Route 66 PRO

Version 2.2.0 Stable

Joomla 6.x Joomla! 5.3 Joomla! 5.4

Released on: Wednesday, 15 October 2025
Maturity Stable
Released on Wednesday, 15 October 2025

Release notes

  • Version 2.0 – Major Release  🎉
  • A ton of new features. Make sure to check the Route 66 extension page for more information.
  • Added: Support for Gemini AI models — expand your AI options effortlessly.
  • Fixed: Installation issues when updating from v1 PRO to v2 free.
  • Fixed: Upgrade problems that could break sites if the update was incomplete.

View files

Version 2.1.0 Stable

Joomla! 5.3

Released on: Monday, 29 September 2025
Maturity Stable
Released on Monday, 29 September 2025

Release notes

  • Version 2.0 – Major Release  🎉
  • A ton of new features. Make sure to check the Route 66 extension page for more information.
  • Added: Support for new AI models: GPT-5, GPT-5 Mini and GPT-5 Nano.
  • Added: Compatibility with Joomla 6.
  • Changed: Increased Open Graph and X (Twitter) title limits to 90 characters.
  • Fixed: Compatibility issues with Cloudflare Rocket Loader.
  • Fixed: Typewriter effect not working on certain server setups.
  • Fixed: CSS Optimizer failing to load some fonts in specific case.
  • Fixed: Incorrect metadata display in search preview due to menu item detection issues.
  • Fixed: Inconsistent SEO scores between article view and crawled pages view — crawled pages analysis now uses the component view only, instead of the full page markup.

View files

Version 2.0.5 Stable

Joomla! 5.3

Released on: Monday, 01 September 2025
Maturity Stable
Released on Monday, 01 September 2025

Release notes

  • Version 2.0 – Major Release  🎉
  • A ton of new features. Make sure to check the Route 66 extension page for more information.
  • Fixed: Sitemaps not working when the HikaShop integration plugin was enabled. The issue was caused by loading the HikaShop helper too early.
  • Fixed: Template selection issue in YooTheme when Route 66 was installed.
  • Fixed: Crawler not running on certain web server setups (mainly LiteSpeed).
  • Fixed: Editing AI Tools in non-English backends.
  • Fixed: Encoding issues with AI Tools results in Chrome/Edge.
  • Changed: Increased character limits for Open Graph and X (Twitter) metadata.
  • Changed: Import from previous version now also imports Joomla core images as Open Graph images.

View files

Version 2.0.4 Stable

Joomla! 5.3

Released on: Wednesday, 13 August 2025
Maturity Stable
Released on Wednesday, 13 August 2025

Release notes

  • Version 2.0 – Major Release  🎉
  • A ton of new features. Make sure to check the Route 66 extension page for more information.
  • Fixed: Sitemaps not working when the HikaShop integration plugin was enabled. The issue was caused by loading the HikaShop helper too early.
  • Fixed: HTML lang attribute always being set to "en-gb" when the HikaShop integration plugin was enabled. This was also due to loading the HikaShop helper too early.
  • Changed: SEO issue reporting is now skipped for error pages (non-200 responses). Error pages can no longer be opened directly.

View files

Version 2.0.3 Stable

Joomla! 5.3

Released on: Monday, 11 August 2025
Maturity Stable
Released on Monday, 11 August 2025

Release notes

  • Version 2.0 – Major Release  🎉
  • A ton of new features. Make sure to check the Route 66 extension page for more information.
  • Fixed: Some users could not update due to incorrect database schema set by Joomla.

View files

Version 2.0.2 Stable

Joomla! 5.3

Released on: Saturday, 09 August 2025
Maturity Stable
Released on Saturday, 09 August 2025

Release notes

  • Version 2.0 – Major Release  🎉
  • A ton of new features. Make sure to check the Route 66 extension page for more information.
  • Changed: Increased the minimum required PHP version to 8.2. Stop installation on unsupported environments.
  • Fixed: SEO analysis for crawled pages now includes images in its evaluation.

