Widgetkit
Changelog

3.1.38 – June 24, 2026

Fixed

• Fix insert shortcode with CodeMirror editor (Joomla)
• Fix PHP 8.5 deprecation warning

3.1.37 – January 13, 2026

Changed

• Upgrade UIkit

3.1.36 – December 10, 2025

Fixed

• Fix compatibility with YOOtheme Pro
• Fix accordion icons

3.1.35 – December 1, 2025

Fixed

• Fix handling paths from FileSystem plugin (Joomla)

3.1.34 – October 15, 2025

Fixed

• Fix Joomla 6 compatibility
• Fix Joomla 5 dark-mode compatibility

3.1.33 – June 25, 2025

Fixed

• Fix select widget in unsaved article (Joomla)

3.1.32 – May 14, 2025

Fixed

• Fix Slideshow min-height

3.1.31 – April 24, 2025

Fixed

• Fix Switcher widget navigates to new page (Joomla)

3.1.30 – Febuary 5, 2025

Changed

• Upgrade UIkit

3.1.29 – December 19, 2024

Fixed

• Fix PHP deprecation warnings

3.1.28 – September 26, 2024

Fixed

• Fix PHP deprecation warnings

3.1.27 – April 3, 2024

Fixed

• Fix Maps widget

3.1.26 – March 22, 2024

Fixed

• Fix TinyMCE Editor (Joomla)

3.1.25 – March 13, 2024

Changed

• Use download key for updates (Joomla)

3.1.24 – February 13, 2024

Fixed

• Fix selecting widgets in TinyMCE Editors (Joomla)

3.1.23 – January 11, 2024

Fixed

• Fix deprecated usage of JError in installer script (Joomla)

3.1.22 – December 27, 2023

Fixed

• Fix scoped CSS for '3rd Party Theme' support
• Fix truncating text when string length is exceeded

3.1.21 – October 4, 2023

Fixed

• Fix MySQL 8+ compatibility in Widgetkit K2 plugin

3.1.20 – September 19, 2023

Add

• Add Joomla 5 support

Fixed

• Fix "Clear Cache" button (Joomla 4+)

3.1.19 – July 31, 2023

Fixed

• Fix PHP 8.2+ deprecation warning

3.1.18 – April 24, 2023

Fixed

• Fix PHP 8.2+ deprecation warning

3.1.17 – April 20, 2023

Fixed

• Fix regression in media picker (Joomla 4.3+)

3.1.16 – March 16, 2023

Fixed

• Fix Google Maps API error message
• Fix routing regression in 3rd party components

3.1.15 – January 13, 2023

Fixed

• Fix double html encoded asset urls
• Fix YOOtheme Pro widget element widget picker

3.1.14 – November 7, 2022

Changed

• Replace deprecated Algolia Places with Google Maps geocoding

Fixed

• Fix PHP 8 deprecation warnings

3.1.13 – October 10, 2022

Fixed

• Fix joomla content provider when showTags enabled (Joomla)
• Fix registerAssets compatibility (Joomla)

3.1.12 – August 4, 2022

Fixed

• Fix incompatibility with Toolset Types plugin (WordPress)

3.1.11 – July 13, 2022

Fixed

• Fix file upload in media manager (Joomla 4)

3.1.10 – July 7, 2022

Fixed

• Fix PHP 8.0 deprecation warnings
• Fix map dragging and zooming option
• Fix configurable file path in media manager (Joomla 4)

3.1.9 – February 21, 2022

Fixed

• Fix PHP 8.0 deprecation warnings

3.1.8 – December 15, 2021

Fixed

• Fix missing tmpl/default.php file in mod_widgetkit (Joomla)

3.1.7 – December 14, 2021

Added

• Add support for mod_widgetkit overrides (Joomla)

Fixed

• Fix 'the_content' filter is no longer directly applied to content (WordPress)

3.1.6 – November 23, 2021

Fixed

• Fix card badge style in Grid, Grid Slider and Slideset widgets
• Fix twitter api authorization

3.1.5 – October 20, 2021

Fixed

• Fix error in smart search plugin when saving article (Joomla)

3.1.4 – October 6, 2021

Fixed

• Fix html entities in widget markup

3.1.3 – September 29, 2021

Fixed

• Fix compatibility issue with Divi (WordPress)

3.1.2 – September 27, 2021

Fixed

• Fix editor initialization with 3rd party xtd-button plugins (Joomla)

3.1.1 – September 24, 2021

Fixed

• Fix conflict with xtd-button plugins (Joomla)
• Fix Widgetkit xtd-editor button in Editor fields (Joomla)

