Migrate from Joomla to Craft CMS.

A modern CMS for a site you outgrew years ago.

Migrate from Joomla to Craft CMS.

Joomla got you online. It's probably not what you'd choose today. We move teams from Joomla to Craft CMS — preserving content, articles, categories, and SEO, while moving onto a platform that's actively developed, properly secured, and editor-friendly.

Why teams leave Joomla

Joomla had its moment. For most of the teams still on it, that moment passed.

The community has shrunk. Active extension maintainers are fewer. Critical components go unmaintained for years.
The editor experience hasn't modernised. Editors who joined the team in the last five years find it dated.
Security updates require diligence. Older Joomla installations are common targets.
The architecture limits scale. Complex content models, multi-site, and multilingual setups feel forced.
Hosting environments have moved on. Modern PHP, modern caching, modern asset pipelines — none of which Joomla was originally designed for.
Most agencies don't actively work on Joomla anymore. Finding maintenance help is getting harder.

Joomla isn't broken. It's just no longer the right tool for teams who want to grow.

What changes when you move to Craft

Active development with predictable, continuous updates instead of long gaps between major versions.
Modern PHP 8+ stack with all the performance gains that brings.
Structured content as first-class. No K2 or other component layers to translate your data model.
Editorial experience designed for editors, not engineers.
Multi-site and multi-language native, not bolted on.
Active agency ecosystem. Finding Craft maintenance help is straightforward.

Craft is what you'd pick today if you were starting fresh. The migration moves you there with everything you've already built.

How we migrate from Joomla

Full content export from Joomla 3.x or 4.x with metadata preservation
Articles, categories, and sections mapped to Craft entries and sections
K2 items and categories restructured into native Craft fields
Custom fields and components migrated to Craft Matrix, dropdowns, and relationships
Media migrated with alt text and folder structure
User accounts, ACL groups, and permissions mapped to Craft users and user groups
Multilingual Joomla setups migrated to Craft's native multi-site
URL-to-URL redirect mapping with 301s active on day one
Metadata, schema, and structured data preserved

What you keep

Every URL that ranks (or a permanent redirect)
Every article, category, and taxonomy
Every user and role mapping
Every SEO signal Google has indexed

Common concerns about leaving Joomla

Will my Joomla extensions migrate?

Most won't directly, but most don't need to. We map what your extensions actually do to Craft's native features and plugins. K2 → Craft entries with custom fields. JCE → Craft's native editor. JoomGallery → Craft's native asset management. Akeeba Backup → Craft's backup tooling. The migration usually consolidates a stack of 15-20 extensions into a handful of native Craft features.
What happens to my categories and articles?

Articles become Craft entries. Categories become Craft categories or structured entries depending on the use case. Section/category/article hierarchies are preserved exactly.
How do you handle multilingual Joomla?

Joomla's multilingual setup migrates to Craft's native multi-site. The migration usually simplifies the structure considerably.
My Joomla site is on version 3.x — is that a problem?

No. We migrate from Joomla 3.x and Joomla 4.x. Older versions take slightly longer because the data structures differ, but the process is the same.
What if I want to redesign at the same time?

Most Joomla sites are ready for a redesign by the time they migrate. We can handle a 1:1 rebuild (faster, lower risk) or a migration with redesign (more value, more time). We help you choose what makes sense, not what's more expensive.

Free Craft CMS migration audit

Before you commit to anything, we'll map out what your migration actually looks like.

Migrate from Joomla to Craft CMS.