Downloads
All previous versions of the current jDownloads series can be found here.
jDownloads version 4.1.8 Stable security update!
About this release:
jDownloads 4.1.8 (Stable) is a security update!
This update fixes multiple security issues in file and image handling, download permissions, external download URL processing and administrative functionality. Further fixes improve monitoring scans, database compatibility and download management. We recommend updating promptly. Back up your website and database first.
Renaming existing main and preview files must preserve their extensions. Rotate any scan key that may have been exposed and update the associated scheduled jobs; the update does not rotate existing keys automatically. After installation/update, clear Joomla cache, browser cache, and PHP OPcache for best results.
We thank Łukasz Rybak and Fadilulah Ajeigbe for their security reports and collaboration, and David Jardin and the Joomla! Security Strike Team for their coordination.
About the jDownloads 4.1. Series:
jDownloads 4.1 is a major modernization and feature update that significantly improves compatibility, usability, stability, and long-term maintainability. The release includes comprehensive adjustments for Joomla 5 and Joomla 6, modernized Bootstrap 5 based backend and frontend interfaces, improved upload handling, more robust update and repair routines, better routing and SEF behavior, and a wide range of optimizations across core component areas and standard modules.
Special attention has been given to modernizing the technical foundation of jDownloads. Many internal API calls, framework integrations, helper areas, and workflows have been revised to work more reliably with current and upcoming Joomla versions. At the same time, the frontend and backend experience has been improved with updated layouts, enhanced monitoring and logging, clearer user guidance, and more consistent interface behavior.
jDownloads 4.1 also includes performance improvements, stronger security measures, better handling of legacy installation issues, and many additional bug fixes throughout the system. This makes the release not only a compatibility update, but a substantial quality and functionality upgrade for productive Joomla websites.
Upgrading from jDownloads 4.0.x
Before upgrading from jDownloads 4.0.x to the 4.1 series, update your installation to version 4.0.52 first. This version can be downloaded here.
If you already use jDownloads 4.1.x, you can update directly to 4.1.8.
Always create a complete backup of your website and database before updating.
We are proud to present the new jDownloads version 3.9.x. This is a stable release and should be your choice when you are starting with jDownloads in Joomla 3.9.
Our aim for the new version is, as far as possible, to support the new and recently added functions of the current Joomla! Version 3.9 and to integrate them into jDownloads. But it was also necessary to remove or change some of the older parts of jDownloads. This means that version 3.9.x will not be backwards compatible with version 3.2.
If you are upgrading from an existing 3.2 installation to the new version 3.9.x please see the upgrading guide . It is an easy, multistep upgrade, not complicated a migration!
If you are installing jDownloads for the first time then see the article first time installation.
Developers whose Joomla extensions support jDownloads in any way, or have developed their own plugins or modules for this purpose, must rework their extensions a little bit to be compatible with jDownloads 3.9. If you find and report a bug, we aim to fix it as quickly as possible. This will be helped when reporting a bug to give relevant details so we are able to reproduce the problem.
Important: This version is not compatible with Joomla 4.x. A compatible version is in work and will be published in 2022.
