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• 💁 51+ contributors
• 🧰 57+ Pull Requests has been merged
• ⬆️ New migration guide
• 📖 New developer documentation
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[!IMPORTANT] Don't update directly from a version lower than 4.4 it is important that you first update to 4.4 and then update to 5.x

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💆 New Contributors

• @henrikdalgaard made their first contribution in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/46569
• @Shauryan0207 made their first contribution in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/46608
• @sathwikre made their first contribution in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/46765
• @krishnagandhicode made their first contribution in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/46833

🧹 What has been changed

• [5.4] Comment Typo by @brianteeman in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/46613
• [5.4] Warning in Tags link without Itemid by @Denitz in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/46588
• [5.4] Skip anchor references in css versioning build script by @LadySolveig in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/46609
• [5.4] Fix: mod_breadcrumbs duplicates Home link in multilanguage by @stefanoel in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/46581
• [5.4] Hide help on admin menu by @brianteeman in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/46620
• [5.4] Update framework HTTP package by @SniperSister in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/46638
• [5.4] Accept user input in image class. by @chmst in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/46619
• [5.4] Fix CLI installation exit code when PHP version requirement not met by @Razzo1987 in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/46625
• [5.4] Add legacy label to mod_articles_archived by @drmenzelit in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/46626
• [5.4] Fix 500 error in Smart Search with specific search query by @Denitz in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/46586
• [5.4] Tightened regex searching for menu items to prevent duplicate edit link icons #46567 by @henrikdalgaard in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/46569
• [5.4] Update type=UserGroupList in xml to align all lowercase type for usergrouplist by @TLWebdesign in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/46650
• [5.4] Fix: Parent menu items missing when creating menu item via 'save to menu' by @hiteshm0 in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/46621
• [5.4] Composer update paragonie/sodium_compat to v1.24.0 to fix composer audit warnings by @richard67 in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/46659
• [5.4] NPM audit fix security vulnerabilities in development dependencies 2026-01-10 by @richard67 in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/46662
• [5.4] Comment typo by @heelc29 in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/46673
• [5.4] Remove 'layouts' folder and add presets by @brianteeman in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/46677
• [5.4] Fix: Parent menu items missing when creating menu item via 'save to menu' v2 by @heelc29 in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/46681
• [5.4] Fix OptionsRule validation to support groupedlist fields by @Shauryan0207 in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/46608
• [5.4] fix case mod_articles manifest by @heelc29 in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/46674
• [5.4] Revert Mailer improvements by @TLWebdesign in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/46693
• [5.4] Fix metis-menu-error when clicking outside the dropdown by @chmst in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/46669
• [5.4] Composer update algo26-matthias/idna-convert to v3.2.1 by @heelc29 in https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/46724

Full Changelog: https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/compare/5.4.2...5.4.3-rc1

:technologist: Test contributions

Thank you to all the testers who help us maintain high quality standards and deliver a robust product.

@465645 (4), @aishwarya-kalshetti (1), @alikon (6), @angieradtke (1), @bembelimen (1), @brianteeman (14), @ceford (5), @chmst (2), @ChrisHoefliger (1), @ChristineWk (4), @coolcat-creations (1), @crimle (1), @dautrich (1), @Denitz (1), @drmenzelit (1), @exlemor (18), @Fedik (3), @gioacchino54 (2), @heelc29 (2), @krishnagandhicode (5), @mariantanase (1), @mckillo (1), @Megharaj170804 (1), @mothershedc (1), @muhme (10), @OctavianC (1), @ompatwa000-svg (1), @PixedBo (1), @PranavAgarkar07 (2), @Razzo1987 (2), @rbuelund (2), @richard67 (6), @rutuja123242 (1), @samuelagus (1), @sandewt (1), @tecpromotion (7), @ThomasFinnern (2), @TLWebdesign (1)