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We only provide a migration path from Joomla 4.4 to Joomla 5. If you are using an earlier Joomla 4.x version please upgrade to Joomla 4.4 first. You cannot migrate from Joomla 3 to Joomla 5 or later. You will need to migrate to Joomla 4 first. |
The changes from Joomla! 4 to Joomla! 5 have been small enough that we were able to provide support for both versions of Joomla! as of Akeeba Backup for Joomla! version 9.8.0.
On your Joomla! 4 site
You can only update from Joomla 4.4 to Joomla 5. If you are using an earlier version of Joomla, you MUST first upgrade to Joomla 4.4. Please consult the previous chapter in this documentation section for information on Joomla 4 minor version updates.
If you are still using Akeeba Backup 8, you MUST upgrade to Akeeba Backup 9, as per the previous chapter in this documentation section which described the Joomla 3 to Joomla 4 upgrade.
Make sure that your site is fulfilling all of the technical requirements to run Joomla 5 as detailed in Joomla's manual.
Make sure that you upgrade to the latest available Akeeba Backup 9 version for your site. Kindly note that only Akeeba Backup 9.8.0 and later are support on Joomla 5 as per our Compatibility page.
You can then update to Joomla 5.
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The Joomla! Update component frequently displays wrong and misleading information about the compatibility status of third party extensions with newer versions of Joomla!. We strongly recommend that you simply ignore it, and base your decisions entirely on the guidance provided by extension developers like us. |