JoomMedia ChangeLog v6.1.0

v6.1.0 (2026-06-09)

New Features

Redesigned admin dashboard with a bento grid and 14 widgets [Dashboard]
Admin left-nav sidebar with a grouped menu and persistent state [Admin UI]
Breadcrumb path for media inside albums, groups and playlists [Frontend]
Lightbox enlargement on the media detail image [Frontend]
Back link on the media item detail page [Frontend]
Thumbnail size switcher on the Media listing [Frontend]
Configurable default thumbnails per media type [Configuration]
Configuration toggle to hide the Discover menu item [Configuration]

Improved

Dashboard polish: date range, richer KPIs and a server status modal [Dashboard]
Image pipeline on GD with live run feedback [Processes]
Watermark pipeline now supports ImageMagick alongside GD [Image processing]
Background diagnostic report shows environment and queue state [Configuration]
Configuration note pointing to the Download ID entry location [Configuration]

Fixed

Frontend access list limited to the user's authorised view levels [Security]
Category and menu params no longer override global on every navigation [Frontend]
CLI fatal on Joomla 6: dropped the removed CliApplication base [CLI]
Process queue no longer stalls on CLI; processor log now captures command and output [Processes]
Like/Dislike buttons functional in media listings and lightbox mode [Frontend]
Lightbox close button responsive, single-click next, and falls back when the largest size is missing [Player]
Album, group and playlist breadcrumb order [Frontend]
Carousel modules show one slide per step on slide [Modules]
Upload form respects album/group/playlist context [Uploads]
Frontend dropdown actions trigger the controller task [Frontend]
Groups edit and members icons trigger distinct modals [Frontend]
Active class no longer highlights both My Channel and My Account [Frontend]
Favorites grid responsive overflow on mobile [Frontend]
Subscriptions pagination total matches the result set [Frontend]
Admin Item Layout sizing; category save returns to JoomMedia [Admin UI]
jComments plugin detection uses ComponentHelper [Comments]
Missing translations for like/dislike action feedback [Language]
Recent uploads widget renders thumbnails; upload activity heatmap no longer empty [Dashboard]

v6.0.3 (2026-01-09)

Improved

views and media counts UI/UX improved [Category view]

Fixed

Sorting order lost on pagination [Category view]
List limit issue on category item
Pagination was not working [Search view]

v6.0.1 (2025-11-21)

New Features

Joomla 6 support without compat plugin enabled

Improved

phpscraper replaced with Joomla HTTP + DomCrawler [Foxnews remote plugin]
phpscraper replaced with Joomla HTTP + DomCrawler [Odysee remote plugin]
Using oEmbed fallback for extracting title and thumbnail [Youtube Remote Plugin]
Packaging feature [Installation]

Fixed

ordering issues in album and category

v5.6.0 (2025-09-17)

New Features

Ability to select multiple files instead of import all [Import Media]

Improved

UI/UX of search bar improved [Search view]
search keywords always rememberd when we switch type [Search view]
UI/UX improved of import media
getExt replaced with path_info for better compatibility with J4

Fixed

element invisible added to our css code because some templates doesn't support it.
broken html structure [Media list layout]
js errors when creating a new custom field

v5.5.6 (2025-08-17)

Improved

Joomla 6 support improved
Popup call now use webasset and with dynamic selectors [Lightbox mode]
new JLayout for groups, albums ... for better reuse

Fixed

get last item thumbnail on card header was not working after last updates
wrong images link src header of cards
getExt replaced path_info to support J4
issues on uploading thumbnails

v5.5.0 (2025-07-16)

Improved

detect and force redirect if config not yet saved on first installation
old configuration completely removed and now replaced with the Joomla Config
Mobile detect lib removed, no more needed
PHP 8.4 support

Fixed

some wrong product links [Dashboard]

v5.4.8 (2025-06-05)

New Features

ability show/hide No items warning [Category view]

