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Smart Media Manager

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
This Component Requires:
  1. Joomla 5-6
  2. YOOtheme 4-5
  3. PHP 8.1+
  4. DE, EN

1.0

April 01, 2026
  • Stable
    first Release

1.0.1

April 07, 2026
  • UPDATE

    Image cropping function added to the Joomla article editor