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Reader Login API
CMS APIs for reader authentication are now available for headless integrations.
- Login, signup, password management, and profile detail endpoints are all included
- Authenticate readers against your Publive subscriber base from any frontend
See the Reader Login API reference for full parameter details and response examples.Newsletter Flows API
CMS APIs for newsletter subscription flows are now available for headless integrations.
- Subscribe and unsubscribe readers from newsletters via API
- Manage newsletter preferences programmatically from your own frontend
See the Newsletter Flows API reference for full details.Admin password reset
Team admins can now reset passwords for any member directly from the Team Members panel — no action required from the member.AI Suite v2
Several updates to improve AI feature discoverability in the editor.
- The AI sparkle icon now only appears on focused or filled fields, reducing visual clutter
- A nudge tooltip appears after pasting long text into Title, Summary, or Meta fields
- A dismissible card introduces new AI features on first visit to the editor
Newsletter dashboard improvements
Two monitoring improvements for newsletter configuration and deliverability.
- When sending a newsletter to email addresses not on the subscriber list, a warning is now shown before sending. Failed sends are surfaced in the UI instead of failing silently.
- The newsletter analytics dashboard now displays warnings when DMARC and SPF records are not properly configured, helping publishers improve email deliverability.
API users excluded from member listing
API users no longer appear in the member listing on the dashboard and cannot be selected as contributors or in any contributor fields.Pricing and paywall discovery pages — no login required
Pricing and paywall discovery pages are now publicly accessible. Readers no longer need to be signed in to reach them.Bug fixes
- Autosave after scheduling — scheduling a publish date no longer causes subsequent autosave requests to fail with 404 errors.
- Category URL trailing slash — category URLs with a trailing
/ now resolve correctly instead of returning 404 errors.
- Content Distribution pagination — navigating between pages in the Content Distribution section now loads the correct data for each page.
- Video thumbnail and object not restored from version history — restoring a version now correctly restores the video thumbnail and video object fields. Caption was unaffected.
Trending Posts API
The Content Delivery API now includes an endpoint for fetching a publisher’s top-performing posts ranked by page views, powered by Publive analytics.
- Endpoint:
GET https://cds.thepublive.com/publisher/<PUBLISHER_ID>/posts/trending/
duration controls the analytics window: 24h (default), 7d, or 30dtype filters results to a specific post type — Article, Video, Web Story, Gallery, LiveBlog, CustomPage, CustomEntity, or Newsletter- Pagination via
limit (1–50, default 20) and page
- Rankings refresh every 5 minutes; the CDN cache adds up to 5 minutes on top
- Requires Publive analytics tracking to be active on the publisher’s website — returns an empty list if not implemented
See the Trending Posts API reference for full parameter details and response schema.Audit Logging Phase 2
The activity audit trail now covers post-level actions.
- Publish, unpublish, schedule, and delete events are tracked per post
- Publishers using audit logs will see a more complete record of content activity
Three updates to form email notifications.
- New option to include response data in the notification email (off by default)
- View Submission link in the email now goes directly to that submission, not the general submissions page
- Updated subject line:
Publive | You have got a new submission on the form {FORM NAME}
Content Access Policies — Extended Support
Access control policies now cover additional content types.
- System default and partial entity content types are now supported
Autosave Latency Improvements
Autosave is faster across all content types — both opening the edit page and saving.
- Biggest impact on publishers using large relational fields or many repeatable components in a single article
Roles & Permissions Page — Faster Load and Save
The roles and permissions page now opens and saves faster.API Updates
- Component & Dynamic Zone support in CMS APIs — CMS APIs now support component and dynamic zone fields. Integrations that read or write content types using these structures will work end-to-end without workarounds.
- Static file support in CDS APIs — CDS APIs now cover static files including sitemaps, robots.txt, ads.txt, and helper iframes. Publisher websites serving these files via CDS no longer need separate handling or manual workarounds.
Bug fixes
- Relational field search — pressing Enter while searching for a custom entity now commits the top result from the dropdown instead of deselecting existing entries.
Content Access Policies
Roles now include a dedicated Content Permissions tab, replacing the old per-content-type checkbox system with a proper Allow/Deny policy model.
- Define policy rows per content type, action, and field (custom types only)
- Deny always overrides Allow; default is zero access — all access must be explicitly granted
- Available on desktop only; accessible from the Create/Edit Role screen
See the Content Access Policies documentation for full setup details.Change Image Globally
Replace a media asset once from the Media Library and it updates everywhere it is used across all content — no need to edit individual posts.
- Gated by the Manage Media Library permission
- Includes a read-only Version History tab on each media item
- Only available for publishers with Cache Tags enabled
Import/Export Custom Entities
Admins can now export a Custom Entity schema as a JSON file and import it into another publisher — no need to rebuild schemas from scratch.
- Import shows a preview of which schemas will be reused vs. created fresh before applying any changes
- Scoped to users with the Import/Export permission
Publishers can configure forms to automatically send submitters an email copy of their response.
