Impact Score: 5/10
Ghost: 5.84.0
Source available — automated, not human-reviewed
Component: ghost · Channel: stable. Automated analysis, not a compatibility certification. How this works.
Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Ghost v5.84.0. Source highlight: ✨ Added beta feature toggle for moving excerpt field into editor (#20341) - Kevin Ansfield
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 beta feature toggle for moving excerpt field into editor (#20341) - Kevin Ansfield
- ✨ Added newsletter design setting to display excerpt as subtitle - Kevin Ansfield
🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (3)
- 🐛 Fixed default sort for the content API posts endpoint with included relations (#20333) - Steve Larson
- 🐛 Fixed Slack integration using member content in excerpt (#20328) - Michael Barrett
- 🐛 Fixed `mailto:` not being recognised in internal-linking search (#20331) - renovate[bot]
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
* ✨ Added beta feature toggle for moving excerpt field into editor (#20341) - Kevin Ansfield
* ✨ Added newsletter design setting to display excerpt as subtitle - Kevin Ansfield
* 🎨 Updated Source to v1.2.3 - Ghost CI
* 🐛 Fixed default sort for the content API posts endpoint with included relations (#20333) - Steve Larson
* 🐛 Fixed Slack integration using member content in excerpt (#20328) - Michael Barrett
* 🐛 Fixed `mailto:` not being recognised in internal-linking search (#20331) - renovate[bot]
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View the changelog for full details: https://github.com/tryghost/ghost/compare/v5.83.0...v5.84.0