Joomla updates, like many content management systems, fall into two categories. Firstly, there are major updates, which are released only every few years and contain significant revisions to the platform and add various new features to the CMS. Minor updates, on the other hand, are primarily for security vulnerabilities and bug fixes. Minor updates may be released up to as often as a few times a month.
Ideally, you’d update Joomla on a regular basis for the following reasons:
- Improved user experience: The majority of Joomla updates fix common bugs which accordingly improves UX (user experience) whether these are critical bugs that make working with the system entirely impossible, or minor issues that simply complicate working with the CMS.
- Security: Known security issues are always fixed as soon as possible. This is why there are regular minor updates so that any issues are sorted as part of a Joomla update. So, if you use the latest version of the CMS, you’re putting yourself in a more secure situation. In addition, the official support for the individual versions is time-limited, which is another reason to update Joomla regularly.
- New features: Since its first release, Joomla has been known to be a flexible and customizable CMS thanks to its functional diversity and extensibility. New functions, which are mainly available as part of major updates keep the CMS working up to the next level.