# Joomla: how AI models rank it, October 2026

GTM AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. Named in 7 judge labels across 1 categories by 6 of 14 models. Page: https://gtm-ai-index.com/vendors/joomla-2/

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Content management systems for marketing sites | 0% | 54 | 71% | 7 |

## What the models said for it

- "Joomla is a popular free open-source CMS platform... best for community and membership sites." (Claude Haiku 4.5, Marketing CMS)

## And against it

- "Highest disclosed vulnerabilities (2021-2025). Smaller ecosystem/talent pool; avoid unless needing built-in multilingual/user controls." (Grok 4.1 Fast, Marketing CMS)
- "Joomla and Drupal - difficult to operate and lack the power of WordPress" (Llama 4 Maverick, Marketing CMS)
- "Joomla (weak security, aging ecosystem) carry the most risk" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Marketing CMS)
- "Holds only 2-3% CMS market share - Has experienced similar security issues as WordPress" (MiniMax M2.5, Marketing CMS)

## Movement since September 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise.

- Content management systems for marketing sites: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 52 → 54 of 55.

## The company

Joomla; https://www.joomla.org; founded 2005. From Wikidata, fetched 2026-09-14.

## In its own words

What Joomla's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: The Flexible Platform Empowering Website Creators (https://joomla.org/)
- For: website creators (https://joomla.org/)
- Free plan or trial: Get a Free Site (https://joomla.org/)
- Certifications: A Digital Public Good.

## What it publishes

Every page joomla.org exposes, read 2026-09-29: 1864 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- case study: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- conference or event: 23 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2023-07-07
- report or ebook: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- template or tool: 13 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 3 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- news or press: 305 pages, 4 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-29
- Recent: 2026-09-29 news or press: Announcements https://www.joomla.org/announcements.html
- Recent: 2026-09-29 news or press: Release news https://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news.html
- Recent: 2026-08-18 news or press: Joomla 6 1 3 5 4 8 security bugfix release https://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/joomla-6-1-3-5-4-8-security-bugfix-release.html
- Recent: 2026-07-07 news or press: Joomla 6 1 2 5 4 7 security bugfix release https://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/joomla-6-1-2-5-4-7-security-bugfix-release.html
- Recent: 2026-05-26 news or press: Joomla 6 1 1 5 4 6 security bugfix release https://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/joomla-6-1-1-5-4-6-security-bugfix-release.html
- Recent: 2026-04-14 news or press: Joomla 6 1 is here https://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/joomla-6-1-is-here.html

## Record

- Method: https://gtm-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://gtm-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as GTM AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, gtm-ai-index.com.