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Happy 20th Anniversary

Happy 20th Anniversary

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Over two decades, the project has embodied three core values: freedom (open licensing and transparent governance), flexibility (a powerful extension ecosystem and robust templating), and innovation (modern architecture, accessibility, and performance improvements across major releases).

Looking Back

  • 2005: The community launches Joomla, establishing a vibrant new chapter for open-source CMS development.
  • 1.x–2.x: Rapid adoption, a growing extension directory, and a strong developer ecosystem.
  • 3.x: Responsive templates, improved UX, and a mature ACL framework become hallmarks of the platform.
  • 4.x–5.x: Accessibility-first design, performance gains, modern PHP standards, and streamlined workflows for administrators and developers.

The Community

Joomla’s success is powered by people—maintainers, extension developers, designers, translators, documentation teams, event organizers, and users worldwide. Their volunteer spirit and shared purpose have sustained the project’s momentum and quality for two decades.

Why Joomla Still Matters

  • Open and sustainable: Community-driven governance and transparent development.
  • Built-in power: Advanced ACL, multilingual support, and content workflows out of the box.
  • Extensible by design: Thousands of extensions and flexible templating for custom solutions.
  • Secure and performant: Ongoing security reviews, modern PHP standards, and performance enhancements.

Looking Ahead

As we celebrate 20 years, we also look to the future: continued improvements in usability, accessibility, and developer experience; deeper integration with modern tooling; and a renewed focus on performance and sustainability. The roadmap remains guided by real-world needs and the open-source ethos that has defined Joomla from the start.

Thank you to everyone who has contributed time, code, documentation, support, and inspiration. Joomla is more than software—it is a community that builds the web together.

Happy 20th Birthday, Joomla! Here’s to the next chapter.

Failed Login Attempts

 

 If you own a website, you probably know that not all visitors have legit reasons to visit your website. There are both bots and humans that daily tries to get into your website without having an account.

 Having a website means constantly monitoring it for hackers and intruders to your website. Failed Login Attempts from Web357 are a step forward in helping you maintain a safe site for your visitors. The extension is available both in a free version and as a paid version. The free version only shows failed login attempts from the site's front end, but the paid version also shows login attempts in the backend. 

web357 failed login attempts main window

OUR RATING

  • Total Rating: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
  • Functionality: 🔥🔥🔥
  • Ease of use: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
  • Support / Documentation: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

 

Ease of use: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

The  "Failed Login Attempts" plugin/component is self-explanatory and easy to use. You will find the dashboard under the "Components" Menu.

Functionality: 🔥🔥🔥

 This extension gives you an overview of login attempts that fail on your site. The extension has few to no configurable options, but I suggest you override the look of how the IPs are shown, which will provide a link to more detailed info about the IP. 

Support / Documentation: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

 The documentation of the plugin/component is presented in easy-to-find links with a few options, it could have more in-depth documentation, but it is plenty if the extension work. Support is based on the Ticket system. You can also use Skype and Messenger. There is no Forum on the site, which would be preferable for getting experiences from other users.

Conclusion

The "Failed Login Attempts" extension is an excellent step toward having a safer website; it is worth installing and, as mentioned, comes in a free version, but it could have a few more steps installed, like showing the IP as a link to more info. The extension is a great supplement to Akeeba Admin Tools from Akeeba.

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