Publive DXP changelog

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Improvements

• Smart Link matching — Smart Link matching is now case-sensitive, so common words are no longer misidentified as brand names. For example, “boAt” and “boat” are now treated as separate entities.

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Bug fixes

• Web Story editor: content pasting — fixed reordering in the Web Story editor unexpectedly changing slide content, order, or converting text to headings.
• Newsletter delivery: recreated posts — fixed newsletter delivery failing when a post was deleted and recreated with the same slug.

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Google Discover Headline

• It holds the same value as the old OG Title field. Existing headlines carry over automatically, so nothing is lost.
• It controls only the headline shown when your content appears in Google Discover, not your page’s Title or Meta Title.

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Improvements

• Duplicate meta keywords — meta keywords now stay clean through every article update and republish.
• Form acknowledgement emails — acknowledgement emails now show clear, readable field labels.
• Analytics — the dashboard Insights link now takes you straight to the new analytics dashboard.
• Author profile mail icon — every author profile now has a mail icon, so readers can reach any author directly.
• Form permissions — added view, create, manage permissions for form schema and submission.

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Bug fixes

• Heading hierarchy — semantic heading structure (H1, H2, H3) across homepage, section, tag, and author pages is now consistent, which improves SEO and accessibility.

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Cache Tags — Smarter Cache Clearing

• Faster, more consistent page loads — even right after publishing or making sitewide changes
• No action required — already live on your website

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Activity Log: Form Filter Restored

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AI Tag Suggestion

• Click the AI icon inside the Tags field to scan the post’s content and get suggestions
• The dropdown opens with an AI Suggests section (matched tags from your library) above the full Other Tags browsable list
• Click any suggested tag to apply it — manual search and new tag creation remain fully available
• A Refresh icon appears after suggestions load; it becomes active once any other field autosaves, letting writers re-scan updated content
• If the post has too little content, or no close matches exist in the library, an inline message explains why and the full tag library stays browsable

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Newsletter: Usage limit notifications

• A usage bar on the Newsletter Analytics page shows sends used vs. the monthly limit, color-coded by threshold (green → amber → orange → red)
• The platform sends automated email alerts to Owner and Publisher Admin roles when usage crosses 50%, 75%, 90%, and 100% of the monthly limit
• The send screen displays the usage bar for editors once the 50% threshold is crossed

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Forms management APIs

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Version History: Component-level restore

• A checkbox beside each component title lets you select and restore that component.
• The existing Restore Version (full entry restore) remains available and unaffected.

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Content Rules Engine

• Rules support multiple fields with AND/OR logic and a configurable scoring priority — reorder rules by drag and drop
• Each rule optionally blocks publishing when the rule is not met
• Each rule supports a custom message shown to editors on failure
• Rules can be enabled or disabled individually and imported/exported as JSON for reuse across content types or sister sites
• Editors see rules applied live in priority order as they write; the content quality score updates in real time

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Forms: Increased media upload size limit

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Content Type Builder: Default values in relational fields

• The default must be a published post of the selected content type
• The option is disabled when no content type is selected

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Content Type Builder: Relative URL support in URL field

• Existing fields default to Both with no breaking change

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Drop invalid header fields

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Reader Login API

• Login, signup, password management, and profile detail endpoints are all included
• Authenticate readers against your Publive subscriber base from any frontend

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Newsletter Flows API

• Subscribe and unsubscribe readers from newsletters via API
• Manage newsletter preferences programmatically from your own frontend

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Admin password reset

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AI Suite v2

• 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

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Newsletter dashboard improvements

• 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.

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API users excluded from member listing

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Pricing and paywall discovery pages — no login required

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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.

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Trending Posts API

• Endpoint: GET https://cds.thepublive.com/publisher/<PUBLISHER_ID>/posts/analytics/trending/
• duration controls the analytics window: 24h (default), 7d, or 30d
• type 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

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Audit Logging Phase 2

• Publish, unpublish, schedule, and delete events are tracked per post
• Publishers using audit logs will see a more complete record of content activity

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Form Submission Email Improvements

• 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}

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Content Access Policies — Extended Support

• System default and partial entity content types are now supported

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Autosave Latency Improvements

• Biggest impact on publishers using large relational fields or many repeatable components in a single article

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Roles & Permissions Page — Faster Load and Save

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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.

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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.

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Content Access Policies

• 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

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Change Image Globally

• 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

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Import/Export Custom Entities

• 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

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Send Copy of Form Responses to Submitter

• Toggle available in Form Settings: Send responder a copy of their response

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Photogallery Reordering

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Reader Section CSV Export — All Columns Included

• Previously missing columns such as source and segment are now included in the export

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Structured Data Enhancements

• 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

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Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

• 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

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Enterprise Audit Logs

• 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

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Schema and Component Duplication

• Duplicate any schema or component and modify it to your needs

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CMS APIs for Content Schema Management

• Available to existing API users; no new permissions required

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Reordering Related Fields

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Improved Page Caching Under Load

• Reduces redundant load on publisher websites during traffic spikes or cache rebuilds

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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

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Category Warning Fix

• 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

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Published Article Editing

• A Discard Changes button lets editors reset to the current live version at any point

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Advanced SEO for Custom Entities

• 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

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API Developer Hub

• One key pair per publisher
• Generation restricted to Owner and Admin roles

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Bulk Role Update

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Audit Logging

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Ad Slot Management Improvements

• 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

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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

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Post Component Duplication

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Rich Text in Web Story and Gallery Descriptions

• For Web Stories, this feature must be enabled from Settings

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Author Description Enhancements

• Character limit increased from 500 to 5,000 characters
• Rich-text editor added for basic formatting

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Custom Pagination for Post Listing Pages

• Does not apply to the homepage

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Increased File Upload Limits