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JCE Pro - Joomla WYSIWYG Editor v2.9.99.9
= 2.9.99.9
08 July 2026
- Fixed an issue where RPC requests were blocked by Cloudflare OWASP managed rules and Imunify WAF as false-positives.
- Fixed an issue where file and folder names containing apostrophes and other valid URL characters were incorrectly rejected for file listing.
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JCE Pro - Joomla WYSIWYG Editor v2.9.99
2.9.99
11 February 2026
Added
PRO A Template Items Limit option has been added to the Template Manager parameters, allowing you to control how many items are shown in the Template Items list (default: 25; set to 0 for no limit).
Added support for the <q> quotation element in the Reference plugin tools. You can now apply a <q> element (with an optional cite attribute) to selected text using the “” toolbar button, located between Citation and Abbreviation.
Added parameter options for the Autosave plugin.
Changed
Replaced the MobileDetect library with a lightweight internal device detection class for Editor Profile loading, resolving deprecated warnings under PHP 8.4.
Fixed
PRO Media inserted via the URL field in the Media Manager Quick Embed drop-down was not being properly processed before being inserted into the editor.
PRO Inserting iframe code that includes a reponsive container <div> using the Media Manager Embed Code dropdown will now retain the responsive container.
PRO Dailymotion embed code that already used a valid embed URL was being incorrectly processed.
PRO Improved HTML parsing for Template Manager inserts.
PRO Improved handling of <style> and <script> tags in Template Manager inserts, preventing unintended paragraph splitting.
Fixed an issue where repeatable attribute processing caused custom data-* attributes to be assigned to the wrong fields or not assigned at all
Some code elements, eg: shortcode, script, style etc. were splitting their container paragraph when converted to a Code Block.
Attribute options in the Image Manager and Image Manager Extended dialogs are now correctly shown when enabled. Previously, options that had been disabled could remain hidden even after being re-enabled.
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JCE Pro - Joomla WYSIWYG Editor v2.9.98
= JCE Editor PRO 2.9.98 (27 January 2026)
Added: The Image Manager Basic Dialog now includes an Upload button in the URL text box if the Allow Upload parameter is enabled in the Image Manager parameters.
It is now possible to hide the Classes list in Image Manager dialogs (including the Basic Dialog) by setting the Show Classes List parameter to No.
JCE Pro - Joomla WYSIWYG Editor v2.9.96
13 November 2025
Fixed
PRO The File Directory Path field in the Link parameters was not rendering correctly.
PRO Boolean attributes were incorrectly added when updating an <audio> element.
PRO Context (component option, eg: com_content) was not passed through correctly for converted Media Fields.
Ignore www and protocol in Sandbox URL Exlusion values.
Minor fix for Font Awesome 2.0 javascript error.
The default "Home" itemid was not being removed from Article and Category links created in the Link dialog.
Improve validation of Supported Media in Media parameteres and allow for protocol relative urls in Custom URL values
Filter Startup Content HTML parameter value on saving and remove encoding on display
Some repeatable parameters, eg: Supported Media Custom URL were not rendered correctly
Fixed an issue with profile assignment when profiles are assigned to specific components.
Astroid framework compiled stylesheets were not loaded in the correct order.
The Preview tab was not showing correct Columns formatting in Joomla 6
Comma seperated mediatype values in custom fields was not correctly processed resulting in some file types not being displayed in the File Browser.
Renaming a file when using the Allow Root Access option with Directory Filters would produce an error.
Resolving restricted folder paths outside of the root path would create invalid path values.
JCE Pro v2.9.95 - Joomla WYSIWYG Editor
2.9.95
15 October 2025
Changed
PRO Removed EXIF data from target thumbnail images when creating thumbnails during upload or using the Create Thumbnail tools. This prevents incorrect image rotation caused by EXIF rotation data.
PRO The Upload option in the Template Manager parameters is now disabled by default.
PRO The Create Template option in the Template Manager parameters is now disabled by default.
PRO Improved Template Manager file and content validation during upload and save operations.
Added support for overriding the default root folder (e.g. images) via custom filesystem plugins.
Refactored the System – JCE plugin and removed the Updates tab from the Preferences screen in Joomla 4+.
The Download / Subscription Key can now only be set via System → Updates → Update Sites in Joomla 4, 5, and 6.
Removed the Behaviour – Backward Compatibility 6 plugin check on install in Joomla 6.
The Backward Compatibility 6 plugin in Joomla 6 is no longer required.
Fixed
PRO Template List items are now sorted alphabetically.
PRO Saving a new template in the Template Manager would previously save to an invalid path.
PRO Opening the Microdata dialog would show an error alert and leave fields disabled.
PRO Clicking the Reload button on the Size or Date fields in the File Manager dialog could generate invalid values and cause the dialog to jump.
