The Joomla Project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Joomla 2.5.5. This is a security release.

Release Notes
Check the Joomla 2.5.5 Post-Release FAQs to see if there are important items and helpful hints discovered after the release.
Statistics for the 2.5.5 release:-
- Joomla 2.5.5 contains:
- 11 new features added
- 2 Security issues fixed
- 113 tracker issues fixed
New Features Added
The following new features have been added, with links to the Feature tracker issue.
- Add abiltiy to copy a template
- Implementation of Terms of Service
- Option to disable the ability to change the Username in Profile
- Set the CSS class for JForm field label
- Add counter to redirect component
- Add feature readmore in feed items. Also bugfix for fulltext in feed items
- Media formfield: show preview
- Add the ability to limit the number of password resets within a time period
- Improve user feedback during automatic version update
- Add buttons in each menu selection tab in the module admin manager
- Multi-File Upload
Security Issues Fixed
- Medium High Priority – Core – Privilege Escalation. More information
- Low Priority – Core – Information Disclosure. More information