Changelog

purple is on the move we are constantly working to improve our publishing suite to make it even more valuable to you here is a weekly summary of all the new features, improvements, updates and bug fixes included in the releases deployment schedule purple hub deployments are processed on mondays, every two weeks, alternating between late night (23 00) and early morning (06 30) deployment times, both cest purple content cloud deployments take place every monday between 10am and 11am cest there are no deployments on public holidays in berlin purple changelog deployment on monday, 20 october 2025 purple hub the deployment for the purple hub is planned for monday, 20 october 2025 , at 6 30 cet this release includes multiple enhancements focused on editorial usability, interface consistency, and platform integration general improvements improved profile page we've cleaned up the profile page with the removal of unnecessary fields, making certain info uneditable and the adding of a field displaying the user role there is a link to account where each user can manage their login credentials, as well as a link to the author page to update the author profile article overview improvements we've extended the number of column headers in the post overview that have sorting functionality this enhancement allows editors to quickly organize their content by any column, making it much easier to find and manage articles reduced hub latency we've successfully fixed plugin queries that was causing performance bottlenecks in the hub and should significantly reduce page load and save times miscellaneous bugfixes and ui improvements this release continues our commitment to improving editorial efficiency while maintaining the stability and reliability you expect from purple hub all features have been thoroughly tested and are ready for production use deployment on monday, 29 september 2025 purple hub the deployment for the purple hub is planned for monday, 29 september 2025 , at 6 30 cet this release includes multiple enhancements focused on editorial usability, interface consistency, and platform integration enhanced content import editorial workflow purple wires conditional content mapping for automatic organization automatically organize imported wire content with intelligent field mapping based on source data values set up rules that automatically assign the correct categories, regions, or other taxonomies to articles as they're imported from wire services like sda, dpa, or reuters this powerful enhancement eliminates manual content categorization and ensures consistent organization across your publication, making wire content immediately ready for editorial review show correct urls for articles in the hub the hub now displays proper article urls in the sidebar instead of generic development urls when your site is properly configured with custom domains and url resolvers, you'll see the actual frontend urls where your articles will be published this enhancement makes it easier to verify your published content and share article links with colleagues or stakeholders, streamlining your content review process with one click access to live articles purple analytics we would like to inform you about a small update in purple analytics regarding the way some metrics are labeled in the overview section at the top of your issue dashboard this change was introduced to make the terminology clearer, while the tracking and calculation behind the numbers remain exactly the same what has changed in the overview metrics "avg reading time" → "avg media time" this metric shows the average visit duration for all visits in which the issue was opened it is not limited to the reading time of a single issue, but reflects the overall session time spent across the app/website "visitors" → "visits" the metric reflects the number of visits (sessions) since we do not track any personal data, unique visitors are not available "opens" → "open events" an "open event" counts every instance an issue (or article in read mode) is opened since a single visit may include multiple opens, this number is typically slightly higher than "visits " what stays the same the underlying tracking and calculations have not changed – only the labels have been updated to better describe what the metrics represent we hope this adjustment makes the reporting clearer and avoids possible confusion if you have any questions, feel free to reach out to us directly deployment on monday, 15 september 2025 purple hub enhanced editorial workflow assign articles to dossiers directly from the article editor streamline your editorial process by assigning articles to existing dossiers without leaving the article editor this enhancement eliminates workflow interruptions and makes dossier organization more intuitive during content creation yoast seo filtering in the new post overview filter content by seo score in the new post overview, bringing feature parity with the old overview and enabling better content quality management improved media library validation added asterisk indicators and validation for required fields in the media library ui improvements and bugfixes miscellaneous bugfixes and ui improvements this release continues our commitment to improving editorial efficiency while maintaining the stability and reliability you expect from purple hub all features have been thoroughly tested and are ready for production use purple content cloud and purple manager general miscellaneous bugfixes and improvements deployment on monday, 1 september 2025 purple hub new features & improvements enhanced search relevancy search results in the post overview now display by relevance instead of date by default, making it easier to find the most relevant content when you search for specific terms, the most matching articles appear at the top based on content relevance you can still sort by date by clicking the date column header when needed ui/ux improvements filter sharing share your filtered views with colleagues using the new "share filter" option in the filter menu when you click this option, the current page url with active filters is automatically copied to your clipboard, and a confirmation dialog appears to guide you through the process improved post overview interface updated the post overview table with a cleaner header design and enhanced footer styling the pagination controls now feature improved visual design with better