Improved

issue when merging config params with menu params
mediaelementjs poster was not displaying
Media item now support the new aspect ratio (require to resave Joommedia options on joomla global config)

Fixed

some item layouts params was not working correctly
issue with categories view pagination

v5.4.2 (2025-05-20)

Fixed

issue when merging config params with menu params
mediaelementjs poster was not displaying

v5.4.0 (2025-03-21)

New Features

ability to detect and add missed video resolution files manually [Edit media]
ability to upload files of failed processes manually [Processing]

Improved

layouts folder moved from /libraries folder to /layouts folder to support Joomla native component structure

Fixed

popup video player size was wrong [Popup overlay]
featured video was not displayed correctly. [category view]

v5.3.3 (2025-02-16)

New Features

ability to add custom css code from Config

Improved

check moov atom process removed no more needed
qt-faststart removed and replaced with ffmpeg command instead [Video processing]
support for remote audio files on Playlist audio player

Fixed

double button edit icon [Dropzone Upload]
default value on radio type fields [XML] [Modules]

v5.3.1 (2024-12-27)

New Features

ability to add custom css code from Config

Improved

support for remote audio files on Playlist audio player
Magnific Popup library updated to v1.2.0
general magnific popup init code moved to use inline script
List settings params now reorganized inside fieldsets
use BS row for quick view [Category item]
Social sharing buttons now use AddToAny

Fixed

some js warnings when navigating true gallery mode
issues with config settings merging with menu params
wrong routing if item attached to menu item [Routing]

v5.2.1 (2024-12-08)

New Features

ability to force bootstrap loading

Improved

description fields now use Text data type [SQL]
stretching mode now set to "fill mode" to support some different video sizes [MediaElementJS] [Player]
UI/UX improved [Navigation] [Player]

Fixed

categories doesn't display if user is admin [Categories] [Frontend]
missed language constant [Dropzone] [Upload] [Backend]

v5.1.0 (2024-10-22)

New Features

Pagination support on categories list view
ability to show/hide subcategories [Single Category view]
change image scaling type inside thumbnail block [Category card]
new aspect ration using bootstrap 5 [Category thumbnail card]

Improved

add full path to save ajax order to avoid some possible redirects [Frontend
UI/UX of manage media modals [Playlist Form]
categories layout settings reordered [Config]
use alert warning on nothing show message [All list views]

Fixed

dropzone language constants was not working [Dropzone Upload]
some missed easysocial integration app files
display only published categories [Category and Categories views]

v5.0.17 (2024-10-04)

Improved

UI/UX of manage/add media modal [Playlist view]
manage media modals UI/UX improved [Playlist Item] [Backend]

Fixed

Yes/No Switcher with use global should use list instead [All menu views XML]
manage/add media modal was not working [Playlist View]

v5.0.12 (30/08/2024)

Improved

display error message if player not enabled [AudioPlaylist]
radio btn group now use Joomla switcher layout [XML Forms]

Fixed

wrong playlists count [Playlists]
Media items add and manage modals was not working [Playlist edit form] [Backend]
JACTIONS language constant was added to language file, because was removed on Joomla 4
Wrong category depth field layout [All modules]
TOS form was not working [Upload Form]
some php warnings on router
audio playlist was not working correctly due to caching issues [AudioPlaylist]
edit media from frontend was not working
some php warnings on edit media item [Frontend]
ordering media was not working [Media list] [Backend]

v5.0.5 (10/08/2024)

Improved

channels replaced with my channel in main menu layout
some UI/UX improvements [Account View]

Fixed

my channel fatal error
language undefined if user not allowed to change state [All new items]
some php warnings when add a new items from frontend [All forms]
always access not permitted when adding new items [Account]
some php warnings [Backend Dashboard]
always update Komento integration file on installation
possible fatal error when loading jquery lib
Kaltura integration fatal error on instance creation

v5.0 (11/11/2023)

Improved

Joomla 5 support without need of compat plugin

Fixed

Some php warnings on PHP 8.2+

v4.7.3 (04/10/2023)