3.1.0 – September 13, 2021

Added

• Add Joomla 4 support
• Add support for any Joomla editor plugin (Joomla)

Changed

• Use own tinyMCE as visual editor (Joomla)

Fixed

• Fix Panel Card Default/Card Secondary option in grid widget
• Fix missing sortable drag in custom content provider
• Fix Widgetkit Gutenberg block on widgets edit screen (WordPress)

3.0.20 – May 26, 2021

Fixed

• YOOtheme installer plugin is not removed during uninstall if other extensions still rely on it
• Fix php warning in rss and twitter plugin

3.0.19 – May 4, 2021

Fixed

• Fix badge position in grid widgets with blank panel style
• Fix error being thrown if installed with 1.x version of YOOtheme Pro

3.0.18 – April 6, 2021

Fixed

• Fix maps not displayed with caching enabled (Joomla)
• Fix missing closing tags in html markup

3.0.17 – March 17, 2021

Fixed

• Fix adding assets multiple times

3.0.16 – March 16, 2021

Fixed

• Fix maps widget (WordPress)

3.0.15 – March 15, 2021

Fixed

• Fix widget select uses thickbox as modal (WordPress)

3.0.14 – March 11, 2021

Fixed

• Fix image upload (Joomla)

3.0.13 – March 9, 2021

Fixed

• Fix tags filter in gallery and grid slider widgets

3.0.12 – March 9, 2021

Fixed

• Fix tag filter
• Fix 'Select Widget' button in customizer (WordPress)

3.0.11 – March 5, 2021

Fixed

• Fix image upload (Joomla)

3.0.10 – March 3, 2021

Fixed

• Fix selecting featured image in Woocommerce product edit view (WordPress)

3.0.9 – March 3, 2021

Fixed

• Fix marker clustering in Map widget

3.0.8 – March 2, 2021

Fixed

• Change URL generation to use content directory (WordPress)

3.0.7 – February 16, 2021

Added

• Add resizing for webp images

Fixed

• Fix Widgetkit YOOtheme pro element (Wordpress)
• Fix Media Manager modal z-index issue (WordPress)
• Fix TinyMCE UI border (WordPress)

3.0.6 – February 05, 2021

Fixed

• Fix images not being resized

3.0.5 – February 04, 2021

Fixed

• Rename '3rd Party Theme' setting (WordPress)

3.0.4 – February 04, 2021

Change

• Gallery element appends modal and lightbox to container element in document body

Fixed

• Fix loading editor (Joomla)
• Fix saving '3rd Party Theme' setting (Joomla)

3.0.3 – February 02, 2021

Added

• Add '3rd Party Theme' setting to control how Widgetkit loads UIkit

Fixed

• Fix images not being resized
• Fix normal links from being opened broken in the lightbox in Gallery element
• Fix Maps widget only includes its assets when used
• Fix YOOtheme Pro Widget element uses iframe based widget picker

3.0.2

Changed

• Move assets folder to 'media/com_widgetkit' (Joomla)
• Add check to prevent update from Widgetkit 2 to Widgetkit 3 if Warp theme is detected (Joomla)

Fixed

• Fix image type detection
• Fix notifications

3.0.1

Changed

• Use file locator for image paths

3.0.0

Added

• Add xl for large screens to breakpoint settings
• Add HTML element option for the title to all widgets
• Add small and medium options to slide animations settings
• Add more slidenav position options to Slideset widget
• Add more list type options to List widget

Changed

• Update to UIkit 3
• Change scrollspy delay to 200ms
• Prevent box-shadows from being clipped in Slideset widget

Removed

• Remove jQuery dependency

2.9.27

Fixed

• Fix warnings thrown by Instagram provider

2.9.26

Fixed

• Fix wrong timezone for ZOO date fields

2.9.25

Fixed

• Fix warning message in WordPress content provider with PHP 7.4

2.9.24

Fixed

• Fix warning message in gallery widget with PHP 7.3

Changed

• Increased cache time in Instagram content provider

2.9.23

Fixed

• Fix missing slideset link title
• Fix instagram content provider

2.9.22

Fixed

• Fixed media alignment setting in slideset widget

2.9.21

Fixed

• Fixed render images containing whitespace in filename
• Fixed no-conflict mode (J)

2.9.20

Fixed

• Fixed Google Maps API key error in ZOO content provider (J)
• Fixed missing title attribute in links

2.9.19

Fixed

• Fixed marker popup settings in maps widget
• Fixed articles published ordering in Joomla content provider (J)

2.9.18

Changed

• Updated instagram content provider
• Strip whitespace in Google Maps and YOOtheme API key setting

