Smart Media Manager is a Joomla 5 system plugin that replaces the default media manager popup with a fast, modern interface — without replacing Joomla's own media component.

Key Features:

• Dark-mode crop modal with aspect ratio presets (Free, 1:1, 4:3, 3:2, 16:9, 2:3, 3:4, 9:16), rotate, flip, and quality slider with live KB estimate
• Backup & Restore — originals are backed up before overwriting, restorable with one click
• Proportional output scaling — set only width or height, the other is calculated automatically
• Thumbnail lazy loading with skeleton shimmer effect, S/M/L size switcher
• Folder tree with drag-resizable sidebar, create/delete folders, rename files
• Upload zone always visible — drag & drop or click to upload
• Hidden folders — configurable per role (excluding Super Admin, or for all users)
• AcyMailing integration — SMM replaces AcyMailing's media picker automatically; configure one or multiple dedicated folders so newsletter editors only see relevant images
• Crop button directly in the Joomla article editor — no need to open the media manager
• YOOtheme Pro Builder integration — crop badge on thumbnail images in the Builder
• Super Admin always sees all folders regardless of hidden folder settings
• Multilingual — German and English included