Discontinuation of CMS-Support

By knowing the available product support, IT investments can be optimized and strategically planned. The following guidelines - regarding duration and deployment - provide customers with consistent, transparent and predictable information for there software support and maintenance.

If a product is discontinued by the manufacturer, support services are only provided during a transitional period. The expiration of support refers to the date from which the developers no longer provide automatic patches, updates or technical assistance. You should have installed a new version by this date.

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	Start	EOL
Joomla Version	Lifecycle	Mainstream	Extended		Hinweise / Notes
Joomla 1.5	22.01.2008	27.03.2012	31.09.2012
Joomla 1.6 (2.0)	22.04.2009	26.07.2011	31.08.2011
Joomla 1.7 (2.1)	19.07.2011	02.02.2012	28.02.2012
Joomla 2.5	24.01.2012	10.12.2014	31.12.2014
Joomla 3.x	27.09.2012	17.08.2023
Joomla 4.x	17.08.2021

	Start	EOL
Wordpress Version	Lifecycle	Mainstream	Extended		Hinweise / Notes
Wordpress 3.8	12.12.2013	3.9 release
Wordpress 3.9	16.04.2014	4.0 release
Wordpress 4.x	15.12.2014	5.0 release
Wordpress 5.x	07.12.2018
Wordpress 6.x	11.07.2022