2026 J!Awards - Voting

It's time to vote!

Thank you to everyone who nominated over the past few weeks! Based on your nominations, we've put together a shortlist for each category — and now it's time to choose your favourites.

Voting is open to everyone, no special role or membership required. Simply select your favourite in each category below.

Voting closes on 11 October 2026 at 23:59 UTC.

Enter your name and email address, then submit your votes for the categories below.

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This Year's Finalists

You can vote for one, several, or even all categories. Please note that each participant may submit only one application form. Be sure to carefully check your choices before confirming your votes.

Nominees are listed alphabetically, not by nomination count.

Creators & Contributors

Your Favourite New Feature of Joomla! 6

The three new Joomla 6 features that received the most nominations are:

Automated Updates
Joomla core auto-updates itself when a new release is available
David Jardin, Harald Leithner, Benjamin Trenkle, Robert Deutz, with help from several other contributors
Proof-of-Work (POW) CAPTCHA
No account or API required — privacy-friendly, accessible CAPTCHA protection
David Jardin, with testing support from the community
Smarter Modules
Versioning and multilingual associations
Robert Deutz, with testing help from the community

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Your Favourite Article from the Joomla! Community Magazine

The three Joomla Community Magazine articles that received the most nominations are:

21 improvements that can make a difference to a website (Opens the site in a new tab or window) (by Louise Hawkins)
Extension developers, it's time to mark your security updates (Opens the site in a new tab or window) (by Allon Moritz)
The Spirit of “Us”: How Joomla Builds Community Beyond Code (Opens the site in a new tab or window) (by Brian Teeman)

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Your Favourite Website Design Created with Joomla!

The website designs that received the most nominations are:

backupmonkey.io

ifg-fortbildung.de

joomshaper.com

spreadthejoomlalove.com

stawebnice.com

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Joomla Influencer of the Year

The three Joomla influencers who received the most nominations are:

Brian Teeman, co-founder of Joomla! and OpenSourceMatters.
Elisa Foltyn, President of Open Source Matters and Agency Owner.
Sigrid Gramlinger, Joomla Production Department Coordinator and Agency Owner.

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Tools & Services

Your Favourite Extension

The five extensions for Joomla that received the most nominations are:

Admin Tools for Joomla!
Akeeba Backup for Joomla!
J2Commerce
RSForm!Pro
SP Pagebuilder

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Your Favourite Template

The three templates that received the most nominations are:

Cassiopeia
Helix Ultimate Framework
YOOtheme Pro

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Your Favourite Hosting Platform

The three hosting platforms that received the most nominations are:

ALL‑INKL.COM
Hostinger
ScalaHosting

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Your Favourite Tool in Your Joomla Workflow

The five tools that received the most nominations are:

Akeeba Grafida
Cursor
Linelabox Template Architect
mySites.guru
PhpStorm

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