This is the official changelog for the VK Community Chat Widget by IWS. We regularly improve compatibility, security, and usability. All updates are tested and fully documented.
Last update: September 8, 2025.
Developer: Alexander — author of all IWS extensions.
v1.1.3 — September 8, 2025
- The module’s performance has been optimized.
- Translation files have been updated.
- The link to the module’s official documentation has been changed.
- The link to the module’s update history has been changed.
v1.1.2 — July 12, 2025
- Optimized operation of the module.
- Removed the tab in the module settings “IWS.BY”.
- Optimized module name in all translations.
- Released version of the module for Joomla 6.
v1.1.1 — September 20, 2024
- Optimized operation of the module.
- The link to the module page has been changed in the files.
- The description of fields in the module settings has been removed. Field descriptions are now available on the official documentation page.
- “IWS.BY” tab has been added to the module settings, the page of which shows all extensions for Joomla from IWS.BY.
- The notification in the module settings is divided into two parts. The first part contains a link to the documentation. The second part contains Email support service.
- VK OpenAPI version has been updated.
- The link to the update history has been changed.
- Handling of some functions has been moved to Helper.
- Changed link to documentation.
- For Joomla 4 and Joomla 5 on versions PHP 8.0 and higher removed found errors and warnings.
v1.1.0 — July 27, 2023
- Module performance optimized.
- The Joomla 5 version of the module has been moved to a separate branch. Now the Joomla 5 version has its own separate repository for updates. This step is necessary for proper operation with Joomla 5.
v1.0.7 — January 3, 2022
- Optimized the work of the module.
- Changes have been made to the chat script that interacts with the VK API.
- Changes have been made to translations.
v1.0.6 — March 18, 2022
- Optimized module operation.
- Removed the “About module” tab from the module settings.
- Changed some values in the options when installing the module.
v1.0.5 — November 7, 2021
- The module has been optimised.
- Completed the file format with extension translations required for Joomla.
v1.0.4 — October 11, 2021
Joomla 3
- Optimise the operation of the module.
Joomla 4
- Optimised module according to Joomla 4 developer documentation.
- Added system changelog when updating.
- Added check for hash sums when the extension is updated.
v1.0.3 — September 5, 2021
- Optimise the operation of the module.
- The interface in the module settings has been optimised.
- Corrected the links to the instructions.
- The version of the public VK API has been updated to version 169.
- The module branch for Joomla 4 is separated from the version for Joomla 3 for better functionality and optimised interface.
v1.0.2 — February 22, 2021
- Optimise the operation of the module.
v1.0.1 — May 26, 2020
- Optimized module operation.
- The version of the public VK API has been changed to version 168.
- Changes in the module’s Russian and English translation files.
- A field has been added to enter a licence key, which is given when downloading from the IWS.BY website.
v1.0.0 — January 1, 2020 Official release
First stable version of the module.
Update prepared by: Alexander, IWS developer
Every change is tested and security-reviewed.
If you have a question — contact me directly: support@iws.by