Joomla extensions, built the way good software is built
Joomla! is an award-winning open-source content management system (CMS), which enables you to build web sites and powerful online applications. Multizone have been building web based content management solutions with Joomla! since 2005. We publish updates, releases and longer-form pieces here when we have something material to say.
How we build
Continuous integration. Automated testing across Joomla and PHP versions. Joomla Extensions Directory compliance built in rather than retrofitted. Security work runs alongside feature work, not after it.
How the subscription works
All six extensions are released under the GPL. The 30-day free trial unlocks the paid features automatically. After the trial, a £49 or £99 annual subscription key keeps the paid features on; the free baseline carries on either way.
Six extensions
Automatic Meta Description for site SEO. Cassiopeia Themer for template visual control. Verified Forms for spam-resistant submissions. Payments via Stripe for Joomla for e-commerce. AI Assisted Article Generator for content streams. Subscriptions Manager for the keys.
Subscriptions Manager is the extension that issues, validates and manages the subscription keys for the other Multizone Joomla extensions. The newest release also lets it do the same job for third-party Joomla extension developers building their own subscription products. This is the seventh and last post in the series.
We've been busy. There's a brand-new extension to introduce, and a run of improvements to the ones you already have. Here's what's worth knowing.
New: Content Amplifier by Multizone
Turn the articles you already publish in Joomla into scheduled social posts without leaving your Joomla administrator.
Content Amplifier reads one of your published articles and drafts a post shaped for LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky and Mastodon with just the right length and tone for each. From there you can:
- Build a campaign, not just a post. One article becomes a sequence — Tease, Announce, Deep-dive, Proof, Recap — spread over days and across every connected network. *Suggest an arc* proposes the beats and dates for you.
- Schedule and repeat. Post now, schedule for later, or set a repeating rhythm so an evergreen article keeps reaching new readers.
- See it all on a calendar. Day, week, month and quarter views over your articles and their social posts.
- Keep control. Every draft is yours to edit, and the copy is written to read well — no clickbait, hype or hashtag walls.
Your content, your server, your social accounts, your AI key — one flat annual licence per site, no per-channel or per-seat meter. Start free on up to three networks.
Content Amplifier turns articles you publish in Joomla into scheduled social posts across LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky and Mastodon, without leaving Joomla administrator. It reads a piece you have already written, drafts a post shaped for each network, hands the draft to you to edit, then posts it now or on a schedule. It is the seventh extension in the Multizone directory, it reached its initial release this month, and it earns this series an eighth week.
Read more: Content Amplifier: turn a Joomla article into scheduled social posts
Payments via Stripe for Joomla is a payment and subscription engine for Joomla, connected to Stripe. Payment plans with pricing tiers, recurring subscriptions, discount codes, payment links, multi-currency at the paid tiers. What it deliberately isn't is a product catalogue or shopping cart. Today's post on what it does, when it fits, and when you want something bigger.
Read more: Payments via Stripe for Joomla: small-business e-commerce in Joomla
Verified Forms is a Joomla forms component built for the workflow where you want to accept submissions from anyone but verify the submitter is a real person at a real email address before you act on the data. Anonymous on submit, verified on confirmation. We use Verified Forms ourselves to run the Multizone Joomla updates registration that the rest of this campaign points readers to.
Automatic Meta Description is the one extension in the Multizone Joomla directory that is free, with no subscription tier and no upgrade path. It writes the meta description tag for every page of a Joomla site automatically, based on the content of that page. Today's post is on why we don't charge for it.