Joomla 4.1

Joomla 4.1 is expected to be released 6 months after 4.0. With Joomla! 4.0, a completely rewritten and better version of the media manager was implemented.The major feature of Joomla 4.1 will be an even more improved media manager.

Other Features

Signed Updates: Currently Joomla Updates are not secured by signatures. Signing Update would ensure the legitimacy of the installed update. Joomla plans to implement The Update Framework (TUF), a heavy security improvement by delivering signed updates to make sure that no contaminated version of Joomla and its extensions is installed.

Poor mans CRON: There are some hoster which do not offer server cron jobs, so Joomla will implement an internal cron job system.

Accessibility features: The following accessibility features are planned:

  • Allow to Hide/Unhide columns in list views per user.
  • Allow to turn off/on the user notes feature to reduce elements on the screen.
  • Improve accessibility of media manager.
  • Make Toolbar accessible.
  • Add keyboard navigation to list and edit views.

Usability features: The following usability features are planned:

  • Change the state of an item in the list view by AJAX call instead of reloading the page.
  • When creating a new menu item, load the (in this session) last used menu type by default.
  • Allow default menu items in different languages in the same menu.
  • Images/Links as custom fields.
  • Dedicated "trash" icon/button for navigation.