Kunena 7.0.1 stable released for Joomla! 5.4 and 6.0

docs.kunena.org/en/basics/requirements/requirements-k7-x
docs.kunena.org/en/basics/installation/installation-k7-x
docs.kunena.org/en/basics/upgrade/upgrade-k7-x

Yes, I also have such a message as error reporting Maximum,
but if I set it to standard, everything is ok.
ps
sorry messaged 2x because it seemed like it wasn't saving..

i try this Quick workaround (safe, but temporary)it works on my test site
If you can’t update right now, you can silence the warning by allowing dynamic properties in the class.
Option 1 – Add #[\AllowDynamicProperties] (PHP 8.2+)
Edit:
/components/com_kunena/libraries/user/KunenaUser.php
Find:
class KunenaUser
Change to: ⚠️ This will be overwritten by updates — use only as a stopgap.

Yes, I also have such a message as error reporting Maximum, but if I set it to standard, everything is ok.

The message is on e.g. /administrator/index.php?option=com_kunena&view=cpanel and in frontend forum index as well.
I updated Kunena from 6.4.7 to 7.0.1
PHP 8.3, error reporting Maximum

( ! ) Deprecated: Creation of dynamic property Kunena\Forum\Libraries\User\KunenaUser::$karma_time is deprecated in
\libraries\kunena\src\User\KunenaUser.php on line 700

( ! ) Deprecated: Creation of dynamic property Kunena\Forum\Libraries\User\KunenaUser::$twitter is deprecated in
\libraries\kunena\src\User\KunenaUser.php on line 700

 

simsonCH wrote:

Hello
We have 7.0.1 / 2026-01-30 and get following log MSG/error
"Exception throw at line 489 in file \/home\/sammler\/public_html\/libraries\/vendor\/joomla\/database\/src\/Pdo\/PdoDriver.php with message 42S22, 1054, Unknown column 'socials' in 'SET'"

We get this MSG on all 5.4.2 Joomla installations.



 

Hello,

it seems the upgrade process will do things with socials not work correctly, i will add a fonction under tools to be able to make the import of socials when it has failed during upgrade

Denitz wrote:

Code:

( ! ) Deprecated: Creation of dynamic property Kunena\Forum\Libraries\User\KunenaUser::$karma_time is deprecated in \libraries\kunena\src\User\KunenaUser.php on line 700

I have looked in the code so it should be handled in upgrade process when you are coming from before Kunena 6.4.0 . I have forgot the params karma_time so it remains in config, it explains why you get this error

Just a note:
In Kunena 7, you can find “karma_time” in:
/administrator/components/com_kunena/install/kunena.install.upgrade.xml
/administrator/components/com_kunena/install/sql/updates/php/6.4.5-2025-07-30_remove_columns_users_table.php
/components/com_kunena/src/Controllers/UserController.php 
 

@denitz, thanks for reporting this. Can you tell me how to reproduce this? on what page and what action are you doing?

Hello
We have 7.0.1 / 2026-01-30 and get following log MSG/error
"Exception throw at line 489 in file \/home\/sammler\/public_html\/libraries\/vendor\/joomla\/database\/src\/Pdo\/PdoDriver.php with message 42S22, 1054, Unknown column 'socials' in 'SET'"

We get this MSG on all 5.4.2 Joomla installations.
 

Good to know your feedback but you had already posted the same message just couple of messages above : www.kunena.org/forum/76-Official-Announc...d-6-0?start=6#234459

I got the Unknown column 'socials' in 'SET' error after upgrade to 7, but also strangely language changed for Joomla superuser. However I did not want to restore from backup, so I compared the kunena_users table with a backup site and at the bottom was `socialshare` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 1 but the backup site had: `socials` text DEFAULT NULL When I changed live site to: `socials` text DEFAULT NULL the problem was solved. No error message.
Joomla 5.4.2
PHP 8.4

Dilan wrote:

Merci pour votre réponse.
Pour le point 1, j'ai ouvert le dashboard de kunena et tout est rentré dans l'ordre ?? Je n'ai pas eu besoin de lancer la requete SQL de modification. Est-ce normal ?

Dilan wrote:

J'ai tenté de lancer la requete 
Code:
ALTER TABLE `#__kunena_users` ADD `language` TEXT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci NULL AFTER `ip`
phpadmin SQL me dit qu'il y a une erreur de syntaxe,

 

Pas besoin de lancer la requête vu que vous dites plus haut que la mise à jour s'est faite en allant sur le dashboard de Kunena. Je n’étais pas sur que vous aviez ouvert le dashboard de Kunena, ne tenez pas compte de la requête que je vous avais donné.

Your error message says that 'language' field is already in your table. Did you check table structure before running query?

you need to replace #__kunena_users with your table name.
#__ is replace when used in Joomla code, but when used in phpmyadmin there is not table starting with #__. You need to tye your own prefix (this is for every joomla install different so this cannot be provided here)

J'ai tenté de lancer la requete 
Code:
ALTER TABLE `#__kunena_users` ADD `language` TEXT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci NULL AFTER `ip`
phpadmin SQL me dit qu'il y a une erreur de syntaxe,





 

I got the Unknown column 'socials' in 'SET' error after upgrade, but also strangely language changed for Joomla superuesr. However I did not want to restore from backup, so I compared the kunena_users table with a backup site and at thee bottom was `socialshare` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT 1 but the backup site had:  `socials` text DEFAULT NULL When I changed live site to: `socials` text DEFAULT NULL the problem was solved. No error message.
 

Merci pour votre réponse.
Pour le point 1, j'ai ouvert le dashboard de kunena et tout est rentré dans l'ordre ?? Je n'ai pas eu besoin de lancer la requete SQL de modification. Est-ce normal ?
Pour le point 2, je ne trouve pas le fichier incriminé ?

 

Cela se reproduit même en tentant de restaurer des sauvegardes anciennes, lesquelles passaient très bien avant
 

Dilan wrote:

En fait, en y regardant de plus pres, j'ai 2 soucis :
1. L'installation s'est passée correctement mais lorsque je me connecte (ou me déconnecte du forum), je reçois le message suivant 

 

Bonjour,

Avez-vous ouvert le dashboard de Kunena après la mise à jour ? Il faut appliquer cette requête via Phpmyadmin après avoir sauvegardé la table #__kunena_users :

Dilan wrote:

2. lorsque je veux récupérer une sauvegarde sous akeeba, je reçois le message suivant :

 

Vérifiez les droits dans le dossier indiqué

En fait, en y regardant de plus pres, j'ai 2 soucis :
1. L'installation s'est passée correctement mais lorsque je me connecte (ou me déconnecte du forum), je reçois le message suivant 

 

2. lorsque je veux récupérer une sauvegarde sous akeeba, je reçois le message suivant :

 

Je suis coincé, un peu d'aide SVP

Bonjour,
Je viens de tenter le passage de 6.4.7 vers 7.0.1 sous Joomla 6.0.2.
Cela semble passer correctement 
merci 
 

We haven't released the K6.4.9, i will do it later today. Then Joomla! updater will suggest you the K6.4.9. I let a bit of time a month or two, then for people on K6.4. it will be proposed the K7.0.x

So if you want update to K7.0.1 now, you need to download the packages and install manually.

So for the most of us running 6.4.8 on Joomla 5.4 what do we do? As currently no updates are showing on the backend?
Thanks
Terry

Kunena.org is running on K7.0.1, for people which are on K6.4.8 and which have upgraded to Joomla! 6.0.x there will be a K6.4.9 which is allowed to be installed on Joomla! 6.0.x to make the path to update to Kunena 7.0.x