Shack Article Layouts is Ready for Joomla 4

Shack Article Layouts is Ready for Joomla 4

Shack Article Layouts is now available for Joomla 4 users! You can download Shack Article Layouts version 4.0 and it will work on both Joomla 3 and Joomla 4. This is the 19th extension that we've updated for Joomla 4.

Shack Article Layouts is an extension that can display your Joomla articles in flexible and beautiful layouts. This extension is perfect for creating homepages, or landing pages for blogs, portfolios, testimonials and other content.

You have the freedom to choose how to display your articles, as well as what to display from the articles. You can display images from articles, some or part of the article's content, links and read more buttons included in the article, or authors, dates, and so much more. Additionally, you can pick from several stylish layouts and organize the number of columns and rows to fit your needs.


The main features of Shack Article Layouts


Multiple layout options

Shack Article Layouts comes with 5 design options: default, magazine, wide, blocks and cover. These control the placement and style of your images and content. You can preview the available article layouts by clicking this link.

Shack Article Layouts

Shack Article Layouts

Decide which content to display

Shack Article Layouts has options so you can decide which articles to show, and how to display them. You can select article categories, ordering, quantity, layout and much more.


Display Options

Shack Article Layouts has detailed options for images and text. For example, you can choose which images to show (intro image, full article image, or first image from your article's content). You can also choose how much text to show and where it's pulled from.

Shack Article Layouts

Shack Article Layouts

Custom color support

You can choose a custom color to apply to the read more button and other parts of your layout. This allows you to quickly and easily match your layout to your site's design.


All your articles can use the same height

Shack Article Layouts comes with a "Match height" setting that ensures all your article boxes are the same height, no matter how long the content is for each item.

Shack Article Layouts

Shack Article Layouts

Content plugin support

Shack Article Layouts comes with native content plugin support, which means that it can show anything loaded by plugins on your site: this often includes video, audio and other media files.


About the author

Steve is the CEO of Joomlashack. Originally from the UK, he now lives in Sarasota in the USA. Steve has been involved with Joomla since 2006.