Joomla! Review
July 20, 2015

Joomla! Review

Matt Lundstrom | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

Latest

Overall Satisfaction with Joomla!

We've been offering a web hosting platform that supports Joomla since it's inception. Our customers like the fact that they can click a button and have our system automatically install Joomla for them. Joomla is one of our most popular apps and is one of the most user-friendly apps available right now.
  • It is easy to use for most people.
  • There are lots of extensions available.
  • A wide variety of developers are able to expand Joomla due to it's open-source PHP code base.
  • Joomla could be better if it offered automatic updates out of the box.
  • Joomla could benefit from better documentation.
  • Requiring plugin vendors to auto-update would be wise as well.
  • Positive: Support of the Joomla platform is surely one of the many reasons people choose to host with our company.
  • Negative: Joomal like any other web app that is not updated frequently can get hacked. This causes additional support overhead for our team. Introduction of native auto-updates would help prevent problems for the end user and hosts alike.
Joomla is well suited for people with average to advanced [experience] looking to build a DIY website. If someone were looking for an app to do just that, I would recommend Joomla and a handful of others.

Joomla Feature Ratings

WYSIWYG editor
8
Code quality / cleanliness
7
Admin section
7
Page templates
7
Library of website themes
9
Mobile optimization / responsive design
Not Rated
Publishing workflow
8
Form generator
8
Content taxonomy
8
SEO support
Not Rated
Bulk management
Not Rated
Availability / breadth of extensions
10
Community / comment management
7
API
Not Rated
Internationalization / multi-language
Not Rated
Role-based user permissions
7