The Joomla Project is pleased to announce the availability of the Joomla 5.2 Beta 2 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 5.2.
For a complete list of known backward compatibility issues for version 5.2, please see Potential backward compatibility issues in Joomla 5.2 on the documentation site.
What is this release NOT for?
This beta version of Joomla 5.2 is not suitable for production sites. It is for testing only.
Where to get it?
To always use the latest build of Joomla 5, we invite you to use the nightly build packages (updated every night).
When is the final release due?
Joomla! 5.2 (general availability) will be released on or about 15th October 2024. The planned milestones are:
Alpha
- 28th May 2024 - Done
- 25th June 2024 - Done
- 23rd July 2024 - Done
Beta (Feature Freeze)
- 3rd September 2024 - This one
- 17th September 2024
Release Candidate (Language Freeze)
- 1st October 2024 - Use this to help with testing
Stable Release
- 15th October 2024
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 5.2 Beta 2?
We are firmly committed to making the next generation of Joomla the best. So far, these are the features that have been committed to version 5.2. The following is a non-exhaustive list of features which have already been added:
- All changes from 5.1
- Mail Template Layouts (#43829)
- Articles Module (#43738)
- Several SEO/Routing improvements (#42989, #42850, #42854, #43164)
What are the plans for Joomla 5.2?
Joomla! 5.2 now contains all new features we plan to include and will not get additional features. We will now focus only on fixing bugs until the stable release. You can help by testing changes and providing bugfixes in our github project.
There will be one more beta release for testing and stabilizing and then we’re going into release candidate mode (RC) if everything works out as planned.
To learn more about our development strategy, please read this article.
How can you help with Joomla 5.2 development?
To help ensure the 5.2 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 5.2 and communicate their experience.
Where can I find documentation about Joomla 5?
There are some tutorials to help you with Joomla 5. You can find the existing ones, like creating a Plugin or a Module for Joomla 5, namespaces conventions, prepared statements, using the new web asset classes and many more in https://docs.joomla.org/Category:Joomla!_5.x
We encourage developers to help write the documentation about Joomla 5 on docs.joomla.org and manual.joomla.org to help and guide users and other extension developers.
A JDocs page will help developers to see the existing documentation and the documentation still needed.
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.
- Working with the Joomla Feature Tracker
- General developer mailing list
- Joomla developer network
- Joomla and UI framework
A Huge Thank You to Our Volunteers!
A big thank you goes out to everyone who contributed to the release!
Translations
French: Joomla 5.2.0 Beta 2