⚠️ Breaking Change
Impact Score: 7/10
Ghost 0.8.0 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact
Source available — automated, not human-reviewed
Component: ghost · Channel: stable. Automated analysis, not a compatibility certification. How this works.
Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
Breaking-change evidence from the source
Note:** this release contains breaking changes to the Theme API, please read the [release blog post](http://dev.ghost.org/ghost-0-8-0) for more details.
- **[Changed]** theme API **breaking changes** - [see here](https://dev.ghost.org/get-your-theme-ready-for-0-8-0/) for the details
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Ghost 0.8.0. Source highlight: **Note:** this release contains breaking changes to the Theme API, please read the release blog post for more details.
Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)
💻 Software Engineers & Devs
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📊 Product & Engineering Leads
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⚙️ DevOps & Security
Verify the target version, runtime requirements and rollback procedure in the official documentation.
⚠️ Breaking Changes & Deprecations (2)
- Note:** this release contains breaking changes to the Theme API, please read the [release blog post](http://dev.ghost.org/ghost-0-8-0) for more details.
- - **[Changed]** theme API **breaking changes** - [see here](https://dev.ghost.org/get-your-theme-ready-for-0-8-0/) for the details
✨ New Features & Capabilities (1)
- **[New]** Twitter & Facebook support - add your social profiles to your blog and users, get a meta data boost
⚡ Performance & Enhancements (1)
- **[Changed]** Image uploader - improved editor performance and a smoother upload experience
🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (1)
- **[Fixed]** Errors in JSON-LD structured data output on blog posts & author pages
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
**Note:** this release contains breaking changes to the Theme API, please read the [release blog post](http://dev.ghost.org/ghost-0-8-0) for more details.
## Highlights
- **[New]** Subscribers (Beta) - enable in labs to collect email addresses from your blog
- **[New]** Slack integration - notify a slack channel whenever a new blog post is published
- **[New]** Twitter & Facebook support - add your social profiles to your blog and users, get a meta data boost
- **[New]** HTTP2 Preload headers - get super speed with CloudFlare
- **[Changed]** Image uploader - improved editor performance and a smoother upload experience
- **[Changed]** theme API **breaking changes** - [see here](https://dev.ghost.org/get-your-theme-ready-for-0-8-0/) for the details
- **[Fixed]** Errors in JSON-LD structured data output on blog posts & author pages
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The full [change log](https://gist.github.com/ErisDS/9adeb395d3e8caec192622270600c8b1) contains a list of all changes.