Latest News Enhanced is an enhanced version of the latest news module included in Joomla.
Published in the Joomla Extensions Directory (JED)
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Last reviewed Jul 22, 2023. Add your own review!
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Going pro with Latest News Enhanced Pro
Upgrade to the extended version 'Latest News Enhanced Pro' for more styles, calendars, support for social media, animations, blog views, lazy loading of images and so much more!
Upgrading to the commercial version will keep all of your module instances settings intact and will unlock the remaining functionality of the module.
Free vs Pro
| Features | FreeGo free | ProGo pro |
|---|---|---|
| better for showing items in a simple way | tons of options to apply animations, complex layouts, additional data and menu item views | |
| choose between Joomla articles or K2 items | Yes | Yes |
| add data sources other than articles or K2 items (like newsfeeds) | No | Yes |
| show related items only | Yes | Yes related to contact related to Community Builder user profile |
| preview unauthorized items | No | Yes |
| show X items starting at position Y | Yes | Yes |
| filter items by category, tags, keywords, authors, dates (including custom fields), Hot custom fields | Yes | Yes |
| order by article date, article title, article popularity, category, author or randomly | Yes | Yes |
| Hot replace title and/or text with custom field data (Joomla 3.7+) | No | Yes |
| layout styles | Original (default) Original (Modern) | Original (default) Original (Modern) Full Width Overlap + additional downloads |
| color schemes | 5 | unlimited |
| leading items | No | Yes |
| show elements | image from content, calendar | image from content, calendar, image from intro, full or K2 image, author, K2 avatar, Hot Joomla 3.7 custom fields of type media or calendar, Hot K2 extra field of type image or date, Hot in-house custom field of type SYW Icon, Hot third-party custom fields of type video |
| limit the image search to the intro text | No | Yes |
| link to | item item in modal window | item, item in modal window, inline items, item links A, B or C, Hot Joomla 3.7 custom field of type url, Hot K2 extra field of type link |
| show categories | first, last and before title positions | first, last, before title and over picture positions |
| categories links | Joomla contact category view | Joomla contact category view extension's blog view |
| GIF, JPG, PNG, WebP and Avif image support | Yes | Yes |
| create high-definition images for devices with high pixel ratio (like retina screens) | No | Yes |
| lazy load images | No | Yes |
| use calendar style | Original (default) | Original (default) Simple Sided Complex Sided Rainbow + additional downloads |
| limit or show whole text with or without html formatting | Yes | Yes |
| show item information | 5 possible fields among hits rating author date time category keywords read more | 9 possible fields (unlimited in Joomla 3.8+ !) among hits rating author date time category keywords tags selected tags links A, B and/or C read more social media share JComments, K2 comments count Hot + K2 extra fields Hot + Joomla 3.7+ custom fields Hot + fields available through additional plugins Hot + add your own |
| information icons | Default icons only | Icon picker |
| override information layouts | No | Yes |
| restrict access to information | No | Yes |
| social media shares | No | Facebook Mix Telegram Hot add your own |
| pagination | Yes | Yes + pagination at module title level |
| filter content: categories / tags / authors / period / Hot custom fields | No | Yes in blog views |
| animations | No | Yes Scroll Cover Fade + additional downloads |
| pictures and header caching | Yes | Yes |
Hot plugin Related News in Article | No | Yes |
| Hot Extend the module through plugins | No | Yes add your own information types and data sources (like Newsfeeds) |
| Hot Create blog views (menu item instances) with infinite-like scrolling | No | Yes |
| Hot Create list views (menu item instances) for a table-like layout | No | Yes |
| Search and category, tag, author index in blog views | No | Yes |
 Bootstrap compatibility | 2, 3, 4 and 5 | 2, 3, 4 and 5 |
| updates | Yes | Yes |
| report issues | Yes | Yes |
| forum support | read-only no post unless you own a valid basic membership | read/post |
| email support | No unless you own a valid basic membership | Yes |
| Features | Go free | Go pro |
