Version 2.4: 18 October 2026
- Runs on Joomla 5 and 6 with Behaviour Backward Compatibility disabled
- Article access uses the current user
- Random ordering uses the Joomla database service
Version 2.3: 18 July 2026
- Full rebuild with vanilla JavaScript - no jQuery, bxSlider, or Fancybox
- Joomla 4, 5, and 6 support with namespaced service provider and dispatcher
- Web Asset Manager loading with scoped CSS variables per module instance
- Responsive multi-card carousel with desktop / tablet / mobile cards-per-view
- Five themes: Modern, Editorial, Card, Minimal, and Dark
- Accent colour, corner radius, and card gap controls
- Native
<dialog> quick-view modal or direct article links
- Autoplay, prev/next, pager dots, keyboard arrows, and touch swipe
- Vertically centered navigation controls; mobile-friendly control layout
- Featured, tag, and exclude-current article filters
- Intro / full image controls and excerpt length
- Accessible carousel labels and reduced-motion support
- Cleaner package - legacy vendor libraries removed from
tmpl/
Version 2.2: 07 June 2026
- Fixed module installation failure caused by incorrect language file paths
- Added standard Joomla language files under
language/en-GB/
- Improved Joomla 6 compatibility for the custom Border field
- Fixed missing
bx_loader.gif asset used by bxSlider
- Added support for showing articles from child categories when a parent category is selected
- Improved pager dot reliability by replacing bxSlider's unstable pager click handling
- Fixed clipped bottom border on slider cards
- Improved module manifest metadata and packaging paths
Version 2.1: 03 December 2025
- Full Joomla 4, 5 & 6 compatibility improvements for the legacy stack
- Security, text processing, and popup/slider reliability fixes
- Added Move Slides parameter and WebAssetManager Google Fonts loading
Version 2.0: 13 December 2023
- Support Joomla 5 without Backward Compatibility Plugin
Version 1.9: 08 February 2023
- Single file installation for both Joomla 3 and Joomla 4
- Removed jQuery loading in body