MANIFEST-UPDATER-CLIENT-001

<client>0</client>

Updater client 0 / 1 integers

Joomla 3 update servers used integer clients. Joomla 4 wants the words site and administrator.

<client>0</client> → site / administrator strings

Dies at Joomla 3 → 4J3: Works nativelyJ4: Changed behaviourJ6: Changed behaviourBC plugin: not applicableMechanical renameManifest / installer

What you will see

  • Invalid client

Symptoms people search

update does not show in Joomla · live update broken

Replace this code

Swap <client>0</client> for site / administrator strings.

Joomla 3

Remove or stop calling this

<client>0</client>

Joomla 4 / 6

Use this instead

<client>site</client>
<!-- or administrator -->

How to fix it

  1. 1Change 0 → site, 1 → administrator in the update XML.

Also known as

update server · client 0 · client 1

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