View files

Version 2.0.1 Stable

Joomla! 5.3

Released on: Saturday, 09 August 2025
Maturity Stable
Released on Saturday, 09 August 2025

Release notes

  • Version 2.0 – Major Release  🎉 - Tons of new features: https://www.firecoders.com/joomla-extensions/route-66 
  • Fixed: Sitemap Index view not displaying correctly.
  • Fixed: Error preventing creation of new articles after updating to the latest version.
  • Changed: Increased threshold for “Large Page” issue detection to 450 KB.
  • Fixed: Filtering issue in the Crawled Pages list.

View files

Version 2.0.0 Stable

Joomla! 5.3

Released on: Friday, 08 August 2025
Maturity Stable
Released on Friday, 08 August 2025

Release notes

  • Version 2.0 – Major Release  🎉
  • AI Tools for metadata and content generation. Integrations with OpenAI and Anthropic.
  • Advanced SEO Crawler. Crawl your website to detect common SEO issues — like missing titles, duplicate meta descriptions, or slow-loading pages.
  • Powerful Metadata Editing. View and edit metadata from the crawled pages or directly in extensions forms (where supported).
  • SEO & Readability Analysis by Yoast. Run analysis from the crawled pages or directly in extensions forms (where supported).
  • Custom SEF URLs. Use URL patterns to define custom URLs for supported extensions.
  • XML Sitemaps. Create XML sitemaps using Joomla content and third-party extensions sources (where supported).
  • Performance Optimizations. Speed up your Joomla site and achieve higher scores on Google PageSpeed Insights and Lighthouse.
  • Edit robots.txt . Edit robots.txt file directly from Joomla backend.
  • A ton of other small features. Make sure to check the Route 66 extension page for more information.
  • Requires Joomla 5.3 or later.

View files

Version 1.12.0 Stable

Joomla! 3.x Joomla! 4.x Joomla! 5.x

Released on: Tuesday, 29 April 2025
Maturity Stable
Released on Tuesday, 29 April 2025

Release notes

  • Readability Analysis. Introduced readability analysis powered by the Yoast engine to help you optimize content for better clarity and engagement.
  • Sitemap Support for Eshop. Added support for Eshop component in XML sitemaps (products only).
  • YOOtheme Builder Compatibility. Resolved compatibility issues with YOOtheme page builder.
  • Improved Video Facades Handling. Video markup is now correctly wrapped in a tag when using video facades, enhancing fallback behavior for users with JavaScript disabled.
  • FontAwesome and Icon Font Fixes. Fixed issues with FontAwesome and potentially other icon font libraries when CSS optimization is enabled.
  • Other Improvements. Various minor fixes and performance enhancements throughout the extension.

 

View files

Version 1.11.2 Stable

Joomla! 3.x Joomla! 4.x Joomla! 5.x

Released on: Wednesday, 19 February 2025
Maturity Stable
Released on Wednesday, 19 February 2025

Release notes

  • Virtuemart 4.4.4 compatibility: Fixed "Call to undefined function virtuemartBuildRoute()" error when using Virtuemart 4.4.4 or later.

View files

Version 1.11.1 Stable

Joomla! 3.x Joomla! 4.x Joomla! 5.x

Released on: Wednesday, 22 January 2025
Maturity Stable
Released on Wednesday, 22 January 2025

Release notes

View files

Version 1.11.0 Stable

Joomla! 3.x Joomla! 4.x Joomla! 5.x

Released on: Wednesday, 15 January 2025
Maturity Stable
Released on Wednesday, 15 January 2025

Release notes

  • Basic JoomCCK integration (URLs and sitemaps for records in PRO version only).
  • Fixed: Clean media manager value when using in OG Image from intro or full text images.
  • Fixed: Current language detection when "Remove URL Language Code" is set to "Yes" in "System - Language Filter" plugin

View files

Version 1.10.0 Stable

Joomla! 3.x Joomla! 4.x Joomla! 5.x

Released on: Monday, 18 November 2024
Maturity Stable
Released on Monday, 18 November 2024

Release notes

  • Joomla 5 native support. Route 66 now works under Joomla 5 without the compatibility plugin.
  • Improved route detection when multiple rules are matching.
  • Fixed Virtuemart integration error.
  • Skip CSS optimization for shadow DOM elements.
  • Experimental support for SEO Analysis tool for FlexiContent (when used with Joomla articles).
  • Clean media manager value when using in OG Image.
  • Several other minor fixes and performance improvements.

