If your site is powered by Joomla it is important to keep the Joomla! core installation up to date at all times. This is primarily to ensure the security of your site is not compromised. An out-of-date installation of any CMS, including Joomla! or Wordpress, may cause numerous problems - and could even leave your site open to attack by hackers and have valuable data from your website to be compromised.

This blog post outlines some simple steps that any Joomla! webmaster can make use of immediately to to keep their Joomla Website up-to date and secure.