Joomla! CMS Overview

Joomla-CMS is free and open source, offering a mobile-ready and user-friendly way to build websites. Thousands of features and designs are available.

Use Cases

Customers recommend Content Management, Communication Management, Helpdesk Management, as the business use cases that they have been most satisfied with while using Joomla! CMS.

Other use cases:

  • Community Building
  • Onboarding
  • Contact List Management
  • Engagement Management
  • Advertisement
  • Knowledge Management
  • Groups Management
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Business Priorities

Acquire Customers and Enhance Customer Relationships are the most popular business priorities that customers and associates have achieved using Joomla! CMS.

Other priorities:

  • Improve Digital And Social Presence
  • Scale Best Practices
  • Launch New Products
  • Build Brand Awareness
  • Increase Sales & Revenue
  • Improve ROI
  • Grow Market Share
  • Improve Brand Engagement
  • Shorten Ramp Up Time
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Joomla! CMS Use-Cases and Business Priorities: Customer Satisfaction Data

Joomla! CMS works with different mediums / channels such as Website. User Generated Content. and Blogs.

Joomla! CMS's features include Widgets, Templates, SEO, etc. and Joomla! CMS support capabilities include Email Support, Phone Support, Chat Support, etc. also Joomla! CMS analytics capabilities include Analytics, and Custom Reports.

Reviews

"...Using this system, you have the power to restrict visitor access, you can decide who can visit the site, comment or publish or manage the content...." Peer review by hannah j, frontend developer

Peer review evidence (same sources as the product rating summary)

"...The variety of add-ons makes Joomla a vary versatile website content and publishing program...." Peer review by Administrator
"...Easy to use and easy to publish and maintain...." Peer review by Ilham AB, Senior Solution Architect, Three.
"...Available templates that are easy to customize and deploy almost immediatelyGreat open source so a lot of available documentation/support to help with issuesEasy to use interface and easy to hand off to client to update on their on with minimal support from us...." Peer review by Verified User, Employee in Information Technology, Construction

Joomla! CMS, Strapi, Paperflite, Docsvault, Scoop.it, etc., all belong to a category of solutions that help Content Management Systems. Each of them excels in different abilities. Therefore, determining the best platform for your business will depend on your specific needs and requirements.

Popular Business Setting

for Joomla! CMS

Top Industries

  • Information Technology and Services
  • Internet
  • Computer Software

Popular in

  • Small Business
  • Mid Market
  • Enterprise

Joomla! CMS is popular in Information Technology And Services, Internet, and Computer Software and is widely used by Small Business, Mid Market, and Enterprise.

Joomla! CMS Customer wins, Customer success stories, Case studies

How does Joomla! CMS facilitate Content Management?

What Are the key features of Joomla! CMS for Communication Management?

Why is Joomla! CMS the best choice for Helpdesk Management?

What makes Joomla! CMS ideal for Community Building?

What Are the key features of Joomla! CMS for Onboarding?

11 buyers and buying teams have used Cuspera to assess how well Joomla! CMS solved their Content Management Systems needs. Cuspera uses 3550 insights from these buyers along with peer reviews, customer case studies, testimonials, expert blogs and vendor provided installation data to help you assess the fit for your specific Content Management Systems needs.

KOMPAN - Consumer Goods

Aesir Context Marketing, built on Joomla!, helped KOMPAN manage over 1,000 products and 11,000 variants across 21+ international sites. The platform unified content management, ecommerce, and busines...s intelligence in one dashboard. KOMPAN used real-time user data to improve user experience and brand consistency. They expect to cut third-party applications by 60-70% and processes by 70-80%. This supports KOMPAN’s digital transformation and boosts conversion rates.

INNIO - Utilities

INNIO used Joomla! with SEBLOD and the SEBLOD Multi-sites add-on to build a multi-language, fully responsive website. The site showcases INNIO's gas engines, power equipment, and digital platform for... power generation and gas compression. It highlights two product lines, Jenbacher and Waukesha, for different industrial sectors. The platform supports front-end editing and provides news, events, and service information. The solution enables INNIO to manage content across six languages efficiently.

AMANTE VERTE - Food & Beverages

Joomla 3.8 and yootheme pro helped AMANTE VERTE build a website for their herbal tea farm in Brittany. The site supports their business, which supplies high quality herbal teas to top French restaura...nts. The project required only basic features, with akeeba backup and jce added for site management. The result is a simple, responsive site that meets their current needs.

Bcn Acces - Technology

Joomla! 3 was used to build the Bcn Acces website. Bcn Acces needed a flexible platform for access control and home automation solutions. The site uses a custom template based on YOOtheme PRO and the... Warp theme framework. App Zoo for Joomla CCK and Content Builder were also used. The project included website design, SEO, web hosting, and security. Bcn Acces now offers a wide catalog of access control products online.

