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#43061 Download core or basic?

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Environment Information

Joomla! version
5.4.6
PHP version
8.3.30
Admin Tools version
7.8.9

Latest post by nicholas on Monday, 22 June 2026 14:57 CDT

AgnesB

Hi!

Me again! 

When downloading the new admintool package, I was surprised not to access the full admintool package that I was used to? Is it normal? I also noticed that both options contain the same file pkg_admintools-7.8.9-core. 

Kind regards,

Agnes

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager

I am not sure what you mean. Our Downloads page lists both Core and Pro. Each button downloads the correct package. I just checked myself before replying.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

AgnesB

Funny !  The first screenshot that I took today when selecting core download button and the second screenshot clicking on the pro button showed the Admintool .core link,,, not the pro. I reached a age where in doubt, i verify twice the info...

Most important is to have now the right pro package.

Thank you for your help. 

Have a great evening.

Agnes

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager

I really can't see how this would even be possible. The Download page is a Joomla article with plugin codes to grab the latest version and the link. Each of the plugin codes references a different update stream ID – the same update streams used to generate the update XML file you download from the CDN. This is the way I've been doing this for the last 16 and a half years. The entire release and download pipeline is custom code, written specifically for this purpose. Beyond having some weird browser extension doing something wholly insane I can't see how the links can possibly be mixed up.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

🇬🇷Greek: native 🇬🇧English: excellent 🇫🇷French: basic • 🕐 My time zone is Europe / Athens
Please keep in mind my timezone and cultural differences when reading my replies. Thank you!

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