Components ChangeLog

JoomRSS ChangeLog v6.2.11

v6.2.11 (2026-10-19)

New Features

  • Export each article's Meta Description and Meta Keywords in the feed [Content Plugin]
  • New plugin event to add your own elements to feed items, safe across updates

Improved

  • All feed types now pass the W3C Feed Validator
  • Dates always use the format each feed type requires
  • Categories and tags are written as standard feed categories
  • Custom field values can no longer break the feed

Fixed

  • Podcast, Flux and Facebook feeds broke when an article contained images
  • Relative image and link URLs in the full content
  • Missing self link [Flipboard Feed] [Flux Feed]
  • Empty subtitle and missing author [Atom Feed]
  • Feed stylesheet link broken on Windows servers

Changed

  • Removed the RSS 0.91, RSS 1.0 and Atom 0.3 options; they always produced RSS 2.0, and existing feeds keep working
  • "Format of Date" now only applies to JSON feeds

v6.2.10 (2026-09-15)

New Features

  • WebSub hub support, so subscribers get new items instantly [Podcast Feed]
  • iTunes Block option to hide a podcast from directories [Podcast Feed]

Fixed

  • Item dates could be off by several hours depending on the server timezone
  • Only one enclosure per item, with the audio file first [Podcast Feed]

v6.2.9 (2026-07-29)

New Features

  • Episode image, with a fallback to the feed image [Podcast Feed]
  • Episode audio, artwork and duration from NPR CDS [Content Plugin]
  • Podcast Type picker [Podcast Feed]

Improved

  • Explicit and episode type added to every episode [Podcast Feed]
  • Data source settings grouped into sections [Feed Form]

Fixed

  • Custom field picker was not loading [Content Plugin]
  • Custom field values could lose part of their content [Content Plugin]

v6.2.8 (2026-07-28)

New Features

  • iTunes category picker [Podcast Feed]

Fixed

  • Custom elements could appear twice in the feed

v6.2.7 (2026-07-28)

Fixed

  • Podcast feed validation errors [Podcast Feed]
  • Wrong file type for audio and video enclosures
  • Explicit value now uses true/false as iTunes requires [Podcast Feed]

v6.2.6 (2026-07-13)

New Features

  • Remove HTML elements from feed content by CSS selector [Feed Options]

v6.2.5 (2026-06-11)

Improved

  • New admin sidebar menu
  • Redesigned feeds list and control panel
  • Author field now uses the Joomla user picker [Content Plugin]
  • Removed old Tools, Config and Languages pages

Fixed

  • Reset hits button was not working [Edit Feed]
  • Fatal error on some admin pages

v6.2.4 (2026-05-24)

New Features

  • Custom namespaces per feed [Feed Options]
  • Use a custom field as the item date [Content Plugin]

Fixed

  • MRSS feed was not valid XML [MRSS Feed]

v6.2.3 (2026-04-18)

Fixed

  • Installation failed on some MySQL hosts

v6.2.2 (2026-03-15)

New Features

  • hCalendar feed type for events [JEvents Integration]

v6.2.1 (2026-03-02)

New Features

  • Demo mode for showcasing the component safely

Fixed

  • Security improvements [permissions, form tokens, database queries]

v6.2.0 (2026-02-11)

New Features

  • Add image export tag format selection for RSS feed enclosures
  • szn:image (Seznam.cz) namspace support
  • Add event category display to JEvents adapter [JEvents Integration]

v6.1.0 (2026-01-08)

New Features

  • Event image enclosures for RSS media support [JEvents Integration]
  • Author filter option [JEvents Integration]
  • Text limit for descriptions [JEvents Integration]
  • Menu item selection (auto-detect or manual) [JEvents Integration]
  • Date prefix in event titles option [JEvents Integration]
  • Multi-category support  [JEvents Integration]
  • Joomla 6 support without need of compatiblity plugin to be enabled

Improved

  • Rewritten with Joomla Query Builder [JEvents Integration]
  • Package feature on installation

