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End of Life: Joomla 4.x

updated 20 October 2026

Joomla 4 reached its end of life on 14 October 2025: on that day its security updates ended. The last version was Joomla 4.4.14 of 30 September 2025. Since then every newly discovered hole stays open – in Joomla itself and in extensions that are no longer maintained for Joomla 4.

Series "Joomla end of life" · part 7 of 9 · All Joomla versions at a glance

Joomla 4 in figures

Released17 August 2021 (Joomla 4.0.0)
Last version4.4.14 of 30 September 2025
Versions in the series43 (4.0.0 to 4.4.14)
End of security updates14 October 2025
Supported for4 years and 1 month
SuccessorJoomla 5

Joomla 5 from €200, Joomla 4 about €400 net: your way to Joomla 6.

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What Joomla 4 stood for

  • A new backend (Atum) and a new frontend template (Cassiopeia), both on Bootstrap 5.
  • Workflows for approvals, mail templates and a programming interface (web services).
  • At least PHP 7.2.5 – a big step after Joomla 3.

More in the post Review: Joomla 4.

What that means today

Your website keeps running, but without protection. And time is working against it: new extensions and new versions of existing extensions appear for Joomla 5 and 6, no longer for Joomla 4.

The way to Joomla 6

Unlike with Joomla 3, the way leads through Joomla's own update in the backend: first to the last version 4.4.14, then to Joomla 5.4 and from there to Joomla 6. Before every step, Joomla's pre-update check shows which extensions do not fit yet. Joomla 6 needs at least PHP 8.3, 8.4 is recommended (Joomla manual).

Our advice: run the update on a copy, not on the live website. Then it stays online if an extension or the template does not play along.

Sources: Joomla downloads (versions and dates), Joomla 5.3.4 and 4.4.14 announcement, 30 September 2025, Joomla roadmap.
Updated on 20 October 2026: dates checked against the official Joomla sources.

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Series

Joomla end of life

  1. Joomla 1.0 · ended since 22 July 2009
  2. Joomla 1.5 · ended since September 2012
  3. Joomla 1.6 · ended since 19 August 2011
  4. Joomla 1.7 · ended since 24 February 2012
  5. Joomla 2.5 · ended since 31 December 2014
  6. Joomla 3.x · ended since 17 August 2023
  7. Joomla 4.x · ended since 14 October 2025 (this post)
  8. Joomla 5.x · security updates only until 12 October 2027
  9. Joomla 6.x · current until 16 October 2029

All versions at a glance: release, last version, end of support

Ufuk Avcu

Owner and developer of the Joomla Agency. Has been building and looking after Joomla websites since 2009.

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