Problems after December 2025 update - with wifi, ranger, graphics

No - it does not.

It is Plasma’s support for X11 which will be removed. Various projects for xorg still exist.

As your system runs an AMD APU - the sway is a viable alternative - as I read it - a drop-in replacement for i3.

And sway runs well on Manjaro GitHub - manjaro-sway/manjaro-sway: manjaro linux with wayland 🖼, sway 🌴 and a lot of ♥ - even a community edition https://manjaro-sway.download

Sway do not support running on Nvidia. It may be possible - but unsupported by the developers.

Nvidia users

All proprietary graphics drivers are not officially supported, including the Nvidia proprietary driver. The open source Nouveau driver can be used instead. Do not ask questions regarding the Nvidia proprietary driver here. If you have a choice of hardware, keep open source support in mind!
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