attachments 4.2.0

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Requirements

Joomla 4.0+ ; the extensions is also compatible with Joomla 5.0+ and Joomla 6.0+

Translations

The translations for

• fr-FR (France)
• gb-GB (Great Britain)
• gr-GR (Greek) are included in current package

The other translations are managed with separate packages under repo attachments_translations

2025-11-07 version 4.2.0

• Announce compatibility with Joomla 6.0 #164
• better look for attachemnts edit in backend #156
• add the possibility to insert attachments from other articles issue #157
• Force creation of site attachment model issue #159
• Allow installation of the component from the joomla cli #163

2025-08-01 version 4.1.6

• fix issue #140 Accessibility issue
• fix issue #145 The add attachment link on the articles of the front page does not correspond to the right article
• Fix model ids for adding, editing, deleting attachments #146
• Remove some unknown legacy code
• Fixes for installation #148
• Fixes some links in copyrights
• Fixes for JED Checker warnings
• Fix issue #150 Missing attachments.xml brakes joomla

2025-06-22 version 4.1.5

• fix issue #137 PSR12 compatibility

2025-06-22 version 4.1.4

• Introduce new extended filtering, new backend list visualisation that is more coherent with Joomla! interface, introduce bootstrap styling to list and filtering controls.
• fix issue #135 Cannot add attachment to category

Notes:

• Searching attachments using the id has changed in the backend. You can now use id: to find an attachment using its id.

2025-06-22 version 4.1.3

• fix issue #119 Install - checksum verification failed
• fix issue #121 Accessibility warning
• Fix issue #125 Wrong variables names
• Fix issue #128 Verify URL existence is not working
• Adding FontAwesome feature - alternative for legacy gif icons.

2025-04-02 version 4.1.2

• Deprecation warning #115
• Deprecation warning #113

2025-02-07 version 4.1.1

• improve help pages for english/french
• Check if $attachment_id[$i] exists #103
• Add download link to be able to view attachement in a popup or download it #102

2025-01-01 version 4.1.0

• Make filename safe adapt {PR #23](/../../pull/23 ) for Joomla 4+ #98
• Hide empty brackets Adapt pull/8 to joomla 4+ #96
• Add a simple check for existence of old version version of attachments plugin framework #97
• show attachments in a popup Issue #92
• Add finder plugin [#89] (/../../pull/89)
• Uncaught exception when deleting an attachment Issue #90
• Add new button for {attachments id=xxx } #85
• Update plugin with id param {attachements id=xxx} #81
• Update php minimum version and add hashes of zip file #83

2024-11-09 version 4.0.4

• fix uninstall issue #79
• add translation for Greek
• re-add translations for French; import them from old translation package

2024-10-28 version 4.0.3

• Some cosmetic changes to better fit the new admin template for joomla 4 & 5
• Rawurlencode filenames when not using secure download links
• Fix attachment parent info saving for Joomla 5 for new articles
• Correct add attachment in backend
• Correct ReferenceError: submitbutton is not defined in add Attachment for article
• Fix plugin warnings
• Add a hint if no extensions are allowed due to joomla upgrade
• Fix Deprecated: explode() when upload a file (FE) #64
• Allow plugins to be loaded from cli. Fixes #61
• Merge pull request #60 from mckillo/master Some small fix about install, string, datetime, deprecated

2024-07-12 version 4.0.2

• add server update
• attachments variable is always an array. Check if not empty
• Fix warnings when there are no attachments available
• Rework plugin insert attachment token
• Fix admin edit attachment dialog tested OK
• Show attachments as links in admin while editing an article
• Fix admin edit attachment dialog
• Provide sane values for the database #50

2024-04-26 version 4.0.1

• correction for Blank page in popup after adding file #41
• Show attachments for blog articles issue #40
• Add scrollbar to iframes
• Fix modal not closing
• The Event::getArguments changed in Joomla 5
• Reorganize code to work with both joomla 4 and 5

Migration from attachments 3

• make backup
• remove "Attachments - Plugin Framework" before upgrading to Joomla 4. If the site is already migrated to Joomla 4, you should first remove the folder plugins/attachments/attachments_plugin_framework and then remove it from the backend.
• after upgrading the site to Joomla 4 install attachments 4.0.x
• check if all parts of the Attachment extension are enabled

Version for Joomla 3.x

This version is still maintained under branch https://github.com/jmcameron/attachments/tree/joomla_3.x