--- title: Joomla 4 - release date, new features, [Joomla 4 Templates] -update 17 Aug 2021 - JoomlaMax description: "Joomla fans are eagerly awaiting the stable version of Joomla 4. \nIn this article, we will update the Joomla 4 release dates of the alpha, beta and stable versions. \nIn this article, we also listed all the new features of Joomla 4. You can also read the frequently asked questions of Joomla fans in this article." author: Amin E. --- ## Blog ![Joomla 4](https://joomlamax.com/images/joomla-4-alpha11.jpg) # Joomla 4 - release date, new features, [Joomla 4 Templates] -update 17 Aug 2021 Last Updated: 17 August 2021 #### What is Joomla 4? ### Joomla 4.0 and Joomla 3.10 RELEASED! 17 Aug 2021 **Joomla 4** is a major version. Meaning we’re bringing plenty of new features. Everything has been redesigned, rethought and of course, we added great new features. Most importantly, Joomla 4.0 is built for you, designed for all! Joomla4All! To build new sites with, to migrate from Joomla RC to Joomla stable and also from the Joomla 3.10 series as well as from Joomla 2.5 series. Whether an individual, blogger, charity, web agency or multinational, Joomla is a great choice! #### Where can I download Joomla 4? [Joomla 4 Stable](https://downloads.joomla.org/cms/joomla4/4-0-0/Joomla_4-0-0-Stable-Full_Package.zip?format=zip)[Joomla 3.10 Stable](https://downloads.joomla.org/cms/joomla3/3-10-0/Joomla_3-10-0-Stable-Full_Package.zip?format=zip) #### Where can I Upgrade Joomla 4? [Upgrade 4.0.0 Stable](https://downloads.joomla.org/cms/joomla4/4-0-0)[Upgrade 3.10.0 Stable](https://downloads.joomla.org/cms/joomla3/3-10-0) #### Introduction ### Joomla 4.0 and Joomla 3.10 RELEASED! 17 Aug 2021 Joomla! 3.9 is the latest stable version of Joomla! But Joomla fans are eagerly awaiting the **stable version of Joomla 4**. In this article, we will update the **Joomla 4 release dates** of the alpha, beta and stable versions. In this article, we also listed all the new **features of Joomla 4**. You can also read the frequently asked questions of Joomla fans in this article. #### Latest news of Joomla! 4 release date ### Joomla 4.0 Release Candidate 6 (RC6) and Joomla 3.10 Release Candidate 2 (RC2) Release! **Joomla 4.0 RC6** and **Joomla 3.10 RC2** ### Joomla 4.0 Release Candidate 5 (RC5) and Joomla 3.10 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) Release! **Joomla 4.0 RC5** and **Joomla 3.10 RC1** In this release you will find: - Rename the CSS variables for the Atum + Cassiopeia (they no longer have the template in the name to allow easier reuse in child templates) - Many RTL Fixes - Update of alert custom element - Removed `acknowledge` attribute - Removed `href` attribute - Added `close-text` attribute. This should be used to load the close button with multilingual text when the dismiss attribute is used - Update of tab custom element - The
attribute inside the element has been changed to - A breakpoint attribute has been added to control at what screen size to fallback from tabs to accordion #### **Joomla 4.0 Release Candidate 4 and Joomla 3.10 Alpha 9 Release! (14 July 2021)** **Joomla 4.0 RC4** and **Joomla 3.10 Alpha 9** In this release you will find: - [b/c break] Removal of cacert file from http package - use the composer/ca-bundle package from composer instead (bundled since alpha1) - [b/c break] Rework of media manager supported extension component option to multiple types of fields in Media Manager (supports allowing including different types of media in the form field) - All changes from 3.9.28 - Fix tinymce builder ---- #### **Joomla 4.0 Release Candidate 3 and Joomla 3.10 Alpha 8 Release! (30 June 2021)** Every two weeks there is a new release candidate and today **Joomla 4.0 RC 3** and **Joomla 3.10 Alpha 8** are available. In this release you will find: Fix SEF Routing for multilingual homepages to be consistent with Joomla 3 Bootstrap upgrade to 5.0.2 Over 30 bug fixes **Joomla 4 Beta 7 release. (02 February 2021)** Once again the Joomla Project is pleased to announce the availability of the Joomla 4.0 Beta 7 release. We expect this to be the last beta of Joomla 4 and to have a Release Candidate available in March. We will also make a new portal available for translation teams to submit Joomla 4 language packs to coincide with the first Release Candidate. **25 May 2021  :  Joomla 3.9.27 Release**Joomla 3.9.27 includes 3 security vulnerability fixes and addresses several bugs ![Joomla 4](https://joomlamax.com/images/2021/04/14/joomla-4-admin-panel.gif) #### When will Joomla 4 be released? ##### Schedule | 4.0.0 Alpha 12 | 17 October 2019 | | --- | --- | | 4.0.0 Beta 7 | 02 February 2021 | | RC3 | 30 June 2021 | | RC4 | 14 July 2021 | | RC5 | 28 July 2021 | | RC6 | 11 Aug 2021 | | Stable | 17 Aug 2021 | #### What’s new in Joomla 4? - Bootstrap 4 Integration - More friendly Back-end UI - Coding improvements - New front-end template and back-end template - New Media manager - Simplified installation process - Faster page loading times - Features to improve SEO #### frequently asked questions of Joomla! 