Fixed

• Fixed php notice in k2 provider

2.9.17

Changed

• Updated instagram content provider

2.9.16

Changed

• Updated twitter content provider to support 280 characters

Fixed

• Fixed autoplay-interval default value in slideshow-, slider- and slideset widgets

2.9.15

Fixed

• Fixed loosing fonts after cache clear on Windows systems

2.9.14

Changed

• Updated Image Cache creation

2.9.13

Changed

• Updated instagram content provider
• Updated RSS content provider: trim links containing whitespace

Fixed

• Fixed article hits ordering in Joomla content provider (J)
• Fixed media picker with custom path settings (J)

2.9.12

Added

• Added check if PHP GD is available

Fixed

• Fixed switching items in JCE code view (J)
• Fixed deprecated plugin 'wpembed' in system editor (WP)

2.9.11

Fixed

• Fixed media upload (J)

2.9.10

Fixed

• Fixed look for plugins in child themes (WP)

2.9.9

Added

• Add look for plugins in child themes (WP)

Fixed

• Fixed loosing fonts after cache clear

2.9.8

Changed

• Updated UIkit2 to latest version
• Updated twitter content provider to load media over https
• Updated frontend editing (J)

Fixed

• Fixed datepicker field
• Fixed select article button in editor (J)
• Fixed error in JCE for Joomla 3.7.x

2.9.7

Changed

• Updated UIkit2 to the newest version

Fixed

• Fix for the newest JCE editor version

2.9.6

Fixed

• Fixed system editor (WP)

2.9.5

Fixed

• Fixed wysiwyg editor settings

2.9.4

Fixed

• Fix YOOthemePro compatibility

2.9.3

Added

• Added disable swipe option in switcher widget

Fixed

• Fixed wysiwyg editor keep absolute_url setting
• Fixed use fontawesome from media folder when installed with YOOtheme Pro Template
• Fixed media picker compatibility for Joomla 3.7
• Fixed error messages in Media Picker (J)
• Fixed uploading .svg images (WP)

2.9.2

Fixed

• Fixed list widget headings
• Fixed missing htmleditor field
• Fixed modal/lightbox in no-conflict mode

2.9.1

Changed

• Updated theme support check (J)

Fixed

• Fixed asset combine for UIkit scripts

2.9.0

Added

• Added no-conflict mode
• Added ordering option for publish date in Joomla content provider (J)

Fixed

• Fixed missing clear cache button (J)

2.8.2

Fixed

• Fixed wysiwyg editor

2.8.1

Fixed

• Fixed instagram content provider
• Fixed enable 'parse_shortcodes' in existing widgets
• Fixed PHP 5.3 compatibility

2.8.0

Added

• Added system editor support on content fields
• Added cache clearing function
• Added language filter to article helper
• Added link media option in slideshow widget
• Added option to deactivate parsing shortcodes in the widget content

Fixed

• Fixed parallax content width with given image width
• Fixed https protocol errors on Vimeo api
• Fixed truncating strings with no spaces
• Fixed large tooltip for lightbox slideshow in gallery widget

2.7.9

Fixed

• Fixed ZOO + K2 content provider

2.7.8

Fixed

• Fixed ZOO + K2 content provider

2.7.7

Added

• Added date format option in grid widget
• Added load jQuery in frontend if not already loaded (J)
• Added text sizes h1-h6 in widgets
• Added random order option in custom content provider

Fixed

• Fixed MooTools hiding 'New Field' button in widgetkit modal view (J)

2.7.6

Added

• Added blacklist for twitter content provider
• Added missing google maps api key warning in location field

Changed

• Updated popover description label
• Updated grid-widget panel sequence

Fixed

• Fixed javascript error in slideshow-panel widget
• Fixed wordpress content provider content field excerpt (WP)
• Fixed show widgetkit within menu for users with the capability 'manage_widgetkit' (WP)

2.7.5

Added

• Added featured articles ordering in Joomla content provider

Fixed

• Fixed handling of multiple extrafields in K2 content provider
• Fixed Google API key error

2.7.4

Fixed

• Fixed error in slider- & parallax-widget
• Fixed broken twitter post ids

2.7.3

Fixed

• Fixed PHP 5.3 compatibility
• Fixed map widget warnings

2.7.2

Added

• Added support for @3x density images (supported by iPhone 6+)
• Added placeholder image as fallback in WooCommerce provider (WP)
• Added iframe size options into custom content provider
• Added parallax min-width option

Fixed

• Fixed link required to enable overlay in grid-stack widget
• Fixed wrong image path with nice URLs (WP)
• Fixed custom map marker image src
• Fixed maps cluster icon sources
• Fixed disappearing widgetkit button (WP)

