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Komento for Joomla 5.4+ and 6+

Refactored Komento component: the installer and component work with Joomla 5.3+, 5.4+ and Joomla 6+. Improvements and updates are released continuously.

  • Installer and component work on Joomla 5.3+, 5.4+ and 6+
  • Replaced old Joomla legacy calls
  • Core Joomla API Modernization
  • Fixed database-layers
  • Modules adapted, tested and working
  • Plugins refactored and working
  • Frontend views and -features corrected and functional
  • Component can easily be installed over older versions
  • Dashboard, Migrators, Router and Composer corrected and working
  • Various DB-queries adapted/rewritten
  • Installed languages remain active
  • Freeware!

Full Changelog

5.0.4 stable

2.9.2026
  • Improvement
    Updated Foundry Library
  • Improvement
    Updated Foundry System Plugin

5.0.3 stable

1.8.2026
  • Feature

    Implemented hook to also download toolbar module language-files (if available)

  • Improvement
    Updated Toolbar
  • Improvement
    Updated Foundry Library
  • Improvement
    Updated Foundry System Plugin
  • Improvement

    Huge code-refactoring to remove all remaining old jimport-calls and more

  • Bugfix

    version_compare() in jDownloads integration fixed

  • Bugfix

    `KT::getErrorApplication()` had a variable-name typo that made it always return `null`

  • Bugfix

    `KomentoComment::getApplication()` was missing that same fallback entirely on a different code path

5.0.2 stable

26.7.2026
  • Feature
    Implemented own language files from GitHub and Weblate instances
  • Feature
    Installer works on Joomla 6+ without backwards compatibility plugin enabled
  • Feature
    Implemented own update servers
  • Feature
    Rebranding to CRE8 Comments
  • Feature
    Auto-Refresh for new comments
  • Feature

    Modules and plugins files are force-copied to the live site → newest code always lands / all instances are left intact

  • Improvement
    No comments placeholder now disappears immediately after first comment
  • Improvement
    Normalized all icon markup from old FontAwesome prefixes
  • Improvement
    Updated Toolbar
  • Improvement
    Updated Foundry Library
  • Improvement
    Updated Foundry System Plugin
  • Improvement
    `queries/*.sql` unified to `DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4` with no trailing `AUTO_INCREMENT=1`
  • Change
    Dropped K2 support
  • Change
    Dropped EasyBlog 3.x support
  • Change
    Removed SI dashboard Blog/update check
  • Change
    Adapted versioning to > 4 (last SI-version)
  • Bugfix
    Removed remaining legacy Joomla global class across core admin, plugins, and all third-party integration adapters

1.2.1 stable

16.2.2026
  • Improvement
    Updated Foundry Library
  • Bugfix
    JAccess calls eliminated
  • Bugfix

    JoomGallery had renamed db-tables → adapted query/integration

1.2 stable

8.1.2026
  • Bugfix
    Corrected code in (editor-)plugins, Joomla 6+

1.1 stable

18.12.2025
  • Improvement
    Optimized installer process
  • Bugfix
    Replaced some remaining old legacy calls

1.0 stable

14.12.2025
  • Improvement

    Outdated duplicate Foundry library removed from the installer

  • Test

    Migration from Joomla 5.4.x to 6.0.x → WORKS! 🥳

  • Bugfix
    Eliminated 2 reference errors in the content plugin

1.0 RC

13.12.2025
  • Feature
    Component adapted and working on Joomla 5.4+ and 6+
  • Feature
    Installer working on Joomla 5.4+ and 6+
  • Feature

    Admin-views and -modules adapted

  • Feature
    Plugins refactored and working
  • Feature
    Modules adapted, tested and working
  • Feature
    Frontend views and -features corrected and functional
  • Improvement
    Various DB-queries adapted/rewritten
  • Test
    Component can easily be installed over older versions
  • Test

    Live and working on 2 websites 🥳

To do

  • Implement own update server
  • Slight rebranding
  • List in Joomla Extensions directory