Following on the heels of v3.17 — our milestone release that introduced a brand new installer, three modern frontend templates, full multi-database support (including SQLite), and a built-in MCP server for AI workflows — Joomla 3.x UTD v3.18 is officially out!

Sunday, 08 November 2026 14:50

Sunsetting all our Joomla templates

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As we shift gears to Joomla 3.x UTD, the upcoming fork and continued development of K2, it's time we bid adieu to our Joomla templates.

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Joomla 3.x UTD v3.17 is out - the biggest release of this project so far, along with a brand new website & 3 live demo sites for our 3 new templates.

Thursday, 08 October 2026 01:29

Major improvements coming to Joomla 3.x UTD

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Development of our modernized Joomla 3.x distribution moves rapidly - here's what we've done and what's coming next.

Simple Image Gallery Pro v3.10 is now available to download for subscribers. To summarize the release, we've added full support for PHP 8.x (those using Joomla 3.x UTD will certainly appreciate the update) and extended to new features.

This may be of interest to existing Joomla 3.x users who cannot yet upgrade to newer Joomla releases for various reasons...

We're continuing the development of an open distribution of Joomla 3.x (we call it Joomla 3.x UTD for now) to ensure code security and support modern PHP versions.

The writing's on the wall. Joomla 4 and 5 are failed CMS releases.

Today we're launching Quick Menu, a new free admin module for Joomla 4 which adds a handy top-side (desktop) or bottom-side (mobile) menu in the Joomla 4 backend. The purpose of Quick Menu is to restore UX sanity & reduce unnecessary clickity-click.

Quick Menu (by JoomlaWorks) is a Joomla 4 administrator module which adds a handy quick menu to the Joomla 4 backend to restore UX sanity!

Additional Info

  • Extension Version 1.0
  • Joomla Version 4.x
  • Image for listings

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  • Release Date Released March 5th, 2023