Protection of all component and plugin folders against direct web access. This is ABSOLUTELY NOT a security-related change. While it's a common misconception, being able to see non-executable, static files is not a security issue. It might allow someone to figure out which version of Joomla and its extensions you are using but hackers don't actually rely on this information. Therefore this change is just made to ease the mind of people unduly worrying about an irrelevant non-issue, detracting them from the real security concerns (i.e. is their software up-to-date). That's why we made the change: to have people stop worrying about useless non-issues and help them focus on the actual issues which can have a security impact on their sites.
Bug fixes. This release has been focused on bug fixes. Please read the CHANGELOG for more information.
We only officially support the latest stable branch of Joomla!. At the time of this writing it is Joomla! 3.9.
Our software should still run on Joomla! 3.4 or later, including 3.5, 3.6, 3.7 and 3.8. These versions are not actively supported by us or the Joomla! project anymore. We strongly advise you to run the latest available version of Joomla! for security reasons. Older versions of Joomla! have known major security issues which are being actively exploited to hack sites.
We only officially support using our software with PHP 5.6, 7.1, 7.2 or 7.3. We strongly advise you to run the latest available version of PHP on a branch currently maintained by the PHP project for security and performance reasons. Older versions of PHP have known major security issues which are being actively exploited to hack sites and they have stopped receiving security updates, leaving you exposed to these issues. Moreover, they are slower, therefore consuming more server resources to perform the same tasks.
Kindly note that our policy is to officially support only the PHP versions which are not yet End Of Life per the official PHP project with a voluntarily extension of support for 6 to 9 months after they become End of Life. After that time we stop providing any support for these obsolete versions of PHP without any further notice.