Improved

Hide body if title and description disabled [Slick item layout]

Fixed

z-index issue in magnific popup
Search tool UI/UX was broken
Fatal error if plugins loaded without component

v4.7.0 (12/09/2023)

Improved

media activity layout UI/UX improved
Calendar field attributes updated [XML Forms]

Fixed

add stream was not working correctly [JomSocial Integration]
language file not loaded [JomSocial Integration]
adding tags not working [Frontend Upload]
Fatal error - JFactory::getURI() replaced with Uri Class [Joomla 4 compatibility]
update media item was not working properly

v4.6.2 (31/07/2023)

Improved

youtube embed params updated [Youtube Plugin]
make sure category is object before getting media numbers [Category View]

Fixed

wrong language files names [Kaltura plugin]

v4.6.0 (23/05/2023)

Improved

global item params in list layout moved to global config [Config]
media still in processing mode alert now floating inside player container
columns and list limit params moved to Joomla global config [Config]
delete files and keep original on process reset [Processing]

Fixed

kaltura plugin missed in xml entry point
flow player and JW Player fatal errors fixed
missed use Global option in columns and list limit params
missed description jtext in some xml fields
modals inside batch doesn't work [Media items] [Backend]
view all sizes modal was not working
media type icon and action dropdown css issue
Some watermark issues in Windows and Linux

v4.5.0 (16/04/2023)

New Feature

Kaltura platform integration with JoomMedia

Fixed

Auto run processes not working properly
Update existing media file was not working
JS Manual processing issues
Fatal error when opening process details

v4.4.0 (27/03/2023)

Improved

video metadata injector removed cuz no more used
flv video processing removed cuz flv format was discontinued by Adobe long time ago
Some UI/UX improvements in some views

Fixed

edit profile view was not working
fatal error in report modals
toolbar action was not working [Manage]
metadata and downloads modal was not working
audio/video metadata was not working
manual processing was not working correctly [Process] [Backend]
CLI testing was not working [Processing]
fatal error when choosing country field
fatal error when saving custom field

v4.3.0 (16/02/2023)

Improved

detect menu item id automatically in main navigation [Routing]
menu main now use Layout for better reuse
foxnews remote plugin rebuilt to support last API
video.foxnews.com does'nt exist anymore, website now use main domain to host videos
(Note: please make sure to remove videofoxnewscom plugin mannualy and keep foxnewscom)</strong >
load aspect assets using web asset manager
dropdown now use Layout for better reuse
make sure to load webasset on all modules

Fixed

media item navigation was not working properly
php warning generated by add stylesheet method [Dashboard] [Backend]
adding tags to remote media item type was not working correctly
fatal error on add flickr photo
Pageclass SFX default value missed
some issues when posting multiple remote links [Twitter Event Plugin]
some bootstrap dropdown issues
deleted some non used files
missed Errors Trait in some plugins
removed some old code of loading bootstrap
database issues [Joomla database checker]
fatal error on content plugin
utf8 characters issues
error saving existing media with type embed_code [Media Edit]
some UI/UX issues [Media Edit]
fatal error onContentAfaterSave [Media Table]
fatal error when activating comments integration [Comments]

v4.0 (16/11/2022)

New Features

Joomla 4 support
Joomla Download Key integration
Bootstrap 5 support

Improved

Removed old/non used assets
Language tag prefix removed from language files
Removed some old remote plugins

v1.3.8 (02/07/2022)

Fixed

multiple select saving was not working [Custom Fields]
Don't display date if has invalid value [Custom field]

v1.3.7 (12/06/2022)

Improved

Display warning message [Youtube remote plugin]

Fixed

Language file not loaded [Youtube remote plugin]

v1.3.6 (21/04/2022)

New Features

Ability to change hits on bulkedit

v1.3.5 (14/03/2022)

New Features

Odysee.com embed integration [Remote Plugin]
Media items bulk edit [Backend]
Allow edit of embed code [Edit media]
Ability to show/hide navigation count [Media Item]
ability to show/hide media desc/thumb/cf in playlist of audio files