Fixed

  • Many issues with last version [JEvents Integration]
  • Wrong plugins manager url

v6.0.1 (2025-11-30)

Improved

  • Joomla 6 compatibility updates

Fixed

  • Removed code deprecated in Joomla 6
  • Some database query issues

v5.5.1 (2025-07-29)

Fixed

  • some issues with JoomMedia integration

v5.5.0 (2025-06-21)

New Features

  • implementation of updated tag [Content Adapter] [Atom Feed]
  • ability to set list of tags to apply text limiting

Improved

  • feed params now use joomla renderFieldset to benefit from showon and description display features of fields [Feed Form]

v5.4.5 (2025-04-29)

Fixed

  • text truncate feature was not working correctly shouldn't truncate when content element enabled
  • if one data source enabled will not be displayed

v5.4.3 (2025-04-07)

New Features

Improved

  • clean enclosure image links

Fixed

  • RSS Merge Plugin was not working correctly on Joomla 4/5
  • incorrect date format on Atom feeds
  • image not displayed in feed [DMS Integration]

v5.3.3 (2024-10-09)

Improved

  • remember tabs state [Edit Feed]
  • display only installed apps [Zoo Engine]
  • Template field UI/UX improved [Zoo Engine]

Fixed

  • Filter by author field type was wrong [Zoo Engine]
  • template field was not working correctly [Zoo Engine]
  • deleted some non used files
  • some php warnings on feed generation

v5.3.0 (2024-10-08)

Improved

  • now all data sources settings moved from plugin settings to avoid clients confusion
  • get enabled data sources method improved and moved to new joomrss library
  • display only existing and enabled data sources
  • Cobalt CCK data source now moved to JoomCCK package and renamed
  • display correct integration status if enabled or not yet installed

Fixed

  • some issues on Zoo Plugin integration

v5.2.0 (06/05/2024)

New Features

  • Integration with Podtrac Analytics when using mp3 audio enclosure

Fixed

  • many php warnings [8.2+] [Joomla 5]
  • fatal error on rss merge plugin [Joomla 5]

v5.1.0 (14/02/2024)

Improved

  • Old code cleanup

Fixed

  • error in RSEventsPro integration plugin
  • removed non used checkout code [Feed Form]
  • wrong label explication in param ads with price [DJClassifieds]
  • hide expired ads from feed  [DJClassifieds]

v5.0 (30/10/2023)

Improved

  • Joomla 5 support without B/C plugin
  • Joomla 4.4 support

Fixed

  • feeds icons not displayed [Feeds list module]

v4.4.2 (28/09/2023)

Improved

  • lang tag removed from language files
  • removed some duplicate language constants
  • download translations link added in dashboard

Fixed

  • RSS preview link sometimes not correctly generated

v4.4.0 (10/04/2023)

Improved

  • some old code removed from many plugins and classes
  • Feed type now use JForm
  • Type image moved to toolbar

Fixed

  • php warning on get params [Helper Params]

v4.3.0 (18/02/2023)

New Features

  • integration with Documents Seller component by JoomDonation

Improved

  • better to display error message if getItems query fails
  • add more flexibility to display intro or full image inside rss feed [Content Plugin]
  • clean image url [Content Plugin]

v4.2.5 (17/01/2023)

Fixed

  • Some issues in Joomla articles routing

v4.2.2 (07/10/2022)

Improved

  • limit text before calling getDesc method to avoid removing intro image and extra info.

Fixed

  • Text limit truncation was not working correctly at certain conditions

v4.2.0 (25/08/2022)

New Features

  • Support of content:encoded tag on RSS v2

Fixed

  • Possible fatal error when module used on Linux servers

v4.1.2 (15/07/2022)

Fixed

  • some issues with installation [SQL]
  • image feed url breaks xml validation

v4.1.0 (25/06/2022)

New Features

  • Support Joomla Download key integration

Fixed

  • Some issues on installation [SQL]

v4.0 (25/04/2022)

New Features

  • Joomla 4 support

v1.2.4 (12/10/2021)

