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title: "JUG London meetup for  2026"
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date: "2026-09-21T05:12:40+00:00"
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#  JUG London meetup for 2026

 ##  Event - JUG London meetup for 2026

  Title:  JUG London meetup for 2026  When:   Tuesday 15th September, 19:00 - 21:00   Guest Speaker:Hannes PapenbergTopic:From Joomla 3+ to Joomla 6 code in 30 minutes2nd Speaker:NATopic:Open Mic bring your own subjectType of Event:Monthly JUG Meetup (See more info)

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 ## Description

## Welcome to Joomla London User Group's monthly meetup

September's JUGL meetup takes on the extension you have not touched in years. Hannes Papenberg — a Joomla core contributor and a familiar face here — shows how to get an old extension onto Joomla 6 code and structure automatically, in about thirty minutes.

Hannes Papenberg — From Joomla 3+ to Joomla 6 code in 30 minutes

Most of us have an extension still running on Joomla 3 code, left alone because the rewrite looks too big to start. Hannes goes through the motions of updating one automatically — code and structure, from Joomla 3 or any version since, in a matter of thirty minutes per extension. The tool behind it is jrector (github.com/joomla-projects/jrector): Joomla rule sets for Rector, the PHP refactoring engine, installed as a Composer package and run over your extension from the command line. He'll also cover setting up a development environment you can keep using afterwards. No more excuses for old code.

**Open discussion — what's on your mind?**

The second half is open. Bring whatever you want to talk about — we'll put a few up to start if nobody else does: modern site building with or without page builders, security in an AI hacking world, MCPs and whether they're worth the trouble, and using AI for development. No slides required.

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Schedule — starts 18:00 UTC (19:00 BST) 15th Sep, runs until 20:00 UTC (21:00 BST):
18:00 — Introductions, chit-chat, and news
18:15 — Hannes Papenberg: From Joomla 3+ to Joomla 6 code in 30 minutes
19:00 — Questions
19:15 — Open discussion — what's on your mind?
19:45 — Fireside chat, news, social, and wrap-up

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 ##  Venue - Google Meet / Hangouts

  Location:  [Google Meet / Hangouts](https://www.joomlalondon.co.uk/jem-frontend/venues/venues-overview/venue/6:online-call)  City:  Online / Google Meet  Country:  ![United Kingdom](https://www.joomlalondon.co.uk/media/com_jem/images/flags/w80-webp/gb.webp "United Kingdom")

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