Joomla! Documentation™

The Joomla Install from Web feature was added as part of to make installing extensions from the Joomla! Extensions Directory (JED) easier.

To enable it, go to Administrator → Extensions → Manage → Install → Install from web tab and select the notice at the top to install the plugin that's needed.

Video Demo

You can see a video walk through of the Install from web feature on YouTube

Information for Extension Developers

If you already have an extension on JED you need to make a few small changes to get your extension working on the Joomla Extension Finder. Go to the Install From Web For Developers article for more information.

Plugin Versions

• 1.0.2 Initial released version with Joomla 3.2.0 Stable
• 1.0.3 Minor fix for translations escapings (server-side fix for "Sort by rating" to correspond to JED)
• 1.0.4 Minor addition for support of display of commercial/non-commercial "$" icon and for number of reviews and votes in category views (server-side: Same additions and fix of sorting in leaf-category view by rating to reflect JED sorting)
• 1.0.5 Mandatory upgrade for Joomla 3.2.1 to adapt to a change in JavaScript introduced by Joomla 3.2.1
• 1.1.0 was a maintenance release of the plugin.
• 2.0.0 is an upgrade of the plugin's internal handling to be compatible with the core version of the plugin included in Joomla! 4.0. This version requires Joomla! 3.9 or 3.10 to be used.
• 2.0.1 is a maintenance release which restores JSONP support to address browser security changes.