HOW TO: Identify Joomla! Version
Access to Joomla! Back-end
For Joomla 1.5, you can simply login to the admin panel and see the version on the top right of the admin panel to check the version. For Joomla 1.6, 1.7 and 2.5, the version is listed at the bottom of the pages or you can choose from menu Site -> System Information.
Check by css (or .ini) Files
If you do not have access to Joomla Back-End, there are several ways you can identify your Joomla version. First, you can check the version by browsing through the css (or .ini) files to this file location:
/templates/system/css/system.css
Find and open the file in your browser then check for this:
/templates/system/css/system.css
Find and open the file in your browser then check for this:
| Version of Joomla | Source Code |
|---|---|
| Joomla 1.0.x | The easiest way to determine if a site is using Joomla! or not is to view the source code of the page.
Joomla! 1.0.x sites will have the following:
<meta name="Generator" content="Joomla! - Copyright (C) 2005 - 2007 Open Source Matters."/> |
| Joomla 1.5 | /* OpenID icon style */
and in templates\system\css\template.css file you should find this: * @copyright Copyright (C) 2005 – 2010 Open Source Matters. |
By default, all Joomla! 1.5.x sites will have the following in the head of their site:
<meta name="generator" content="Joomla! 1.5 - Open Source Content Management"/>
| |
| Joomla 1.6 | * @version $Id: system.css 20196 2011-01-09 02:40:25Z ian $ |
| Joomla 1.7 | * @version $Id: system.css 21322 2011-05-11 01:10:29Z dextercowley $ |
| Joomla 2.5 | * @copyright Copyright (C) 2005 – 2012 Open Source Matters |
Check by MooTools
Another way it’s to compare MooTools (JavaScript Framework) versions using a media/system/js/mootools-more.js file:
| Joomla 1.5 | MooTools={version:’1.12′} media\system\js\mootools.js |
|---|---|
| Joomla 1.6 | MooTools.More={version:”1.3.0.1″ |
| Joomla 1.7 | MooTools.More={version:”1.3.2.1″ |
| Joomla 2.5.6 | MooTools.More={version:”1.4.0.1″ |
| Joomla 3.0 alpha 2 | MooTools.More={version:”1.4.0.1″ |
Check by Language file
You can also identify your Joomla version (Joomla 1.6 / Joomla 1.7.x) by comparing the date in language file: language/en-GB/en-GB.ini
| Joomla 1.5.25 | # $Id: en-GB.ini 11391 2009-01-04 13:35:50Z ian $ |
|---|---|
| Joomla 1.6.0 | ; $Id: en-GB.ini 20196 2011-01-09 02:40:25Z ian $ |
| Joomla 1.6.5 | ; $Id: en-GB.ini 20990 2011-03-18 16:42:30Z infograf768 $ |
| Joomla 1.7.1 | ; $Id: en-GB.ini 20990 2011-03-18 16:42:30Z infograf768 $ |
| Joomla 1.7.3 | ; $Id: en-GB.ini 22183 2011-09-30 09:04:32Z infograf768 $ |
| Joomla 1.7.5 | ; $Id: en-GB.ini 22183 2011-09-30 09:04:32Z infograf768 $ |
| from Joomla 2.5.0 to Joomla 2.5.4 | <version>2.5.0</version> will display in language/en-GB/en-GB.xml file. |
| Joomla 2.5.5 Joomla 2.5.6 | <version>2.5.5</version> will display in language/en-GB/en-GB.xml file. |
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