New Features

  • Support of RFC 3339 date format [Feed]

v1.2.3.3 (02/08/2021)

Fixed

  • Wrong media content tag in MRSS Feed
  • Some issues with thumbnails detection [MRSS Feed] [JoomMedia Integration]

v1.2.3.2 (09/07/2021)

Improved

  • Support of thumbnail [MRSS Feed] [JoomMedia Integration]

v1.2.3 (26/06/2021)

New Features

  • Hide items description param [Content Plugin] [Json Feed]

Improved

  • CreatedFeedBak method removed [Json Feed]
  • Hide feed description if empty [Json Feed]
  • Cleanup of some old code of J25 [Content Plugin]

v1.2.2 (18/06/2021)

New Features

  • Extend feed item values with Custom fields [Content Plugin]

Improved

  • JSON Feed Creator now use JSON_ENCODE function [Feed Creator]
  • Custom BS removed no need to be loaded
  • No need to display description cuz already in label tooltip

Fixed

  • PHP 7.3+ compatibility issues  [Content Plugin]

v1.2.0 (22/05/2021)

New Features

  • MRSS Feed type support

Fixed

  • Display default language in feed if feed language is All

v1.1.13 (03/04/2021)

Fixed

  • PHP Fatal error if media has attachment [JoomMedia Integration Plugin]
  • Load K2 router file only if exist [K2 Plugin]
  • Component property was missed [Mosets Tree Plugin]
  • PHP Warning if authors variable return false [Content Plugin]

v1.1.10 (08/01/2021)

Improved

  • Check plugin component using static property in class instead of checking with plugin name [Source data loader]
  • Check also if component of addon is enabled [Source data loader]
  • Move some code to plugin helper for better reuse [Plugin Helper]
  • All plugins updated to use the new way of checking component name [Addon Plugins]

Fixed

  • Some old code in entry point to extend from MVC classes

v1.1.9.2 (23/12/2020)

Fixed

  • Some old code was deleted [Feed edit view]
  • PHP warning when new feed created [Feed edit view]
  • Wrong feed ID on new feed [RSS Merge Plugin]
  • Some PHP Warnings [Docman Integration]

v1.1.9 (04/11/2020)

New Features

  • Support of audio enclosure as custom field in Podcast feed (support JB Audio, Text and Url Fields) [Podcast Feed]
  • Integration with JB Audio custom field
  • Ability to choose introtext or introtext + readmore for summary tag [Content Plugin] [Atom Feed]

Fixed

  • Force SSL doesn't work [Config]

v1.1.8 (08/05/2020)

Improved

  • use updatedDate if publishedDate is null [RSS Merge plugin]

v1.1.7 (29/04/2020)

Deprecated

  • Enable/disable content plugin param removed [Content Plugin]

Fixed

  • Internal feeds are not retrieved if all option selected [RSS Merge Plugin]
  • Current feed should not displayed in internal RSS feeds [RSS Merge Plugin]

v1.1.6 (17/02/2020)

Fixed

  • Debug code should not be displayed if not items found [K2 Plugin]

v1.1.5 (12/11/2019)

Fixed

  • Wrong itemid if using subcategories documents [Docman Integration Plugin]

v1.1.4 (08/11/2019)

Fixed

  • 500 error when opening links in feed [Docman Integration Plugin]
  • Wrong language constand "Installed Plugins" should be "enabled plugins" [Dashboard]

v1.1.3 (18/10/2019)

Fixed

  • feed plugin language file not loaded automatically [Feed Model]

v1.1.2 (02/10/2019)

Fixed

  • Wrong table names in JoomMedia integration plugin

v1.1.1 (23/08/2019)

Fixed

  • Update server tag removed from Zoo plugin

v1.1.0 (21/08/2019)

Improved

  • Joomla content language field instead of our custom language field [Content Plugin]

Fixed

  • Not able to select "all" languages option of feed [Backend] [Feed Edit]
  • Removed upgrade view because not used [Backend]

v1.0 (12/05/2019)

  • Initial version
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