Is Joomla still a good choice in 2026?

Where Joomla stands today

Joomla is actively developed. Joomla 6 came out in October 2025, Joomla 6.2 in October 2026, and security and bug-fix releases come out regularly for both Joomla 6 and Joomla 5.

Its strength is structure: many things that other systems need plugins for are built in, so a Joomla site can stay lean and still handle members, several languages and structured content.

Built in, without extra extensions

• Multilingual sites in more than 64 languages, with language switching and linked translations.
• User groups and access levels for member areas, intranets and editorial teams.
• Custom fields for structured content such as products, events or staff profiles.
• Publishing workflows, content versions and front-end editing.
• Multi-factor authentication, passkeys (WebAuthn) and automated core updates.
• Smart Search, a task scheduler, schema.org structured data and an accessibility checker.

When another system may fit better

• A simple blog or a site that depends on one specific plugin that only exists for WordPress.
• A shop where you want the biggest choice of ready-made e-commerce plugins.

Good to know

• Choose based on what your site needs in three years, not only today: structure and permissions are hard to add later.