Improved

id attribute added to main container [Tags layout]
Many config options moved to Joomla config options
Categories layout options now use Joomla config
Categories layouts renamed
Categories layouts now use JLayout for better reuse

Fixed

embed code tab doesn't display [Edit media]
missed JText constants [Search View]
Some php warning prevent processing
Download and id columns [Edit Files Layout]
Some php warnings when edit media due [Media Edit]
Wrong create by property name [EasySocial integration]
some categories options was not working correctly
display uploaded files with wrap [Dropzone upload] [CSS]
Some issues fixed [EasySocial Integration]
Users videos doesn't display [EasySocial Integration]
Soundcloud was not working propelly due to last API Changes

v1.3.4 (26/08/2021)

New Features

Full Easy Social Integration (Stream, Profile, Points)
Ability to play audio files with player from playlist or album item

v1.3.2 (09/07/2021)

Fixed

My channel redirection user [User Channel]

v1.3.1 (25/06/2021)

Fixed

Fatal error when adding new tags [Batch Processing] [Media Items]

v1.3.0 (09/06/2021)

New Features

Guest users can Like/Dislike items [All items types]
Support of album media ordering [Album]

Improved

Ordering options moved to the new config [Config]

Fixed

Global ordering options was not working [Config]

v1.2.10 (27/05/2021)

Improved

Make sure card width always 100% [All layouts that use card class]

Fixed

PHP warning on channel author [Channels Details Layout]
Media permissions (can report and can like.dislike) was not working [ACL]

v1.2.9 (22/02/2021)

Improved

Channel Itemid now use intelligent method [Routing]
Note:</strong > will be applied to all other views in coming versions

Fixed

Filter by tags was not working [Media items view] [backend]
Search filter was not working [Processes view] [Backend]
Some old MooTools code was deleted that prevent tooltips from working correctly [JS]

v1.2.8 (08/02/2021)

Improved

Some big margin removed from media manage toolbar [Account View] [Layout Media]

Fixed

Possible fatal error when caching enabled [Media Items Module]
Grid layout was not displaying [Subcategories layout]
media type menu drop down not opening [Account View] [Layout Media]
undefined tooltip of media type menu drop down [Account View] [Layout Media]
Missed JText (media type) [View Account] [Layout Media]
Broken media type menu drop down [Account View] [Layout Media]

v1.2.7.3 (23/12/2020)

Improved

Internal Navigation moved to options view [Config]
Note:</strong > we did start to move all parameters to Joomla config

v1.2.7.2 (10/12/2020)

Improved

Permissions tab moved to options view [Config]
New config option that let you choose allowed html tags when adding "embed code" media [Config] [Embed Imports method]

Fixed

Permissions tab was not working [Config]
missed JText COM_JOOMMEDIA_ERROR_NO_VALID_SOURCES_FOUND [Lang]

v1.2.7 (10/11/2020)

Improved

Quality dropdown UI/UX improved [Media Item view]
Skins removed [MediaElementJS Player]
Update to version 4.2.16 [MediaElementJS Player]

Fixed

Wrong layout type name should be "grid" not "card" [Config]

v1.2.6.2 (30/10/2020)

New Features

Ability to change subcategories layout to list or grid

Improved

New dashboard UI/UX [Dashboard view] [Backend]
Dashboard use JLayout for better reuse [Dashboard view] [Backend]

v1.2.6 (04/10/2020)

New Features

Ability to change items (media, albums ...) order by ordering ascending or descending [Config view] [Backend]

Improved

New dashboard UI/UX [Dashboard view] [Backend]
Dashboard use JLayout for better reuse [Dashboard view] [Backend]

v1.2.5.3 (14/09/2020)

Fixed

Auto image processing color space disabled [Images Library]

v1.2.5.1 (16/06/2020)

