Manage Your Joomla 4 Sites with mySites.guru
This article was written when Joomla 4 first launched. Joomla 4 has since reached end of life. If you're still running Joomla 4, plan your migration to the latest Joomla version sooner rather than later.
Joomla 4 was released on 17 August 2021 after nine years of development. mySites.guru had full support ready from day one.
ℹ️ Full Joomla version support
mySites.guru is compatible with every Joomla version from 1.5.0 onwards - including Joomla 4, 5, and 6. Even if a site has been hacked and compromised, the audit and monitoring tools still work.
How does mySites.guru handle Joomla upgrades?
mySites.guru never performs major Joomla upgrades automatically. You have to log in and request that mySites.guru perform an upgrade.
When Joomla 3.10.0 was first released, it mistakenly showed a one-click upgrade path to Joomla 4.0.0 in the admin panel. That was never supposed to happen - Joomla 3 to 4 was always a migration, not an upgrade. We blocked the Joomla 3 to 4 upgrade path in mySites.guru entirely to prevent accidental major version jumps.
The Joomla project later acknowledged the issue and moved Joomla 4.0.0 to a separate update stream so that Joomla 3.10.0 sites wouldn’t see it unless the update channel was manually changed.
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Joomla 1.5 through 3 all share a single connector plugin. Joomla 4, 5, and 6 each have their own dedicated connector, built to take advantage of the higher PHP requirements in each major version.
How do you migrate from Joomla 3 to Joomla 4?
Migrating to Joomla 4 means checking every template, extension, plugin, and module for compatibility. Joomla’s built-in Pre-Update Checker has a history of reporting incorrect compatibility results, so verify each extension manually.
⚠️ Never migrate on a live site
Perform the Joomla 4 migration on a development copy first. Back up everything before you start, and test your backups.
The dedicated guide covers the mySites.guru side of this in more detail: Migrating to Modern Joomla When Using mySites.guru.
How do you reconnect a migrated site to mySites.guru?
- Uninstall the mySites.guru system plugin from the Joomla 3 site
- Delete the site from your mySites.guru account
- Perform the mini-migration to Joomla 4
- Use the Add Another Site process to generate the Joomla 4 connector and install it on your migrated site
What about Joomla 5 and Joomla 6?
Joomla 5 and 6 are also fully supported, each with their own dedicated connector plugin. mySites.guru also has tools to check whether your servers are ready for each version:
Further reading
- Joomla 4 Technical Requirements - official minimum and recommended server specs
- Planning for Mini-Migration: Joomla 3.10 to 4 - the Joomla project’s migration planning guide
- Step by Step Migration: Joomla 3.x to 4.x - walks through each step of the migration
Joomla version management is part of our Joomla Agency Handbook.
