Joomla! 6.2.0 Alpha 3

👀 Release information

• 💁 5+ contributors
• 🧰 10+ Pull Requests has been merged
• ⬆️ New migration guide
• 📖 New developer documentation
• 🌎 Release page
• 👀 Full Changelog

🚀 Download information

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Userfacing information about this Joomla! release can be found on the release page

🔥 Installation Packages

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✒️ Upgrade Packages

Important

Don't update directly from a version lower than 5.4 it is important that you first update to 5.4 and then update to 6.x

Update from a previous version	SHA-256 Checksums
ZIP Archive (.zip)	a43d49b89d0a56d7a61b2b88ab940b6e8c9a47ae513e31651f55078f29c45b6f
GNU Zip Archive (.tar.gz)	b7434c26e9b9b54cc1c5445aa0031a6e352739e3f48fff03eaf9ca64be111130
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What's Changed

• [6.2] Update target branch version in README.md by @MacJoom in #48012
• [6.2] Implement sublevel for more than the main menu item by @bembelimen in #47909
• [6.2] eslint config (stylistic) by @heelc29 in #47962
• [6.2] [AI] Add configuration options for mod_login by @MacJoom in #47946
• [6.2] upmerge 2026 07 07 by @MacJoom in #48054
• [6.2] Update resize plugin with automatic processing labels by @brianteeman in #48039
• [6.2] update phpcs config by @heelc29 in #48055
• [6.2] Append group in fancy-select search by @brianteeman in #48084
• [6.2] Implement image/media manager in tinyMCE buttons by @bembelimen in #48043
• [6.2] Use aria-disabled instead of disabled for toolbar buttons requi… by @adarshdubey03 in #47324

🧑‍💻 Test contributions

Thank you to all the testers who help us maintain high quality standards and deliver a robust product.
@alikon (2), @brianteeman (2), @charvimehradu (1), @chmst (2), @CSGoat0 (1), @dautrich (1), @muhme (2), @QuyTon (2), @ThomasFinnern (2)