- Toggle available in Form Settings: Send responder a copy of their response
Photogallery Reordering
Items within the photogallery content type can now be reordered from the dashboard.Reader Section CSV Export — All Columns Included
The CSV export from the Reader Section now includes all columns visible in the UI.
- Previously missing columns such as source and segment are now included in the export
Structured Data Enhancements
Several SEO schema improvements ship in this release.
- Liveblog structured data now includes
coverageStartTime and coverageEndTime fields
- Person schema (JSON-LD) is now injected on author pages, dynamically pulling name, designation, bio, image, and social links from the CMS
- AMP and Web Stories pages now correctly pass data layer variables for GA4
Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
Email OTP-based login verification is now available on the Publive dashboard. See Multi-Factor Authentication for setup instructions.
- Enable per-user from Edit Team Member, or enforce MFA globally for all users under a publisher
- OTP is 6-digit, valid for 5 minutes; account locks for 15 minutes after 5 incorrect attempts
- MFA is account-level — if any publisher enforces it, the user must verify on all publishers they belong to
- Note: enabling MFA will immediately sign out all affected users. Users belonging to multiple publishers will be signed out of all their accounts and must log in again via OTP
Enterprise Audit Logs
All key dashboard actions are now logged with the acting user and a timestamp — track who did what and when across your entire workspace.
- Covers content operations, team management, and configuration changes
- The Audit Logs UI is controlled by a feature flag — contact support to enable the view for your publisher
- Backend tracking is active for all publishers from this release regardless of UI access
Schema and Component Duplication
Schemas and components can now be duplicated directly from the Content Type Builder — no need to rebuild them from scratch.
- Duplicate any schema or component and modify it to your needs
CMS APIs for Content Schema Management
REST APIs are now available to programmatically create, update, and manage content schemas with full backend validation.
- Available to existing API users; no new permissions required
Users can now reorder related fields directly from the dashboard.Improved Page Caching Under Load
Pages rebuilding in the background now serve cached content to simultaneous requests instead of all requests hitting origin.
- Reduces redundant load on publisher websites during traffic spikes or cache rebuilds
Bug fixes
- Media Embed field in Custom Entity now correctly shows the current saved value
- Users no longer receive newsletter emails after unsubscribing
- Index Sitemaps
lastmod date no longer incorrectly updates during migration
- CMS form submission API now returns a clear error message when content type is incorrect, instead of a generic 5xx failure
- Custom Entity listing “no result found” issue resolved — data now displays correctly
Category Warning Fix
The category mismatch warning now only appears when there is a genuine mismatch between a category’s mapped content type and the post type being published.
- Previously, the warning fired on every category selection for publishers with no category-to-content-type mappings configured
- No action required — editors will simply stop seeing false warnings during normal content creation
Published Article Editing
The article list now shows a single row per article with a status chip (Unpublished Changes / Scheduled Changes / Pending Approval) instead of a separate draft row alongside the live article.
- A Discard Changes button lets editors reset to the current live version at any point
Advanced SEO for Custom Entities
Admins can now enable the Advanced Properties panel on any Custom Entity type from Content Type settings.
- When enabled, editors see grouped SEO fields: Meta Title, OG Title, OG Description, Meta Description, Canonical URL, Select Schema
- A new Manage SEO permission column controls access per role
API Developer Hub
Publishers can now generate a secure API Key and Secret directly from the dashboard.
- One key pair per publisher
- Generation restricted to Owner and Admin roles
Bulk Role Update
Select multiple members on the Team Members page and update all their roles in one action.Audit Logging
All create, update, publish, and delete actions in the dashboard are now logged with the acting user and timestamp. See Enterprise Audit Logs for details.Ad Slot Management Improvements
Several improvements to how ad positions and slots are managed.
- Position types are now split into System Position (read-only, managed internally) and Custom Position (editable)
- All slots within a position can be disabled from the position’s slots listing page
- Device and page type fields are now mandatory when creating new positions
- A position remains active even when all its slots are inactive
Bug fixes
- Author page bios now truncate with a Read More button instead of displaying the full text; links inside bios are now clickable
- Custom Entity form pages returning a 404 on the website — fixed
- Users assigned a role with specific entity access were seeing no entities at all — fixed
- Most recent story appearing twice on an author’s page on mobile — fixed
- No logout option after login on T5 template — fixed
Post Component Duplication
Editors can now duplicate sections within a post — such as accordion components — making it faster to create content with repeated structures.Rich Text in Web Story and Gallery Descriptions
Web stories and gallery descriptions now support a light rich-text editor, allowing basic text formatting.
- For Web Stories, this feature must be enabled from Settings
Author Description Enhancements
Author bios now support richer content and significantly longer text.
- Character limit increased from 500 to 5,000 characters
- Rich-text editor added for basic formatting
Websites can now configure how many posts are displayed per page on listing pages such as category pages.
- Does not apply to the homepage
Increased File Upload Limits
The system now supports larger file uploads submitted through website forms.