Fixed

JText COM_JOOMMEDIA_BUTTON_OR_SELECT_FILES_TO_UPLOAD was not working [Remote media form]
Image doesn't open in lightbox mode [Media Slick Lightbox layout]
Hide title div block if disabled [Media Slick Lightbox Layout]

v1.2.5 (10/06/2020)

Improved

Auto redirect to edit form after success upload [Single Upload] [Backend]
Upload file UI improved [Single Upload Layout] [Frontend]
Open uploaded file in new window [Upload Media] [Dropzone]

Fixed

Prevent multiple upload was not working [Single Upload] [Backend]
Single Upload Workflow was not working [Upload] [Frontend]
Manage media modal button was not working [Albums view]
Edit uploaded file link was not working [Upload Media] [Dropzone] [Frontend]
Wrong text in single upload "File" not "Files" [Upload Media] [Dropzone]
Uploaded item not centered [Dropzone Upload] [Media Item Upload]
Upload type option removed because was deprecated [Config] [Tab Uploads]

Fixed

Some missed DIV tag close in many views
Missed JText of some words [Channel view]

v1.2.4 (06/06/2020)

Fixed

Some missed DIV tag close in many views
Missed JText of some words [Channel view]

v1.2.3 (14/05/2020)

Fixed

Description & tags accidentally deleted in previous version [Mediaitem view]

v1.2.2 (19/04/2020)

New Feature

Parameter to set Youtube API Key [Config]

Fixed

Fatal error in compact vertical layouts [Videos module] [Images Module]
DIV tag close was missed [Media item view]

v1.2.1.5 (25/03/2020)

Improved

Display custom fields groups as cards [Custom fields]
Custom fields display now use JLayout for better reuse [Custom fields]

Fixed

Module can't be saved [Single media item module]
Hide custom fields group if empty [Custom fields]

v1.2.1.3 (21/02/2020)

Improved

Hide custom field if it's value is empty [Custom fields]

v1.2.1.2 (20/01/2020)

Improved

Word break for all titles heading

Fixed

Controls was disabled for android [MediaElementJS plugin]
Some CSS issues with Bootstrap [MediaElementJS plugin]

v1.2.1.1 (02/01/2020)

Fixed

404 not found spritemap of dropzone [Dropzone CSS]

v1.2.1 (12/12/2019)

Improved

Modals system code improved to work for iframe and content type [Button modals]
Namespaced fontawesome library

Fixed

Warning of moving komento integration file is Komento component not installed [Install script]
Some visual bugs in classic skin [MediaElement JS]
Hide info block if there is no data [Video Subscribe Layout]
Heading tags not have the size of template [Bootstrap]
Dropzone upload code loaded in all view [Assets]
Wrong Dropzone tmpl name [Layout]
Use default link color of template [Bootstrap]
Wrong Dropzone spelling [Language constant]
Removed non used font folder [Media]
Gallery lightbox problem in gallery layout [Gallery layout]

v1.2.0 (04/12/2019)

New Features

Namespaced Bootstrap 4, no more conflicts with old Bootstrap versions
HTML5 uploading using Dropzone

Improved

Like / Dislike system improved

v1.1.5 (30/04/2019)

Fixed

Empty folders not removed if media item is completely removed.
Wrong media items order when navigating true modal gallery

v1.1.4 13/01/2019

Fixed

Some php notices when running CLI [Cron Job]
Component params should not be merged with menu params in CLI mode [Cron Job]
Youtube autoplay don't work [Youtube remote plugin]
Close button in popup don't show [Lightbox mode]
Next and prev button should be clicked 2 times problem [Lightbox mode]

v1.1.3 20/11/2018

Improvements

Merge global params with menu params automatically
Display style option moved to top in albums and categories views

Fixed

Comments not displayed in komento module [Komento integration]
Search page always return empty items [Search view]
Wrong string names in content and search plugins [Language strings]
Wrong search plugin class name [Search plugin]
Wrong community plugin class name [Community plugin]
Category display style don't work in menu item option