Options (also known as parameters) are settings used to customise modules, components, plug-ins and templates. The core extensions in Joomla offer many options that the site administrator can set to change the behavior of the site without requiring any programming knowledge.

The fifth revision of the HTML standard. It is still under development but is expected to become a new standard for web pages that eventually is expected to replace XHTML. It provides improved processing of audio and video files and is supported by most mobile devices.