Joomla 2.5.2 is Here. Time to Update!

March 06, 2012 | Joomla Tutorials | Written by Steve Burge

The latest release of Joomla 2.5 arrived today and it's time to update.

Are you still on Joomla 1.6 or 1.7? Don't worry, updating is really, really easy. Also, don't worry about your extensions and templates: if they work with your current version, they will work with Joomla 2.5.2.

Here's how you update to Joomla 2.5:

Step 1: Make a Backup

You need to be doing this regularly, but it's important to remind you before we do this. Here's how to backup your site.

Step 2: Login to Your Joomla Site

If you are running Joomla 2.5.0 or 2.5.1, you will now see a flashing icon which tells you to upgrade. You can see that in the image below.

If you are running Joomla 1.6 or 1.7, go to Extensions > Extension Manager.

Step 3: Find the Update

If you are running Joomla 2.5.0 or 2.5.1, you will see the new Joomla version automatically.

If you are running Joomla 1.6 or 1.7, click Find Updates in the top-right corner.

After you can see the new Joomla version, check the box next to it.

Step 4: Click Update

That's it. Just click the Update button.

Step 5: You're Done!

Hopefully you will now see the message "Updating file was successful."

Look at the bottom of your page and you'll also see Joomla! 2.5.2.

More Resources

If you're running a really, really old version of Joomla 1.6, try this tutorial for updating.
If you're running Joomla 1.5, consider either our jUpgrade tutorial or our SPUpgrade tutorial for getting to Joomla 2.5.2.

Comments

#1 Ray 2012-03-07 12:03

Hi
Following your tutorial on how to upgrade Joomla 2.5.1 to 2.5.2 which is very useful. It appears there is a bug as instead of getting a message "updating file was successful" I received the following message "-1 - An error has occurred. Copy failed". Followed this up at joomla.org forum, and it seems there is a bug in the installer. So I updated via my ftp and was successful.

Regards

#2 Hindro 2012-03-24 08:08

Now i am using joomla version 2.5.1. the newest version of joomla is 2.5.3. I don't know way my installed joomla don't get notification that there is a newest version. I can't olso update from administrator backend. Please give me help to solve this.
I am form indonesia and new learner in joomla. sorry if my writen english is olso bad.
I wait for your reply. Thank you.

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