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The planned milestones are:</p> <h3>Alpha</h3> <ul> <li aria-level="1">28th May 2024 - Done</li> <li aria-level="1">25th June 2024 - Done</li> <li aria-level="1">23rd July 2024 - Done</li> </ul> <h3>Beta (Feature Freeze)</h3> <ul> <li aria-level="1">3rd September 2024 - This one</li> <li aria-level="1">17th September 2024</li> </ul> <h3>Release Candidate (Language Freeze) </h3> <ul> <li aria-level="1">1st October 2024 - <a href="https://docs.joomla.org/Pre-Release_Testing">Use this to help with testing</a></li> </ul> <h3>Stable Release</h3> <ul> <li aria-level="1">15th October 2024</li> </ul> <p>Please note that dates may be subject to change depending on the availability of volunteers and circumstances beyond our control.</p> <h2>What’s new in Joomla 5.2 Beta 2?</h2> <p>We are firmly committed to making the next generation of Joomla the best. So far, these are the <a href="https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/milestone/113?closed=1"> features that have been committed</a> to version 5.2. The following is a non-exhaustive list of features which have already been added:</p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">All changes from 5.1</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mail Template Layouts (</span><a href="https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/43829"><span style="font-weight: 400;">#43829</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Articles Module (</span><a href="https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/43738"><span style="font-weight: 400;">#43738</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Several SEO/Routing improvements (</span><a href="https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/42989"><span style="font-weight: 400;">#42989</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><a href="https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/42850"><span style="font-weight: 400;">#42850</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><a href="https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/42854"><span style="font-weight: 400;">#42854</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><a href="https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/43164"><span style="font-weight: 400;">#43164</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">)</span></li> </ul> <h2>What are the plans for Joomla 5.2?</h2> <p>Joomla! 5.2 now contains all new features we plan to include and will not get additional features. We will now focus only on fixing bugs until the stable release. You can help by testing changes and providing bugfixes in our <a href="https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/">github project</a>.</p> <p>There will be one more beta release for testing and stabilizing and then we’re going into release candidate mode (RC) if everything works out as planned.</p> <p>To learn more about our development strategy, please read<a href="/development-strategy.html"> this article</a>.</p> <h2>How can you help with Joomla 5.2 development?</h2> <p>To help ensure the 5.2 release and our major features are “production-ready”, we need your help testing releases and reporting any bugs you may find at <a href="https://issues.joomla.org/">issues.joomla.org</a>.</p> <p>Most of all, we encourage extension developers to roll up their sleeves, seek out bugs and test their extensions with Joomla 5.2 and communicate their experience.</p> <h2>Where can I find documentation about Joomla 5?</h2> <p>There are some tutorials to help you with Joomla 5. You can find the existing ones, like creating a Plugin or a Module for Joomla 5, namespaces conventions, prepared statements, using the new web asset classes and many more in <a href="https://docs.joomla.org/Special:MyLanguage/Category:Joomla!_5.x">https://docs.joomla.org/Category:Joomla!_5.x</a></p> <p>We encourage developers to help write the documentation about Joomla 5 on <a href="https://docs.joomla.org/Special:MyLanguage/Main_Page">docs.joomla.org</a> and <a href="https://manual.joomla.org/">manual.joomla.org</a> to help and guide users and other extension developers.</p> <p>A JDocs page will help developers to see the existing documentation and the documentation still needed.</p> <p>We invite you to check it regularly, update it and provide the missing content.</p> <h2>Related information</h2> <p>If you are an extension developer, please make sure you subscribe to the extension developer channel <a href="https://joomlacommunity.cloud.mattermost.com/main/channels/extension-development-room">https://joomlacommunity.cloud.mattermost.com/main/channels/extension-development-room</a></p> <p>Where you can join the community of extension developers.</p> <ul> <li aria-level="1"><a href="https://docs.joomla.org/Special:MyLanguage/Filing_bugs_and_issues/en">Working with the Joomla Feature Tracker</a></li> <li aria-level="1"><a href="https://groups.google.com/group/joomla-dev-general">General developer mailing list</a></li> <li aria-level="1"><a href="https://developer.joomla.org/">Joomla developer network</a></li> <li aria-level="1"><a href="/news/716-be-smart-load-but-dont-unload-ui-frameworks.html">Joomla and UI framework</a></li> </ul> <h2>A Huge Thank You to Our Volunteers!</h2> <p>A big thank you goes out to everyone who contributed to the release!</p> <h2>Translations</h2> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">French: </span><a href="https://www.joomla.fr/joomla/actualites-joomla/developpements/joomla-5-2-0-beta-2.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Joomla 5.2.0 Beta 2</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Turkish: </span><a href="https://joomlatr.org/haberler/joomla/joomla-5-2-0-beta-2"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Joomla! 5.2.0 Beta 2</span></a></p> </div> <nav class="pagenavigation" aria-label="Page Navigation"> <span class="pagination ms-0"> <a class="btn btn-sm btn-secondary previous" href="/news/950-joomla-5-2-0-beta-3.html" rel="prev"> <span class="visually-hidden"> Previous article: Joomla 5.2.0 Beta 3 </span> <span class="icon-chevron-left" aria-hidden="true"></span> <span aria-hidden="true">Prev</span> </a> <a class="btn btn-sm btn-secondary next" href="/news/947-joomla-5-2-0-beta-1.html" rel="next"> <span class="visually-hidden"> Next article: Joomla 5.2.0 Beta 1 </span> <span aria-hidden="true">Next</span> <span class="icon-chevron-right" aria-hidden="true"></span> </a> </span> </nav> </div> <nav class="mod-breadcrumbs__wrapper" aria-label="Breadcrumbs"> <ol class="mod-breadcrumbs breadcrumb px-3 py-2"> <li class="mod-breadcrumbs__here float-start"> You are here:   </li> <li class="mod-breadcrumbs__item breadcrumb-item"><a href="/" class="pathway"><span>Home</span></a></li><li class="mod-breadcrumbs__item breadcrumb-item"><a href="/news.html" class="pathway"><span>News</span></a></li><li class="mod-breadcrumbs__item breadcrumb-item active"><span>Joomla 5.2.0 Beta 2</span></li> </ol> </nav>  </main> <aside class="col-md-3 sidebar-right">  <div class="moduletable "> <div id="mod-custom119" class="mod-custom custom"> <h3>Joomla! 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