joomla end of life dates — full support timeline
2 of 4 tracked joomla releases have already reached end of life. The dates below are published support dates, not estimates.
Version support timeline
| Release | Released | End of life | Latest | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 2025-10-14 | 2029-10-16 | 6.1.2 | supported |
| 5 | 2023-10-14 | 2027-10-12 | 5.4.112 | supported |
| 4 | 2021-08-17 | 2025-10-14 | 4.4.14 | ended |
| 3 | 2012-09-27 | 2023-08-17 | 3.10.12 | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported joomla release. After end of life a version stops receiving security patches, which typically becomes an audit or compliance finding before it becomes an outage. Upgrading to a supported release is the migration path; the table above shows which releases still qualify.
Source
These dates are maintained by endoflife.date/joomla, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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