Joomla! 4.0 - Next Major Version

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Joomla 4.0 is Joomla’s new major version. Joomla 3.10 is released alongside Joomla 4 as the last minor release of Joomla 3. Joomla 3.10 will continue to be supported for 2 years giving plenty of time to webmasters to plan migration to Joomla 4 and update extensions to Joomla 4 compatible versions.

Joomla 4 is a brand new way for people to create and manage their content, developed and sustained by a global community of volunteers. Joomla 4 offers you a platform that is reliable, steady, secure and fully equipped with a wide variety of options to build any website.

What’s new in Joomla 4.0?

Install Joomla in the blink of an eye: An easier, faster and more user-friendly install process.
Brand new User Interfaces: Both backend and frontend; intuitive and logical, easy to understand and use.
Joomla is people first: To ensure that the templates are accessible (Level AA of WCAG 2.1).
A fully rebuilt Media Manager: With a clear and logical User Interface and built-in image editing options.
A new Workflow: Manage your content in an advanced and customisable way.
Web Services: Make your content accessible to other websites and for easy mobile app creation.
Cast-iron security features: Features like support for prepared SQL statements, so your website stays safe and secure.
HTML Mail Templates: Customisation of the emails, sending emails from your site has never been so easy.
Improved and expanded Command Line Interface (CLI): For smooth integration of your components.
A cleaner and more powerful codebase: The code has been cleaned up thoroughly, all Joomla 3.x deprecated functions have been removed, and we use PHP.
Namespaces, enabling developers to deliver more robust and innovative applications than ever before.
The power of the Joomla Framework merged into the CMS.
An enhanced event dispatching system.