E-Style - Apparel & Fashion

Joomla! helped E-Style, a hair salon and webshop, build a website for blogs, appointments, and product sales. E-Style wanted to give advice and gain trust online and offline. The site used Joomla! an...d extensions like Acymailing, RSform, Ignite Gallery, Regular Labs, and VirtueMart. The team created many categories and used modules to improve user experience. The website was upgraded from Joomla! 1.5 to 3.x.

Först Class Corporate Fashion - Apparel & Fashion

Joomla! CMS powers the Först Class Corporate Fashion website. The company offers sustainable workwear for pharmacies and medical practices. The site uses Joomla! with Virtuemart, VP Onepage Checkout,... and Slideshow CK. The template was built with TemplateCreator CK. The solution helps Först Class provide a user-friendly online experience for customers seeking uniform workwear.

Frequently Asked Questions(FAQ)

for Joomla! CMS

What is Joomla! CMS?

Joomla! is an open-source content management system (CMS) software designed to help both novice and expert web developers build websites. The platform is developed on the innovative model-view-controller (MVC) web application framework that allows developers to build powerful online applications. Small businesses, nonprofits, government, and large organizations, use Joomla! to create, manage, organize, and publish content.

Joomla's core features are mobile-friendly, search-engine optimized, and multilingual (supports over 70 languages), provides thousands of free templates and extensions that empower web developers to create websites that fit their specific needs.

Joomla! is a robust yet lightweight PHP framework designed to enable developers to build websites and command line applications. Its framework offers a flat learning curve, making it easy to extend and customize this CMS to your needs. The Joomla! website templates come with a graphical user interface that allows to change fonts, colors, features and layouts without coding. It provides a wealth of documentation and videos training that make learning a breeze.

What is Joomla! CMS used for?

Joomla! CMS is a Content Management Systems Software mainly used by its customers to Acquire Customers and Enhance Customer Relationships by Content Management, Communication Management and Helpdesk Management .

What are the top features of Joomla! CMS?

Widgets, Templates and SEO are some of the top features of Joomla! CMS.

Who uses Joomla! CMS?

Joomla! CMS is used by Information Technology And Services, Internet and Computer Software among other industries.

What are Joomla! CMS alternatives?

Strapi, Paperflite, Docsvault and Scoop.It are popular alternatives for Joomla! CMS.

Where is Joomla! CMS located?

Joomla! CMS is headquartered at New York, New York 10163-4668.
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Peers used Joomla! CMS for content management and communication management

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FEATURE RATINGS AND REVIEWS
Analytics

4.79/5

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Custom Reports

3.82/5

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CAPABILITIES RATINGS AND REVIEWS
Analytics

4.79/5

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Custom Reports

3.82/5

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Software Failure Risk Guidance

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Top Failure Risks for Joomla! CMS

Open Source Matters, Inc. News

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Joomla 6.1.1 & 5.4.6 Security & Bugfix Release

Joomla released versions 6.1.1 and 5.4.6, focusing on security and bug fixes. Key security updates address XSS vulnerabilities, CSRF issues, and SQL injection risks. Bug fixes enhance accessibility, error handling, and user interface elements. These updates reinforce Joomla's commitment to secure, inclusive web design.

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joomla_registration_privesc.rb

A Metasploit module exploits a vulnerability in Joomla versions 3.4.4 to 3.6.3, allowing the creation of an arbitrary account with administrative privileges. The module, created by Fabio Pires, Filipe Reis, and Vitor Oliveira, targets Joomla's account creation and privilege escalation flaws, identified by CVE-2016-8869 and CVE-2016-8870.

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Joomla 5.4.5 Bugfix Release

Joomla has released version 5.4.5, a bugfix update for its 5.x series. This release addresses issues such as recursion prevention in plugins, timezone conversion fixes, and improvements in media manager functionalities. The update highlights Joomla's commitment to accessible web design and security. The full list of changes is available on GitHub.

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Joomla 6.1 Release Candidate 3

Joomla has announced the availability of Joomla 6.1 Release Candidate 3, aimed at allowing developers to test extensions and users to explore new features before the final release on April 14, 2026. This version is not for production use and focuses on testing and identifying issues. Key updates include dispatcher support for the jooa11y plugin.

Open Source Matters, Inc. Profile

Company Name

Open Source Matters, Inc.

Company Website

https://www.joomla.org/

Year Founded

2005

HQ Location

New York, New York 10163-4668

Employees

10001+

Social

Financials

PRIVATE