4 The beta version of Joomla 4 (**Joomla 4.0 RC 6**) has now been released. The **stable version of Joomla 4** will be released by the end of 2021. > Joomla! 4.0 will ship with Bootstrap 5 Yes! Joomla! 4 use Bootstrap 5 YES! **SEO** is always one of the most important parts of web development, previous Joomla versions already supported lots of features to help improve SEO: Schema markup integration in most of the page types, heading structure, metadata fields, redirection ... In **Joomla 4**, it is indicated that SEO features is already listed on the to-do list and hopefully it will be ready in the stable version. **Joomla! 4** has the major focus on**page loading speed** and hence there is a major improvement in coding quality, using modern technologies, removing previously deprecated functionality, new rewritten plugin system, Dependency Injection Containers to replace JFactory, **Joomla framework** to be used in more components, Code Namespacing and Depreciation and more will help to improve performance a lot. As we all know, Joomla! 3.x is using jQuery in core and we have also noticed that developers, as well as end-users, are facing so many in-compatibility and conflict issues with jQuery. So Joomla! has finally heard and have completed removed jQuery dependency from core.js. Instead, it is converted into plain JS. The simple answer here is **yes**. Not on a production site of course, but if you want to test the **update to Joomla 4**, now you can. In order to **upgrade from 3.9.x to Joomla 4**, you have to go via the latest **3.10 alpha** at this point. There is no direct upgrade path between 3.9 and 4.x planned nor supported. All upgrades go via 3.10. **For the upgrade please follow these steps:** 1- Go to the Joomla Update Component Options and switch the Update Channel to “Testing” and the Minimum Stability option to “Alpha”. 2- Update to 3.10 alpha2 using the Joomla Update Component. 3- After you have updated to 3.10 alpha 2 please switch the Update Channel to “Custom URL” and set the Custom URL to “https://update.joomla.org/core/test/310to4_list.xml” - Now you get the update to the latest 4.0 beta release. - Please carefully check the results you get from the pre-update checker in terms of your environment and specify your installed extensions before upgrading. - After the upgrade please switch back to the “Testing” Update Channel with the “Beta” minimum stability to get future updates between Joomla 4 betas. #### Difference between Joomla! 4 versions An upgrade from Bootstrap 4 to Bootstrap 5 - One backwards compatibility break to note - to implement tags you now need to have your Table classes implement the \Joomla\CMS\Tag\TaggableTableInterface. This was to fix issues between the refactored tags plugins and batch actions. This is similar to the interface we had already created for Versions. An empty interface and trait have been ported back into Joomla 3.10 in order to help migrations. - Major improvements to the Cassiopeia frontend template. - Updates from the 3.x branch to be inline with 3.9.24 Release Candidate 2. - All mails sent by Joomla now use the mail templates feature. - Fixes to session data when upgrading from Joomla 3.10 to Joomla 4. - Renames “Control Panel” to “Home Dashboard” - Fixes an error in Joomla 3 style plugins when their event contained an argument called $event - Various doc-block updates - Over 200 bugs squashed thanks to our PBF Contributors! - Various bug fixes around the functionality of the CSP Plugin - Improved our icomoon to fontawesome mapping (shoutout to Hans Kuijpers and Troy Hall for their continued teamwork on this) - Added some code to handle nested templates as a preparatory step for future Joomla 4.x releases - Added back the custom_data field to the extensions table (as a direct result of developer feedback) - Increased test coverage of the API - Over 100 bugs squashed!