Joomla 1.0 2005-2009 RIP
RIP, Joomla 1.0. As announced last October by the Joomla Project, the original version of Joomla is now officially "unsupported" and will no longer receive any security updates or bug fixes.
The day that Joomla 1.0 officially retired was July 22nd, but we were reminded of the news by a blog post on the Joomla Project's "Leadership Blog" late last week written by Sam Moffatt.
Some interesting numbers about Joomla 1.0:
- First released on Friday, September 16, 2005 as "Baby Joomla"
- At least 1.6 million downloads (and probably a lot more)
- Last update released in February 2008- 17 months without any security improvements
- At one point believed to be more popular than Britney Spears, but that was proven wrong. (Interestingly, Joomla does appear to have caught up with Britney recently.)
If your site is still on Joomla 1.0 and you don't have a team of developers laying about to keep it secure and healthy, you'd best get on Joomla 1.5 asap. Need help? Migration resources are here.