typography and spacing users can now select between 10, 20, or 50 articles per page, and the system remembers your preference for future sessions purple content cloud and purple manager general miscellaneous bugfixes and improvements deployment on monday, 18 august 2025 purple hub new features & improvements character limits for purple blocks configure minimum and maximum character limits for text blocks in purple custom blocks the editor displays current character counts and prevents publishing when limits aren't met, helping editors maintain content standards custom content id system introduce configurable custom id system for articles, allowing sequential integer ids with custom labels and configurable starting points ids are displayed in both editor and post overview with sorting capability purple growth sidebar expansion expand purple growth sidebar functionality to custom post types, making seo optimization tools available beyond standard articles ui/ux improvements sidebar task counter add visual badge counter to tasks menu item in sidebar, displaying the number of active tasks for better task visibility collection management automatically remove depublished or deleted articles from collections, preventing accidental republication of content that should remain offline purple content cloud and purple manager general miscellaneous bugfixes and improvements deployment on monday, 11 august 2025 purple content cloud and purple manager improved team switching for user account in content cloud explorer, it is now possible to click on your name in the menu bar (top left) in order to change which team’s content to display miscellaneous bugfixes and improvements deployment on monday, 4 august 2025 purple hub this release includes multiple enhancements focused on editorial usability, interface consistency, and platform integration new features & improvements filter improvements updated filter interface redesigned filter components with improved date selection (now supports days instead of months) and better visual hierarchy enhanced post table new standardized table design with improved usability and visual consistency shareable filters applied filters are now reflected in the url, allowing users to share and bookmark specific filter views no local storage is used anymore curator publishing improvements the “save” button is renamed to “publish” and all unpublished articles in a collection are published immediately when pressing this publish button a snackbar confirms the number of articles published, there is no longer pop up requiring the user to confirm note for scheduled and already published articles, behavior remains unchanged platform integration msn rss feed option added support for the msn rss format in the feed creation interface users can now select this format and provide additional metadata required for msn syndication, including syndication rights, licenses, and language settings note the msn format will become available after the content cloud deployment monday 4 august at 10 00 cet deployment on monday, 21 july 2025 purple hub this release focuses on accessibility improvements, editorial workflow enhancements, and resolving several user interface issues that improve the overall editing experience in the purple hub new features & improvements accessibility & content quality enhanced image validation added comprehensive validation for alt text and captions in both image blocks and featured images the hub can now validate whether alt text fields are completed during article creation, display warning messages for missing data, and prevent publication until accessibility requirements are met this improvement supports wcag compliance and ensures better editorial quality search & navigation exact title search implemented exact post title search functionality in the post overview users can now wrap search terms in double quotes to find posts with exact title matches, making it easier to locate specific articles when the exact title is known enhanced related articles added publication date display next to article names in the related articles section within article editors this helps editors quickly identify article relevance and age, supporting the editorial guideline to link to current content without needing to open additional tabs post overview enhancements added support for displaying date fields in the new post overview, allowing custom post types with acf date fields to show date information in the overview table feature deprecation link optimizer removal removed link optimizer and generate links buttons from the purple growth sidebar in the gutenberg editor feature previews the following features can be previewed in the demo environment and are scheduled for release in the first half of august ui modernization updated filter interface redesigned filter component with improved date selection (now supports days instead of months) and better visual hierarchy enhanced post table new standardized table design with improved usability and visual consistency deployment on monday, 14 july 2025 purple content cloud and purple manager general miscellaneous bugfixes and improvements deployment on monday, 7 july 2025 purple hub enhanced quote character replacement settings to provide more granular control over how different types of quotation marks are converted this improvement maintains proper typographic distinction, especially important for nested quotations in editorial content deployment on monday, 23 june 2025 purple hub automatic conversion of hyphen and dash in line with the existing feature for automatic replacement of quotation marks, we have introduced a new feature to automatically replace hyphens with em dashes (–) for improved typographic quality punctuation style formatting for post excerpt the punctuation style formatting is now also applied to the post excerpt warning modal when post is already opened in another tab a warning modal now appears when a post is opened in multiple tabs to prevent conflicting edits improved image caption ux the editor now shows which metadata fields are missing for an image and allows direct access to the media library for editing purple content cloud and purple manager general miscellaneous bugfixes and improvements deployment on monday, 10 june 2025 purple hub new features / editorial workflow improvements automated publishing for machine translations streamline your workflows with a new setting that