5.130.0

TL;DR

Ghost v5.130.0 brings several UI improvements and bug fixes, including a new "contains" operator for the match helper, enhanced meta schema support for multiple authors, and fixes for email rendering issues in newsletters. The release also addresses UI bugs in the admin interface, particularly with staff profiles and tag filtering on the pages screen.

Highlight of the Release

• Added ~ contains operator support to the match helper for more flexible string comparisons in themes
• Enhanced meta schema to include contributors for posts with multiple authors
• Fixed email rendering issues for lists in newsletters, particularly in Outlook
• Improved UI for staff profile access and page filtering

Migration Guide

No migration steps are required for this release. The changes are backward compatible and should work seamlessly with existing installations.

Upgrade Recommendations

This release contains several important bug fixes and enhancements that improve the user experience, particularly for newsletter creators and administrators managing large teams.

We recommend upgrading to v5.130.0 at your earliest convenience, especially if you:

• Use newsletters with CTA cards or formatted lists
• Have a large number of staff members
• Develop custom themes and would benefit from the new match helper functionality
• Publish multi-author content and care about proper schema metadata

Bug Fixes

Email Rendering Fixes

• Fixed missing bullets/numbers on lists in older Outlook versions: Addressed rendering issues that caused bullets and numbered lists to disappear in older versions of Outlook.

• Fixed white lists in CTA cards with dark backgrounds: Resolved an issue where lists in CTA cards would display incorrectly when newsletters had dark backgrounds. The fix ensures proper color inheritance for list elements within CTA cards.

Admin UI Fixes

• Fixed loading of staff profiles: Resolved an issue where staff profiles couldn't be accessed from the edit screen when there were more than 100 staff members. The fix replaces the recursive page loading approach with a direct API fetch by slug.

• Fixed empty tags filter dropdown on pages list screen: Addressed a bug where the tags filter dropdown was empty on the pages list screen by adding missing parameters to the <PostsList::ContentFilter> component in the pages template.

New Features

New Match Helper Operator

The match helper now supports the ~ "contains" operator, allowing theme developers to check if a string contains another string. This provides more flexibility when working with dynamic content in themes.

{{#match slug "~" "2025"}}
  <!-- This will render if the slug contains "2025" -->
{{/match}}

Enhanced Meta Schema

Posts with multiple authors now include additional authors in the contributor field of the schema metadata. This improvement ensures better SEO and proper attribution for collaborative content, and can be validated using the Schema.org validator.

Security Updates

No security fixes were mentioned in this release.

Performance Improvements

No specific performance improvements were highlighted in this release.

Impact Summary

Ghost v5.130.0 delivers quality-of-life improvements for both developers and content creators. The new contains operator for the match helper gives theme developers more flexibility in template logic, while the enhanced meta schema improves SEO for multi-author content.

Several important bug fixes address email rendering issues in newsletters, particularly for lists in Outlook and CTA cards with dark backgrounds. These fixes ensure that newsletters display correctly across email clients, maintaining the professional appearance of your content.

Admin users will benefit from UI improvements, including fixes for accessing staff profiles in larger organizations and properly filtering pages by tags. These changes enhance the usability of the Ghost admin interface for teams of all sizes.

Full Release Notes