Perspectives

Perspectives is a collection of thoughtful articles on Joomla, open-source software, extension development, and the ideas shaping the future of the ecosystem. It is a place for practical experience, informed opinion, lessons learned, and conversations about how we can build better software, strengthen the Joomla community, and help Joomla remain a capable and relevant platform for the years ahead.

Title Published Date Author
Closing the Gaps: Making Joomla Harder to Ignore - Part 1: The Problem
This is the first article in a developing series about a question that has followed me through more than twenty years of using Joomla: what makes a platform genuinely useful in the real world? Joomla Core matters enormously, but people rarely choose a CMS because of Core alone. They choose it becaus
September 7, 2026 Jason Crimmel