JT ArticleX PRO is a flexible and easy-to-use article showcase module for Joomla! 6. It displays Joomla! articles in clean, modern and responsive layouts without loading an external slider library or an additional CSS framework.

The module uses Joomla’s modern namespaced module architecture, Dependency Injection, WebAsset Manager and core Bootstrap utilities. It is designed to integrate naturally with Bootstrap 5-based Joomla! templates, including the Cassiopeia frontend template, while its administrator settings are compatible with Atum.

JT ArticleX PRO is suitable for blogs, news websites, magazines, portals, corporate websites, landing pages and other content-focused Joomla! projects.

Key Features

• Joomla! 6 compatible article module
• Modern Joomla! MVC and namespaced module structure
• Joomla! Dependency Injection service provider
• Joomla! WebAsset Manager integration
• Bootstrap 5-native frontend output
• No external carousel or slider library
• No additional CSS framework
• Small and scoped frontend stylesheet
• Responsive one-to-four-column layouts
• Configurable 16:9, 4:3, 1:1 and 21:9 image ratios
• Category and subcategory filtering
• Tag filtering
• Manual article ID selection
• Featured article filtering
• Current category support
• Exclude current article option
• Show only articles with images
• Multiple article ordering options
• Category display and category links
• Date and author display options
• Configurable article information position
• Featured image badge support
• Category, featured or custom badge text
• Configurable badge styles
• Intro text display and length limit
• Read more button option
• Structured data support with JSON-LD
• Template override friendly layouts
• English and Turkish language files
• Joomla! update server and changelog support
• JED-friendly package structure
• GPL-2.0-or-later license

Available Layouts

Carousel

Displays articles in a responsive Bootstrap carousel with previous and next controls, line or dot indicators, configurable autoplay, interval and articles per slide.

The carousel uses Joomla’s core Bootstrap asset and does not load an external slider library.

Grid

Displays articles as responsive Bootstrap cards. It is suitable for blog sections, category previews, landing pages and homepage content blocks.

Compact List

Provides a compact vertical list with small article images. It is suitable for sidebars, latest-news modules, announcements and narrow module positions.

Media List

Provides a responsive media-oriented article layout with larger images and configurable content columns.

Media List supports:

• One to four columns
• 16:9, 4:3, 1:1 and 21:9 image ratios
• Horizontal image-and-text presentation in one-column mode
• Image-above-content presentation in multi-column modes
• Responsive transitions for mobile, tablet and desktop screens

Featured + List

Displays one large featured article together with a compact list of additional articles. It is suitable for homepage highlights and featured-content sections.

Magazine

Provides an editorial layout with one leading article, compact secondary stories and additional article cards. It is suitable for news portals, magazines and content-heavy homepages.

Content and Display Controls

Administrators can configure:

• Selected categories and subcategories
• Current category filtering
• Selected tags
• Manual article IDs
• Article count
• Featured article state
• Article ordering
• Language filtering
• Current article exclusion
• Image source
• Image ratio
• Column count
• Heading level
• Category, date and author visibility
• Intro text and character limit
• Read more visibility
• Featured badge type, text and style
• Carousel autoplay, interval, controls and indicators
• JSON-LD structured data
• Image-only article filtering

Why Use JT ArticleX PRO?

JT ArticleX PRO keeps article presentation flexible while remaining close to Joomla! core conventions.

Instead of adding a separate design system or a heavy JavaScript dependency, it uses Joomla’s WebAsset Manager, core Bootstrap assets and template-friendly markup. This allows the module output to fit naturally into Cassiopeia and other Bootstrap 5-based Joomla! templates.

It is suitable for:

• News websites
• Blogs
• Magazine websites
• Corporate websites
• Joomla! portals
• Homepage article sections
• Latest article modules
• Featured content blocks
• Category landing pages

Technical Highlights

• Namespaced PHP classes
• AbstractModuleDispatcher implementation
• Joomla! Dependency Injection and HelperFactory
• Secure database query bindings
• Access-level and publication-state filtering
• Escaped frontend output
• Safe JSON-LD generation
• Joomla! WebAsset registry integration
• Scoped custom CSS
• Bootstrap utility and ratio classes
• Template override support
• Joomla! update and changelog metadata
• Subdirectory installation URL support

Compatibility

• Joomla! 6.x
• Tested with Joomla! 6.1.x
• PHP 8.2 or later
• Cassiopeia frontend template
• Atum administrator template
• Bootstrap 5-based Joomla! templates

Languages

• English
• Turkish

Version 1.0.18

• Added responsive one-to-four-column support to Media List.
• Added configurable 16:9, 4:3, 1:1 and 21:9 Media List image ratios.
• Preserved the horizontal Media List presentation in one-column mode.
• Added responsive Bootstrap grid behavior for mobile, tablet and desktop screens.
• Registered module assets through Joomla’s extension WebAsset registry.
• Corrected the WebAsset stylesheet URI.
• Fixed oversized Media List images.
• Fixed Media List ignoring the configured column count and image ratio.
• Fixed image-only filtering returning fewer articles than requested.
• Applied image filtering before the database result limit.
• Normalized Joomla! null publication dates in metadata and JSON-LD.
• Improved absolute article and image URLs for subdirectory installations.
• Clarified Atum administrator and Cassiopeia frontend compatibility.