Some Key / Value pair parameters were being saved with invalid values.
Plugins now only inherit the parent File Directory Path if they use the same filesystem and Allow Root Access is disabled.
Certain plugin filesystem parameters (e.g. Allow Root Access) were still applied even when Filesystem was set to Inherit. These are now correctly ignored under inheritance.
Opening a folder with a name containing a colon) would incorrectly load the root directory instead of the selected subfolder — this now resolves correctly.
The File Browser could not be accessed when the current editor profile was assigned to specific components.
Uploading an image using the Upload button in a JCE Media Field would show an “Upload Failed: The target directory does not exist” error message.
Setting Allow Paste As HTML to No in the Clipboard Parameters now correctly forces a plain-text paste for all paste operations (Paste dialog, CTRL + V, Drag & Drop).
Fixed several Joomla 6 compatibility issues.
JCE Pro v2.9.94 - Joomla WYSIWYG Editor
v2.9.94
24 September 2025
Changed
Fixed
- Normalized YouTube video URL start parameter to the start=x syntax required for iframe embeds.
- JCE Media Fields now use a custom preview to prevent large files from being loaded if the mime type is invalid or incorrectly reported.
- PRO Saving an image from a field in the Images & Links tab after processing in the Image Editor would produce an error in some instances.
- PRO Restored Tag and Bracket Matching in the Code Editor, which had been disabled in 2.9.91 while fixing PHP syntax highlighting.
- PRO Creating a Popup in the Image Manager Extended and using the Use Associated Thumbnail prompt would create an incorrect path to the thumbnail.
- PRO Improved Image Options layout in the Upload dialog on smaller screen sizes.
- Selecting and inserting a folder item would not show the correct relative folder path in the target field.
- Formatting could not be applied to multiple selected Table cells in the same column.
- onWfFileSystemBeforeGetPathVariables event not passing variables correctly.
- Inserting an image saved from the Image Editor could insert a blank value in the JCE Media Field.
- onWfFileSystemGetRootDir event — now fires for each File Directory Path item, passing the $path and $label variables.
- Deselecting Restricted Directories when the Allow Root Access option is enabled in the File Directory Path would have not effect.
- An empty item in the File Directory Path would default to "images" even if another non-empty item was set.
- Fixed some PHP errors related to Custom Queries and deprecation warnings.
- Restored the title attribute on menu items in the editor toolbar.
- The JCE Media Field would show an error when used in Editor Profiles.
- Some empty elements, such as Font Awesome <i> icons or <span> tags with class/ARIA attributes, were incorrectly removed when saving in the Code Editor or when pasting content into the editor.
- Pasting or inserting block elements (e.g. paragraphs) into an existing paragraph would incorrectly split the paragraph instead of merging them.
- The editor wouldn't load correctly if the Doctype option was set to HTML4
- Corrected child element schema so that elements like <details>, <figure>, etc. accept valid flow content in addition to their specific child elements.
JCE Pro v2.9.89 - Joomla WYSIWYG Editor
v2.9.89
16 July 2025
Added
Changed
- Support for crossorigin, elementtiming, fetchpriority, and referrerpolicy attributes on the <img> element.
Fixed
- Alias values are no longer added to links created by the Link dialog—in content, weblinks, and contacts—by default.
- It was not possible to select non-editable elements.
- Pressing Enter at the end of a non-editable element would move the cursor before the element instead of creating a new line.
- Contrast correction of “Format” and “Styles” list items.
- Update Visual Blocks styling to improve display with some elements.
JCE Pro - Joomla WYSIWYG Editor v2.9.88
v2.9.88
19 June 2025
Added
Fixed
- Added a backward compatability layer for the File Directory Path for upcoming enhancements to be added in JCE Pro 2.9.90
- PRO Bracket Matching was no longer working in the Code Editor.
- PRO Increased the size of the Replacement Values fields in the Template Manager parameters.
- Allow script urls, eg: href="javascript:" if the Allow Scripts option is enabled.
- Pressing Enter when at the end of a link would not exit the link, creating a linebreak inside the link.
- Attempting to Rename a file or folder when using Directory Filters would produce an error.
- Drag & drop of content within the editor in Chromium based browsers would add unnecessary <span> tags.
- Boolean attributes were unnecessarily reordered to appear at the end of the tag.
JCE Pro v2.9.86
v2.9.86 - 23 May 2025
Added
Fixed
- PRO Added Custom Classes to Captions.
- PRO The Captions dialog would produce an error / become unuseable when opened
- Update Boolean checkbox in Custom Attributes parameter field on initialisation when Name and Value are equal.
- Remove disabled state on input fields when creating a new Custom Attribute option.
- Fix layout of Attributes in the Advanced tab of the Link dialog.