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JoomShift
Version 1.1.0
About
Export and import your site’s content between any two Joomla installations — modules, menus, articles, categories, custom fields, and users.
Version History
1.1.0
05 November 2026
New
- Dry run for every import (Modules, Menus, Articles, Contacts, Users): runs the real import, then undoes it, so nothing on the site changes
- Dry run report: totals of what would be created, updated, reused and skipped, plus an item-by-item list with the reason for every skip
- Dry run "What to do" advice: which file to import first, module types or components to install, and Super Users that would be refused
- Dry run server checks: upload, memory and time limits, ZIP support, a writable images folder, required components, and tables that can undo changes (refused on MyISAM)
- Dry run media report: new files, files that would replace a different existing file, unchanged files and blocked files
- Dry run "Import now" imports the checked file with the same options without uploading it again; the report downloads as CSV or JSON
- Contacts import/export in a new Contacts tab, with categories (including parent categories), contact images and custom fields
- Contacts linked to a Joomla user are linked on import to the user with the same username or email
- Exports now include parent categories, parent user groups, the pages each module is assigned to, and menu alias targets
- Documentation updated with screenshots, ready to import into JoomForge Docs
Improvements
- Re-importing without Overwrite skips articles, menu items, contacts and modules that already exist instead of creating duplicates
- Overwrite only matches an item by ID when its alias, module type or username also matches
- Module page assignments that can't be matched on the new site are dropped with a warning instead of pointing at the wrong page
- Export All on the Modules tab now lists Site modules first, then Administrator modules, then Site and administrator modules
- Only the open tab's data is loaded, and tab badges show real totals
- Faster admin screen on large sites
- Clearer messages when an upload is too large or only partly uploaded
- New file-export / file-import icons for the Export and Import buttons
Fixes
- Importing modules no longer duplicates the administrator (admin menu, header, dashboard panels and toolbars shown twice)
- Administrator modules from another Joomla generation (Joomla 3 vs Joomla 4/5/6) are skipped
- Category, menu and user group trees are rebuilt after import, so they are no longer corrupted on sites that already had content
- Nested categories are attached to the right parent on the new site
- Batched menu exports keep their hierarchy
- Menu import no longer fails when an alias is already used at the same level; the item gets a numbered alias such as home-2
- Menu items point at the new site's components and template styles, and a second default page is no longer created
- User groups are matched by title under the right parent; groups without a parent in the file go under Registered instead of Public
- Module page assignments land on the right menu items on another site
- Modules set to "No pages" are no longer imported as "On all pages"
- Intro and full-text images are exported again on Joomla 4/5/6
- Articles whose category is missing go to Uncategorised
- Featured articles appear in the Featured Articles view
- Asset entries for imported articles and categories are placed correctly
- Import window buttons show their colours again on Joomla 4/5/6
- ZIP exports no longer leave temporary files behind
- J3 – Menu import no longer fails on Joomla 3
- J3 – Articles with custom fields import again (fatal error fixed)
- J3 – The screen title is translated again (it showed COM_JOOMSHIFT)
- J3 – Import windows no longer overflow
Security
- Only a Super User can import Super User accounts or overwrite one
- SVG files containing scripts or embedded content are rejected
- Media files can only be written inside the site's image folder
1.0.0
08 September 2026
New
- Initial Release