View files

Version 1.9.12 Stable

Joomla! 3.x Joomla! 4.x Joomla! 5.x

Released on: Thursday, 27 June 2024
Maturity Stable
Released on Thursday, 27 June 2024

Release notes

View files

Version 1.9.11 Stable

Joomla! 3.x Joomla! 4.x Joomla! 5.x

Released on: Wednesday, 19 June 2024
Maturity Stable
Released on Wednesday, 19 June 2024

Release notes

  • Fix issue with URL patterns when a tag and an article have the same alias
  • Improvements for multi-language sites
  • Fix trailing slash in menus under J4/J5
  • Fixed: Route 66 is breaking the Joomla API endpoints
  • Fixed: URL Patterns not saved under Joomla 5.1
  • Fixed: administrator preview button
  • Several minor fixes and improvements

View files

Version 1.9.10 Stable

Joomla! 3.x Joomla! 4.x

Released on: Monday, 24 April 2023
Maturity Stable
Released on Monday, 24 April 2023

Release notes

  • Fix Tags links under Joomla 4.3
  • Fix backend generated links that have menu items
  • Fix deprecated code under PHP 8.2
  • Fix preview button in article form when SEO widget is enabled

View files

Version 1.9.9 Stable

Joomla! 3.x Joomla! 4.x

Released on: Tuesday, 21 March 2023
Maturity Stable
Released on Tuesday, 21 March 2023

Release notes

  • Fixed: Routing issues under Joomla 4.

View files

Version 1.9.8 Stable

Joomla! 3.x Joomla! 4.x

Released on: Friday, 17 March 2023
Maturity Stable
Released on Friday, 17 March 2023

Release notes

  • Updated Yoast SEO engine to latest version 20.1.
  • Fixed: Routing issues when there is no valid page match.
  • Fixed: Routing issues when categoryPath token is used.
  • Fixed: Trailing slash functionality was broken under Joomla 4.
  • Fixed: PageSpeed Optimization was adding both async and defer attributes.
  • Fixed: Virtuemart 4 support (work in progress).
  • Fixed: Itemid issues under Joomla 4.2.1 or later.
  • Several other minor fixes and improvements.

View files

Version 1.9.7 Stable

Joomla! 3.x Joomla! 4.x

Released on: Tuesday, 19 July 2022
Maturity Stable
Released on Tuesday, 19 July 2022

Release notes

  • Fixed: Category path token was not working as expected under some setups.
  • Fixed: Pagination issue in search results.
  • Fixed: URL suffix was not working under Joomla 4.
  • Several other minor fixes.

View files

Version 1.9.6 Stable

Joomla! 3.x Joomla! 4.x

Released on: Thursday, 02 June 2022
Maturity Stable
Released on Thursday, 02 June 2022

Release notes

  • Fixed: Conflict with JSitemap (Call to undefined method Joomla\CMS\Application\AdministratorApplication::getLanguageFilter()).
  • Fixed: PHP notices for sites that have language filter enabled but are not configured properly.
  • Fixed: Routing issues for multi-language sites when remove prefix is enabled.

View files

Page 1 of 3

Useful links

Joomla extensions

Copyright © 2016 - 2025 Firecoders - All Rights Reserved.
Firecoders is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Joomla! Project or Open Source Matters. The Joomla! name and logo is used under a limited license granted by Open Source Matters, the trademark holder in the United States and other countries.
Firecoders
Are you using our extensions? Please post a review at the Joomla extensions directory!
Post a review