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Joomla 6.2 Beta 1

The Joomla! Project is pleased to announce the availability of Joomla 6.2 Beta 1 for testing.

What is this release for?

There are two main goals for Beta releases:

  • Providing developers with the basis to test their extensions and reporting any issues well before the final release
  • Allowing users to discover the new features introduced to Joomla 6.2.

For a complete list of known backward compatibility issues for version 6.2, please see Potential backward compatibility issues in Joomla 6.2 on the documentation site.

What is this release NOT for?

This beta version of Joomla 6.2 is not suitable for production sites. It is for testing only.

Where to get it?

Download Joomla 6.2 Beta 1

To always use the latest build of Joomla 6.2, we invite you to use the nightly build packages (updated every night).

To make it easier for newcomers, you can launch a free Joomla 6 website for testing at launch.joomla.org.

When is the final release due?

Joomla! 6.2 (general availability) will be released on or about 13th October 2026. The planned milestones are:

Alpha:

  • Alpha 1: 26. May 2026 
  • Alpha 2: 23. June 2026
  • Alpha 3: 21. July 2026

Beta (Feature Freeze)

  • Beta 1: 18. August 2026 (this release)
  • Beta 2: 01. September 2026
  • Beta 3: 15. September 2026

Release Candidate (Language Freeze)

  • RC1: 29. September 2026

Stable Release

  • 13. October 2026

Please note that dates may be subject to change depending on the availability of volunteers and circumstances beyond our control.

What’s new in Joomla 6.2 Beta 1?

We are firmly committed to making the next generation of Joomla the best. These are the features that have been committed to version 6.2. Since we arrived at the Beta stage, no new features will be implemented.

Content & frontend

  • Secure article preview without frontend login (#48030) — new PreviewTokenService in com_content generates signed, time-limited preview tokens so unpublished articles can be reviewed by non-logged-in users; token lifetime configurable via Preview Token Expiration (minutes), default 15.
  • Category list: show sub-category image (#48196) — new option in com_content config and the category/default layout to render sub-category images in the children list; includes MySQL/PostgreSQL update SQL and new base install defaults.

Editor (TinyMCE)

  • Native Readmore button (#48236) — replaces the legacy readmore handling with a real TinyMCE plugin (js/plugins/readmore), registered in known buttons and toolbar presets.
  • Link selector modal (#48138) — new linkpicker asset (JS + CSS) letting the article, contact and menu editor-xtd buttons insert links through a unified modal picker.
  • Joomla text filter used by default (#48041) — TinyMCE now defers to Joomla's own text filter configuration instead of its own valid-elements defaults.
  • TinyMCE updated 8.6.0 → 8.8.2, tinymce-i18n 26.6.8 → 26.8.2 (#48215).

Multilingual 

  • Language fallback chain (#47933) — Joomla\CMS\Language\Language resolves missing strings through a configurable fallback language, per string, with chaining (e.g. gsw-CH → de-CH → de-DE); new Language Fallback fieldset with Fallback Overrides in com_languages options, overriding any fallback declared by the language pack.

Updates & extension management

  • Security flag for updates (#48127) — new column in the update tables (MySQL + PostgreSQL update and base SQL), surfaced in the com_installer update view and in the extension-update quickicon plugin/JS so security releases are marked as such.
  • Highest-severity update shown (#48190) — Updater and ExtensionAdapter now pick and report the update with the highest severity rather than the first match.

Forms & API

  • New EnumField form field (#48113) — libraries/src/Form/Field/EnumField.php, a ListField that builds its options from the cases of a PHP enum (backed value or case name), with optional prefix attribute for {PREFIX}_{CASE_NAME} translations.
  • Web services: separate intro and full text (#44566) — the com_content JSON:API views expose introtext and fulltext as distinct fields; the combined text field is deprecated (removal in 8.0).

Media & installation

  • Detailed SVG upload errors (#48204) — MediaHelper now enqueues the specific SVG validation issues (JLIB_MEDIA_ERROR_SVG_ISSUE / ..._SVG_UNKNOWN) instead of a single generic XSS warning.
  • Improved installation error handling (#48237) — installation controller and setup/template JS report failures more precisely during the web installer.

Admin UI

  • Custom support link in the admin menu (#48186) — the forum/support URL field in mod_menu now shows only for the alternate preset (showon="preset:alternate"), making it a genuine custom support link option.
  • Treeselect indentation fix (#48125).

Authors of Merged Pull Requests

The Joomla project is very thankful for the contributions from the following authors:

Allon Moritz, Benjamin Trenkle, Brian Teeman, Christiane Maier-Stadtherr, Hannes Papenberg, Martin Carl Kopp, Nicola Galgano, Richard Fath, Tom van der Laan, Torsten Hoppe, Tuan Pham Ngoc

What are the plans for Joomla 6.2?

With this release we’re in the state of “Feature Freeze”. This means, no new feature will be added. New functionality can be contributed to Joomla! 6.2 planned for later this year.

To learn more about our development strategy, please read this article.

How can you help Joomla 6.2 development?

To help ensure the 6.2 release and our major features are “production-ready”, we need your help testing releases and reporting any bugs you may find at issues.joomla.org.

Most of all, we encourage extension developers to roll up their sleeves, seek out bugs and test their extensions with Joomla 6.2 and communicate their experience.

Where can I find documentation about Joomla 6.2?

We encourage developers to help write the documentation about Joomla 6.2 on manual.joomla.org to help and guide users and other extension developers.

We invite you to check it regularly, update it and provide the missing content.

Related information

If you are an extension developer, please make sure you subscribe to the extension developer channel https://joomlacommunity.cloud.mattermost.com/main/channels/extension-development-room

Where you can join the community of extension developers.

A Huge Thank You to Our Volunteers!

A big thank you goes out to everyone who contributed to the release!

Your release managers: Viviana & Martin