A social network layer for Joomla: rich profiles with fields and tabs, moderated sign-up, member lists, connections between users, private messages and Kunena integration.
Community Builder (CB) by the Joomlapolis team turns ordinary Joomla users into a community with proper member profiles. It fits clubs, associations, education and company portals, anywhere members need profiles, a way to find each other and to talk.
Features
- Profiles with an avatar, name fields and any number of CB fields: text, image, editor, integer, checkboxes, drop-downs, radio buttons, date, email and web links, plus custom HTML fields.
- Per-field settings: read-only, shown on the profile or on the registration form, custom validation rules.
- Fields are grouped into tabs placed in different profile positions.
- An extended registration form, login with email and password, Ajax checks for username and email.
- Frontend moderation of sign-ups and profile images with the CB Workflow module, plus reporting and banning.
- Searchable user lists, mutual or one-way connections, and the connection path between two members up to the sixth degree.
- Private messaging, uddeIM integration, and integration with Joomla articles and the Kunena forum.
Compatibility
Joomla 4, 5 and 6, as well as 3.10. Server requirements: PHP from 7.4 up to 8.5, plus MySQL from 5.6 up to 9.7 or MariaDB 10 to 13. Current version 2.12.0, last updated in JED on 28 August 2026. Paid Professional and Developer memberships add guaranteed support and access to extra add-ons.
