It should be no pain, like going from Joomla 4.1 to 4.2, for example but in reality only small and simple web sites goes painlessly from 4 to 5. They again promised one-click-migration and again made a screw up.
Is joomla 5 worth it? debating on upgrading
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Currently on J4 for most of my website, I had one in Joomla 5 for fun this summer... Well it was no fun at all... The main problem is some of the extensions are either outdated or no longer updated, so you might have to uninstall them and find something that is supported in Joomla 5, and that is not always possible.
For example a simple visitor counter, it took me 3 weeks to find a suitable replacement for Coala Web Traffic counter (J3) to install on an updated version of the website I was migrating to J4 and J5.
But J4 works like a charm and my customers are not to demanding, this summer I'll upgrade some of my older customers to J5 if most of the extensions follow the version. I guess its a waiting game.
For example a simple visitor counter, it took me 3 weeks to find a suitable replacement for Coala Web Traffic counter (J3) to install on an updated version of the website I was migrating to J4 and J5.
But J4 works like a charm and my customers are not to demanding, this summer I'll upgrade some of my older customers to J5 if most of the extensions follow the version. I guess its a waiting game.
"Sorry, your PHP version is not supported
Your host needs to use PHP version 8.1.0 or newer to run this version of Joomla!"
I am running now 3 websites on joomla 5 with php 8.3.2. It's works great and fast!
At this time i guess it is time to update. It is easier now to update while is supported than you will be lift behind in many version then it is very hard to update. This is based on my experience dong the late update of Joomla 1.5 to 5.. I have so many steps to pass before i can update it to the latest update.
Seems to me like K2 won't even get J5, and we will be forced to convert all K2 to Joomla articles, together with all custom fields, images, categories. There are some components that do that, but it's all in early stages of development.
For my cases (several sites), I updated Joomla 4 sites to Joomla 5, and nothing broke.
The only issue could be the requirement of mySQL 8, but if your hosting has it, then I think the next possible issue is the compatibility of the extensions.
The only issue could be the requirement of mySQL 8, but if your hosting has it, then I think the next possible issue is the compatibility of the extensions.
Joomla! 5 is faster and better than 4 and 3 so upgrading is worth it. If the extensions you are using are not supported anymore by the developer, all the more reason of not using them.
