Youtube Video Gallery

Version 3.4: 19 October 2026

• Runs on Joomla 5 and 6 with the Behaviour Backward Compatibility plugins disabled
• The admin video field loads its script through the Web Asset Manager

Version 3.3: 16 July 2026

• Major UX refresh with five gallery layouts: YouTube (website style), Sidebar, Grid, Stacked, and Cinema
• Four colour themes: YouTube Dark, Light, Soft, and Dark — plus custom accent colour
• Joomla 5 services architecture (service provider, Dispatcher, Helper namespace)
• Vanilla JavaScript front end — no jQuery dependency
• Poster image with large play button; videos load on click (privacy-friendly, faster page load)
• YouTube-nocookie.com embed domain for enhanced privacy
• Playlist height syncs to player on desktop for a clean YouTube-style watch page
• Cinema layout: 21:9 widescreen stage, framed shell, circular play button, narrower playlist
• YouTube layout: 16:9 flat player with wider playlist column
• Improved search input styling for dark themes and template overrides
• Organised admin fieldsets: Layout, Videos, Player, Appearance, Advanced
• Supports watch, embed, Shorts, and youtu.be URLs in the backend field
• Loading spinner while the iframe initialises
• Backward compatible with 3.2 module parameters (layout position, legacy keys)
• 12 language packs: en-GB, es-ES, fr-FR, de-DE, it-IT, pt-BR, nl-NL, pl-PL, ru-RU, ja-JP, zh-CN, ar-AA

Version 3.2: 23 November 2025

• Upgraded to work on Joomla 4, 5, and 6
• Modern PHP 8.0+ Support
• Complete redesign with YouTube-style layout (Right/Left suggestions panel)
• Added video search functionality to filter videos by title
• Auto-fill title and thumbnail from YouTube URL in backend
• Removed slider functionality, replaced with YouTube-style suggestions layout
• Added percentage-based player width and suggestions width
• Added container height control
• Fully customizable CSS for all elements (container, suggestion items, thumbnails, titles, search input)
• Added loop mode options (single video, playlist, disabled)
• Improved autoplay with mute option (required for modern browsers)
• Enhanced video playback controls (autoplay, mute, fullscreen, related videos)
• Added loading spinner on video change
• Improved responsive design with flexbox and CSS grid
• Moved inline CSS and JavaScript to external files using OOP JavaScript
• Added custom form fields for better backend UX
• Removed unused features (playback speed, video preload) that weren't implementable
• Updated all CSS classes with "jx-" prefix to prevent conflicts
• Improved code quality and security

Version 3.0: 12 December 2023

• Support Joomla 5.
• No need for a Backward Compatibility Plugin.

Version 2.9: 25 May 2023

• Download Key to be entered in the Update Site Manager

Version 2.8: 10 February 2023

• Removed jQuery load in body
• Minor CSS changes.

Version 2.7: 09 April 2022

• Supports PHP 8
• Fixed Issue with title not hiding.

Version 2.6: 09 April 2022

• Supports Joomla 4
• Update the extension directly from the Joomla Update Manager.
• Add a valid license in the advanced settings of the module parameters.
• Download the license key from the Downloads section of the store by creating an account using the same email address which you have used to purchase the extension.
• Manual Update will once required to get the 2.6 version of the module. The future updates can be done automatically using the Joomla Update Manager.

Version 2.5: 27 March 2020

• Fixed SSL issue for Youtube Thumbnail images.

Version 2.4: 09 May 2019

• Uses Joomla Default slide(Keep a Backup of the module parameter if you want to update)

Version 2.3: 01 March 2018

• Added Extra CSS Parameters
• Minor CSS Fix
• Uses Joomla Update System