Joomla pros and cons

Name: Joomla
Brand: Joomla
Rating: 4.3 (9 reviews)

Vendor: Joomla

4.3 out of 5

9 reviews
77% willing to recommend

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Joomla Pros review quotes

Jay Stoeber

Techvangelist & CEO at IT Guru Solutions, Inc.

Jan 26, 2018

The speed in which you can take a CMS and make it a full-blown shopping cart with analytics tracking, SEO, user accounts, security, and ease of use through a robust framework of modules and plugins to enhance and promote-related content is about as turnkey as it gets with Joomla.

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Sinesio Bittencourt

Suporte avançado - Linux System Administrator L1 at HostGator Brasil

Oct 24, 2017

Do your project in Joomla; you will see that it is a better solution for website development.

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it_user302112

Senior Consultant IT Infrastructure at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees

Jul 20, 2016

This CMS lets you create an own website within minutes, no matter if the user has knowledge in coding.

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it_user305868

Computer Repair at a non-profit with 51-200 employees

Sep 4, 2015

Simplicity and security are basic elements to build a website quickly and safely, and with JoomShaper it was for me even easier.

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it_user1077

Developer at a tech company with 51-200 employees

Jul 2, 2012

Despite some limitations, Joomla stands out from the crowd and manages to retain its position in the market.

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Joomla Cons review quotes

Jay Stoeber

Techvangelist & CEO at IT Guru Solutions, Inc.

Jan 26, 2018

I would like to see more back-end admin power pulled into the front-end, therefore the admins will not have to use the back-end as much, especially for the menu manager, user manager, etc. versus using third-party extensions to achieve this.

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Sinesio Bittencourt

Suporte avançado - Linux System Administrator L1 at HostGator Brasil

Oct 24, 2017

Customizing components is not so easy.

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it_user302112

Senior Consultant IT Infrastructure at a tech consulting company with 51-200 employees

Jul 20, 2016

Joomla itself seems to be secure, but many add-ons are badly written and allow LFI, RFI, SQL injection and XSS attacks.

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