Easy Popup

Version 2.8: 20 October 2026

• Download Key support on the update site (dlid).

Version 2.7: 17 October 2026

• Runs on Joomla 5 and Joomla 6 with the Behaviour - Backward Compatibility plugin disabled.
• Plugin loads through the Joomla service provider.
• jQuery loads through the Web Asset Manager.

Version 2.6: 28 June 2026

• Added Modern (2026) popup theme with blur overlay, rounded panel, accent colour, and coordinated open/close zoom and slide animations
• Added Classic (Legacy) theme option to retain the original Fancybox appearance with pattern backgrounds and image close buttons
• Refactored plugin for Joomla 4.x, 5.x, and 6.x with WebAssetManager asset loading and conditional script/style injection
• Added external easypopup.js initialization with modern transition patching for panel and overlay sync
• New admin tab: Modern Popup Design (width, height, margin, blur, accent colour, close button, ibtn styling)
• Expanded opening/closing effects: Zoom, Slide up, and Slide down optimised for the Modern theme
• Fixed inline popup content leaking onto the page — restored legacy hidden #popinline wrapper pattern
• Fixed overlay="true" caption class (popup_caption_overlay instead of popup_captiontrue)
• Fixed image trigger dimensions — imgwidth and imgheight now output proper CSS width/height
• Fixed external image URLs (Unsplash, CDN) not being double-prefixed with the site base URL
• Fixed Modern theme yellow ibtn-yellow buttons showing white text instead of dark contrast text
• Fixed Joomla 500 error caused by incompatible Event type hints on plugin event handlers
• Improved image overlay hover fade behaviour and Modern theme image trigger styling with rounded corners

Version 2.5: 17 November 2025

• Compatible with Joomla 6.x
• Added Shortcode Examples tab with 20+ ready-to-use examples and one-click copy functionality
• Enhanced Font Awesome icon support with automatic detection and loading
• Improved image overlay system with customizable colors, opacity, padding, font size, and borders
• Added inline parameter support to override global settings per popup
• Enhanced animation effects with fade, elastic, and none options with customizable speeds
• Improved popup trigger detection and asset loading optimization
• Fixed CSS and JavaScript loading to only occur when popup shortcodes are present
• Enhanced icon rendering for Font Awesome icons in popup links and overlays
• Improved code structure and performance optimizations
• Better error handling and fallback mechanisms

Version 2.4: 09 September 2025

• No more support for Joomla 3.
• Completely refactored popup plugin architecture for better performance and maintainability
• Enhanced popup trigger detection with automatic fallback system
• Improved popup functionality with optimized JavaScript performance
• Single file installation for Joomla 4 & 5

Bug Fixes

• Fixed popup showing when it should be excluded on specific layouts
• Resolved duplicate CSS and JavaScript loading issues
• Fixed parameter name mismatch between PHP code and XML configuration
• Improved exclusion logic for better reliability across different Joomla configurations

Version 2.3: 28 October 2023

• Supports Joomla 5 without Backward Compatibility Plugin

Version 2.2: 18 February 2023

• Updated display div to span.

Version 2.1: 05 February 2023

• Changes to Plugin Backend Parameters
• Option to load jQuery in body removed.

Version 2.0: 24 October 2020

• Supports Joomla 4

Version 1.9: 13 June 2020

• Fixed issue with same content popup
• Option to set RGBA background color
• PHP Fixes

Version 1.8: 05 January 2017

• Uses Joomla Update System