
- 3.8.312 Dec 2017
- 3.8.430 Jan 2018
- 3.8.56 Feb 2018
- 3.8.613 Mar 2018
- 3.8.718 Apr 2018
- 3.8.822 May 2018
- 3.8.926 Jun 2018
- 3.8.1026 Jun 2018
- 3.8.1131 Jul 2018
- 3.8.1228 Aug 2018
- 3.8.139 Oct 2018
Joomla 3 at a glance
| Version | First release | Last release | Versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joomla 3.0 | 27 Sep 2012 | 3.0.4 · 23 Apr 2013 | 5 |
| Joomla 3.1 | 23 Apr 2013 | 3.1.6 · 6 Nov 2013 | 7 |
| Joomla 3.2 | 6 Nov 2013 | 3.2.7 · 1 Oct 2014 | 8 |
| Joomla 3.3 | 30 Apr 2014 | 3.3.6 · 1 Oct 2014 | 7 |
| Joomla 3.4 | 24 Feb 2015 | 3.4.8 · 24 Dec 2015 | 9 |
| Joomla 3.5 | 21 Mar 2016 | 3.5.1 · 5 Apr 2016 | 2 |
| Joomla 3.6 | 12 Jul 2016 | 3.6.5 · 13 Dec 2016 | 6 |
| Joomla 3.7 | 25 Apr 2017 | 3.7.5 · 17 Aug 2017 | 6 |
| Joomla 3.8 | 18 Sep 2017 | 3.8.13 · 9 Oct 2018 | 14 |
| Joomla 3.9 | 30 Oct 2018 | 3.9.28 · 6 Jul 2021 | 29 |
| Joomla 3.10 | 17 Aug 2021 | 3.10.12 · 11 Jul 2023 | 13 |
Still running a website on Joomla 3?
It gets no security updates any more. We bring it to Joomla 6 – we name the effort after an inventory.
See Joomla update and migrationHow we did it: Joomla 3.8.13 in the original package from downloads.joomla.org, locally in Docker with PHP 7.4 and MySQL 5.7, reachable only on our own machine, files unchanged, with the "Learn Joomla" sample data. PHP error display is switched off so that notices about outdated functions do not cover the pictures.
All versions of Joomla 3
