JoomlaWorks and Joomla 3
Said in May 2024 it would not give up on K2 or Joomla 3, and in April 2026 released its own maintained Joomla 3 distribution, Joomla 3.x UTD, which is not an official Joomla release.
Joomla extensions covered: K2, Simple Image Gallery, AllVideos. JoomlaWorks website
What they said
“we don't plan on giving up on K2 (or Joomla 3).”
Said 30 May 2024Read it on their siteChecked 2 Oct 2026
“We're continuing the development of an open distribution of Joomla 3.x (we call it Joomla 3.x UTD for now) to ensure code security and support modern PHP versions.”
Said 22 Apr 2026Read it on their siteChecked 2 Oct 2026
What they did
First release of the Joomla 3.x UTD fork, version 3.11
Known Joomla 3 vulnerabilities
No Joomla 3 rules on file for JoomlaWorks as of 2 Oct 2026.
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