Impact Score: 5/10
Ghost 2.8.0 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact
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Component: ghost · Channel: stable. Automated analysis, not a compatibility certification. How this works.
Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Ghost 2.8.0. Source highlight: **This release contains a database migration to support future functionality.
Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)
💻 Software Engineers & Devs
Check the source notes against the package and APIs you use before upgrading.
📊 Product & Engineering Leads
Use the documented changes to assess relevance to your product; release frequency alone is not a quality measure.
⚙️ DevOps & Security
Verify the target version, runtime requirements and rollback procedure in the official documentation.
✨ New Features & Capabilities (2)
- ✨ Added drag-n-drop re-ordering of images within gallery cards (TryGhost/Ghost-Admin#1073)
- 🐛 Added CORS support to the v2 Content API (TryGhost/Ghost#10257)
🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (2)
- 🐛 Fixed all known filter limitations (TryGhost/Ghost#10159)
- 🐛 Fixed ability to submit invite form with a missing role (TryGhost/Ghost-Admin#1080)
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
**This release contains a database migration to support future functionality.
Furthermore, we've replaced our filter plugin. If you encounter any unexpected behaviour with filtering data, please raise an issue.**
* ✨ Added drag-n-drop re-ordering of images within gallery cards (TryGhost/Ghost-Admin#1073)
* 🐛 Added CORS support to the v2 Content API (TryGhost/Ghost#10257)
* 🐛 Fixed all known filter limitations (TryGhost/Ghost#10159)
* 🐛 Fixed ability to submit invite form with a missing role (TryGhost/Ghost-Admin#1080)
You can see the [full change log](https://gist.github.com/37deef9d37a1de5fd09d0a3be8abf920) for the details of every change included in this release.