2.7.1

Fixed

• Fixed preview within media picker (J)
• Fixed use of deprecated function add_object_page() (WP)
• Fixed images invisible in gallery, grid and grid-slider widgets
• Fixed slideshow-panel autoplay pauseOnHover

2.7.0

Added

• Added content rss content provider
• Added custom field 'date'
• Added custom field 'pathpicker'
• Added save place information if using google autocompleter for maps

Fixed

• Fixed warning in Instagram content provider when open_basedir is used
• Fixed media picker selecting videos (J)
• Fixed loading article tags for filter function also when setting is disabled (J)
• Fixed instagram caching error of emoticons

2.6.5

Changed

• Updated UIkit to 2.26.2

2.6.4

Fixed

• Fixed ZOO/K2 plugins not loading

2.6.3

Added

• Added customizable map marker
• Added gutter large option

Fixed

• Fixed switcher not loaded in Zoo content provider
• Fixed gallery / grid / grid-slider overlapping images wrong selector
• Fixed default mapping in K2 content provider
• Fixed mapping of K2 extra fields
• Fixed instagram content provider for php 5.3
• Fixed Notice when using random sorting in folder content

2.6.2

Fixed

• Fixed Joomla content provider with missing tags property

2.6.1

Added

• Added media2 image to Joomla content provider

Fixed

• Fixed items not sortable in custom content provider

2.6.0

Added

• Added instagram content provider
• Added HTML editor field
• Added Joomla 3.5 compatibility
• Added map widget directions text into language file
• Added textfield for sorting filter tags

Changed

• Changed content field and gallery lightbox content to HTML editor
• Moved Font Awesome icon files to media folder (J)

Fixed

• Fixed custom content editing for iPad
• Fixed gallery / grid / grid-slider dynamic grid overlapping images

2.5.3

Fixed

• Fixed truncate helper warning

2.5.2

Fixed

• Fixed truncate helper function
• Fixed PHP 5.3 compatibility

2.5.1

Added

• Added truncate helper function

Fixed

• Fixed resize images for slideshow modal in gallery
• Fixed map get direction for marker set to "show" only
• Fixed ZOO GoogleMaps API warning if location is empty

2.5.0

Added

• Added custom content required fields
• Added required fields map & popover widget
• Added slideshow-panel widget
• Added switcher-panel widget
• Added popover widget
• Added list widget
• Added new slideshow modal to gallery
• Added panel style sequence option in grid widget
• Added media2 to core custom fields
• Added alternative lightbox image to gallery
• Added contrast color option to parallax
• Added alternative content field for the lightbox to gallery

Fixed

• Fixed gallery lightbox width / height settings
• Fixed media 'auto' width / height settings
• Fixed map get direction without content
• Fixed caching resized images (WP)

2.4.8

Changed

• Removed doubled content field in WP content provider (WP)

Fixed

• Fixed image file format case sensitive (J)
• Fixed show template specific widgets only (J)

2.4.7

Changed

• Moved image cache to /media (J)

2.4.6

Added

• Added dropdown.less, fixes responsive tabs

Changed

• Updated maps widget: get directions link always opens in new tab/window
• Removed include redundant subcategories checkbox in Joomla content provider
• Updated language file

Fixed

• Fixed caching thumbnails images

2.4.5

Fixed

• Fixed ZOO item field mapping
• Fixed encoding blanks in image filenames
• Fixed prevent double_encoding htmlspecialchars in image src

2.4.4

Added

• Added missing language strings

Fixed

• Fixed Folder Content provider issue on non GNU systems
• Fixed Folder Content provider issues with file titles

2.4.3

Added

• Added images from folders are loaded via add media
• Added Joomla category multi selection
• Added Joomla modified order option
• Added max images option to folder content
• Added autoplay options to slider

Changed

• Updated content provider markup

Fixed

• Fixed K2 image source
• Fixed slideset filter options
• Fixed widget selection in the frontend
• Fixed different protocols in the link
• Fixed widget settings merge
• Fixed ZOO/K2/Joomla Item/Articles links

2.4.2

Fixed

• Fixed sorting items in custom content provider

2.4.1

Added

• Added support for shortcodes in custom content

2.4.0

Added

• Added Twitter content provider
• Added widget type filter to list view
• Added option for kenburns animation to slideshow

Changed

• Changed click events to anchors at map widget

2.3.1

Fixed

• Fixed ZOO & K2 mapping (date, author, categories)

