Whenever you’re working on a new web development project, regardless of scope, there comes a time when you must figure out exactly how you’re going to do this. What platform are you going to build the platform on?

Since its inception in the year 2005, Joomla! (or Joomla) has seen its share of good days. It was considered the prime CMS choice for many developers, but that was the case a few years back. Today, such a statement is rarely heard as interest in Joomla seems to be dwindling. Just check Google Trends for Joomla.

You’re looking for a CMS to create your website? Numerous are available, and choosing one for many people is not easy. You need to know which one fits to your project, what are the features, what level of experience you need to have to use them, and so on. So here are 10 reasons why you should choose Joomla!

Created in 2003 as a Content Management System with a difference, Joomla currently has around 3 million websites running on it. That’s quite a feat, and it’s not without reason that Joomla is considered to be an increasingly popular CMS. After WordPress, it’s considered the world’s most popular CMS and as of October 2015, it had been downloaded over 50 million times!

There are more CMS platform choices than ever. All of them boast powerful features but it’s not always clear how these features help us in real life. These are five reasons why many people choose Joomla to accomplish website goals and solve real world website challenges.

Joomla! is a free and open-source content management system (CMS) for publishing web content. Over the years Joomla! has won several awards. It is built on a model–view–controller web application framework that can be used independently of the CMS that allows you to build powerful online applications.