YOOtheme Pro 5 released

Since 2020 we use YOOtheme Pro for most of our websites. This week YOOtheme Pro 5 was released with core focus on privacy, performance, and dynamic content.

YOOtheme Pro 5 is a major upgrade across privacy, performance, and dynamic content,  including a built-in cookie consent manager, lazy and on-click video loading, powerful date filtering, bidirectional relationships, an improved language switcher, and scroll-driven animations.

New features in YOOtheme Pro:

• built-in cookie consent manager: GDPR/CCPA-compliant without third-party plugins. Category- and service-level consent, flexible banner/modal layouts, placeholders for blocked embeds, WordPress Consent API support, and full design integration.
• lazy & on-click video loading: videos load only when visible or clicked. Works for backgrounds, galleries, and YouTube/Vimeo iframes. Faster pages, fewer requests, better privacy.
• videos as animated images: autoplaying, muted, looping videos across builder elements. Optional hover play, viewport pause/resume, and mixed image/video galleries via dynamic fields.
• date filter for dynamic content: filter by published date or custom date fields. Past, future, relative ranges, full calendar periods, or fixed ranges—ideal for events and schedules without extensions.
• bidirectional relationships: connect content once and load it from both sides (e.g., events ↔ organizers). Supports Joomla workflows and WordPress (ACF) setups.
• multilingual language switcher: integrated menu-style switcher for Joomla and WordPress (Polylang/WPML), with flexible placement and styling.
• new menu element: render menus or taxonomies anywhere in the builder. Sidebar, accordion, dropdown, sticky—control levels and active states.
• layout & design upgrades: scroll-driven background color animations, flexible column height filling, more rounded borders, improved margins/paddings, updated Headline and Subnav options.
• Joomla & WordPress improvements: Joomla adds a file field and search ordering element. WordPress gains more control over archive templates and improved ordering options.
• framework & performance updates: faster PHP core, refactoring for lighter builds, smarter image generation (including modern formats), stable cache URLs, and lazy loading for some source types.
• breaking changes: support for Joomla 3 and 4 removed; developers may need updates due to refactoring and API/path changes.
• bottom line: a big release that reduces plugin dependency, improves privacy and performance, and unlocks better event/date-driven sites with dynamic content. 

YOOtheme support and training 

YOOtheme Pro already offered a lot of possibilities, but version 5 even more. We offer live, hands-on training and support to help you move forward faster with the right structure and approach, make better decisions, and build with more confidence. 

Do you want to work more efficiently with Joomla and YOOtheme Pro, or do you need help with a migration, restructuring, or performance optimization?
Get in touch and schedule a live session. One online session can already make all the difference.