2.3.0

Added

• Added slideset widget
• Added slider widget
• Added parallax widget
• Added folder content provider
• Added filter option to show all items
• Added option to use a second image as overlay to widgets
• Added option to open all links in a new window
• Added option to close first item initially to accordion
• Added option for the kenburns duration to slideshow
• Added option for the content text size to slideshow
• Added breakpoint option to grid stack
• Added vertical gutter option to grids
• Added button link option to all widgets
• Added gutter medium option to grid widgets
• Added responsive tabs for filter nav
• Added meta data support for content providers to grid widget
• Added ZOO reversed ordering

Fixed

• Fixed media breakpoint option in all widgets
• Fixed button functionality when creating a new widget
• Fixed content keeping when switching the widget-type of an unsaved widget
• Fixed HTML tags for image alt attribute
• Fixed maps.js for IE10/11
• Fixed ZOO ordering

2.2.1

Added

• Added active state for selected widgets

Fixed

• Fixed relative URL conversion

2.2.0

Added

• Added copy functionality for widgets

Changed

• Reworked admin UI by coupling widget settings and content
• Moved widget settings from shortcode to database

2.1.5

Added

• Added escaping of content link and social links

Fixed

• Fixed email cloaking conflict (J)

2.1.4

Added

• Added dotnav to nav options in switcher
• Added support to create a slideshow without media element
• Added ZOO item reference in item object

Fixed

• Fixed PHP notice in gallery
• Fixed missing first folder in Joomla media picker
• Fixed image paths in maps widget
• Fixed ZOO edit view fields reseting issue

2.1.3

Added

• Added last option for media position in switcher

Fixed

• Fixed Zoo mapping issues
• Fixed 1-Click Updates issues

2.1.2

Added

• Added multiple media select with shift-key (J)
• Added filter sorting + uppercase for filter words
• Added title auto-format after add media

Changed

• Updated responsive behavior of grid-stack

Fixed

• Fixed missing language folder (J)
• Fixed heading margin-bottom in gallery
• Fixed customizer in WordPress
• Fixed double animation parameter in grid-slider
• Fixed get item option for php 5.3

2.1.1

Added

• Added title and title size option to accordion

Changed

• Updated custom field override priority

Fixed

• Fixed navigation position option in switcher
• Fixed social button alignment in all widgets
• Fixed lightbox link in gallery
• Fixed jumping to top of the page when clicking the Widgetkit button
• Fixed multiple media fields and its meta data
• Fixed thumbnail calculation in slideshow
• Fixed broken Joomla cache for ZOO (J)
• Fixed autofocus for content title

2.1.0

Added

• Added translation support
• Added gallery widget with lightbox
• Added grid-slider widget
• Added accordion widget
• Added dynamic grid and filter options to grid widget
• Added new overlay and image animations to all widgets
• Added image resize options to all widgets
• Added option to use an alternative image as thumbnail
• Added support for CKEditor
• Added Widgetkit shortcodes for text widgets (WP)
• Added custom field mappings for content providers (WordPress, WooCommerce, Joomla, Zoo, K2)
• Added marker cluster option for map widget
• Added badge field to grid widgets
• Added better overlay link to all widgets
• Added support for PCRE versions pre 7.0

Changed

• Updated all widgets according to UIkit 2.17.0
• Optimized all widget options

Fixed

• Fixed zoomwheel setting for map widget
• Fixed directions setting for map widget

2.0.7

Fixed

• Fixed adding Video URLs to Custom Content Type

2.0.6

Added

• Added ZOO link mapping
• Added better support for ZOO plugin 3rd party integrations

2.0.5

Added

• Added selected Widget indicator in the Widget/Module buttons

Changed

• Updated UIkit to 2.16.2

Fixed

• Fixed another path issue on installations located in root

2.0.4

Added

• Added improved default item name (J)

Fixed

• Fixed default item name on media select
• Fixed Google Maps search results z-index
• Fixed ZOO Content Categories list display issue
• Fixed path issue on installations located in root

2.0.3

Fixed

• Fixed editor button

2.0.2

Added

• Added content view modes and filter
• Added Google Maps API lazy loading
• Added Advanced Module Manager compatibility
• Added link none option for Grid, Grid-Stack and Switcher
• Added RokPad Editor support
• Added error notifications when uploading media (J)
• Added image option to Joomla content plugin (J)

Fixed

• Fixed routing issues
• Fixed Vimeo media parameters
• Fixed slideshow nav hidden on touch devices
• Fixed margin in modal when editing content (J)
• Fixed Grid-Stack text align on small devices
• Fixed incompatibility with older Composer versions
• Fixed overlay if media has rounded border for Grid, Grid-Stack and Switcher

2.0.1

Added

• Added site styles/scripts caching
• Added featured filter for Joomla content (J)
• Added JCE editor compatibility

2.0.0

Added

• Initial Release