Ghost 0.5.2stable Released Sep 25, 2014
โš ๏ธ Breaking Change Impact Score: 7/10

Ghost: MSR1: 0.5.2

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Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.

Breaking-change evidence from the source

  • This release contains several new features, major bug fixes, updates to the theme API and breaking changes when using Ghost as an npm module. Please read the [release blog post](http://dev.ghost.org/ghost-0-5-2) for more details.
  • Breaking Changes **[Changed]** Ghost no longer starts automatically when [used as an npm module](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/wiki/Using-Ghost-as-an-NPM-module)
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โšก Executive Summary (TL;DR)

Ghost 0.5.2. Source highlight: This release contains several new features, major bug fixes, updates to the theme API and breaking changes when using Ghost as an npm module. Please read the release blog post for more details.

Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)

๐Ÿ’ป Software Engineers & Devs

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๐Ÿ“Š Product & Engineering Leads

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โš™๏ธ DevOps & Security

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โš ๏ธ Breaking Changes & Deprecations (2)

  • This release contains several new features, major bug fixes, updates to the theme API and breaking changes when using Ghost as an npm module. Please read the [release blog post](http://dev.ghost.org/ghost-0-5-2) for more details.
  • Breaking Changes **[Changed]** Ghost no longer starts automatically when [used as an npm module](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/wiki/Using-Ghost-as-an-NPM-module)
๐Ÿ“„ View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
This release contains several new features, major bug fixes, updates to the theme API and breaking changes when using Ghost as an npm module. Please read the [release blog post](http://dev.ghost.org/ghost-0-5-2) for more details. ## Release Highlights **[New]** Admin design refresh **[New]** About Ghost page in settings area **[New]** Post settings menu with meta data & post cover image settings **[New]** Privacy config flags **[New]** Direct mail sends mail without config **[New]** {{is}} helper for themes **[Improved]** Error handling when starting Ghost **[Fixed]** Request entity too large error **[Fixed]** 'Post NOT saved' dialog keeps appearing on Safari **[Fixed]** Author dropdown only shows 15 authors **[Fixed]** Switching between blog and admin can cause blog to lose styling ## Breaking Changes **[Changed]** Ghost no longer starts automatically when [used as an npm module](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/wiki/Using-Ghost-as-an-NPM-module) **[Changed]** Keyboard shortcut for headings is now Ctrl/โŒ˜ + H ## Theme Changes Please see the [theme changelog](http://themes.ghost.org/docs/changelog) for full details of all the changes to the theme API. --- The full [changelog](https://gist.github.com/ErisDS/5c2708e5fdcdf705ea2c) contains a list of all changes.