automatically publishes machine translated articles when their source articles are published this enhancement significantly reduces manual intervention and speeds up your multilingual content delivery process enhanced editorial comment preservation oasis workflow editorial comments are now kept for deleted text sections this ensures better collaboration and comment tracking throughout your content creation workflow scheduled content access control enhanced article scheduling capabilities now support changing access levels (such as transitioning from "paid" to "free" content) at predefined times, with automatic republishing when changes occur purple content cloud and purple manager general miscellaneous bugfixes and improvements deployment on monday, 26 may 2025 purple hub enhanced media management improved image upload experience the metadata editor now automatically opens after uploading images, allowing immediate editing of image details this streamlined workflow ensures all metadata can be properly set right from the start, reducing the need for additional steps later enhanced image caption handling the image caption was redesigned to support full width captions, visually distinct styling in a gray textbox, and expanded text input areas for longer captions changes to captions and alt text are now automatically saved to the media library, eliminating the need for manual saving general miscelleanous bugfixes, updates, and general improvements purple content cloud and purple manager api enhancements improved resource versioning the system now properly supports versioning of dynamic resources by forwarding the version parameter in resource urls this ensures that when new dynamic resources are uploaded, caches won't prevent users from seeing the latest version enhanced content sorting options added the ability to sort content by "lastmodified" date in the catalog api, enabling more flexible content organization this is particularly useful for sitemaps and "recently updated" content listings where publication date isn't the most relevant sorting criterion user and subscription management app specific coupon redemption added the ability to limit coupon code redemptions to a specific number of apps coupon types now have a configurable maximum app limit, preventing coupon reuse across multiple apps when the limit is configured general miscellaneous bugfixes and improvements deployment on monday, 19 may 2025 purple content cloud and purple manager security enhancements enforced https redirection for web experience websites implemented automatic redirection from http to https for all web experience domains using cloudfront, improving security posture and preventing mixed content issues http access is preserved only for the letsencrypt certificate validation path to ensure continued support for certificate management maintenance & improvements various bug fixes and performance optimizations routine system maintenance to ensure platform stability deployment on monday, 28 april 2025 purple hub new features mediarss feed support for samsung news added ability to generate mediarss format feeds alongside standard rss 2 0 feeds, enabling integration with samsung news this new format includes enhanced media handling with support for media captions, descriptions and credit information scheduled acf field changes implemented support for scheduling future changes to advanced custom fields content editors can now set specific dates and times for acf field values to automatically update, with changes being published to the content cloud when activated user interface improvements enhanced image metadata display improved the presentation of image metadata in the gutenberg editor with clearer button labels, better text formatting, and improved spacing the redesigned interface makes it easier to view and edit image metadata attributes purple content cloud and purple manager content cloud improvements enhanced caching support added a timestamp tracking system for content cloud changes to improve purple experience caching the system tracks modifications across multiple entity types including content, taxonomies, publications, and app settings bug fixes fixed epaper publishing issue resolved an issue with kafka event processing that prevented epaper issues in very specific edge cases from being published the fix improves message acknowledgment in the content processor to ensure reliable delivery deployment on monday, 15 april 2025 purple hub type feature description improvement 💫 preview articles from post overview we've added a new "open preview" button to the "currently editing" modal that appears when trying to edit an article that's already being edited by someone else this allows editors to view the content without disrupting the current editor's work the preview opens in a new tab, providing a convenient way to check article content without interrupting workflows improvement 💫 breadcrumb navigation we've introduced a new breadcrumb navigation system throughout the hub to improve navigation and usability breadcrumbs appear on post overview pages and settings pages, making it easier to navigate between related sections on post overviews, you can quickly switch between different post types via dropdown, even when the navigation menu is collapsed on settings pages, breadcrumbs help you navigate back to the main settings or switch between related sub pages purple content cloud and purple manager type feature description maintenance 🛠️ manager core system update we've updated the core infrastructure of purple manager, including upgrading to spring boot 3 and implementing a more modern search client this update improves overall system stability and performance while maintaining all existing functionality this is an internal technical update with no visible changes to users maintenance 🛠️ minor maintenance issues deployment on monday, 31 march 2025 purple hub type feature description improvement 💫 new image metadata in editor we're happy to announce that you can now view and edit image metadata directly in the gutenberg editor, without opening the media library editors can see which metadata will be published with images and make changes on the spot this feature allows you to configure which metadata fields display as captions, saving time and ensuring all required information is complete before publishing the feature is available now in your purple hub learn more https //docs purplepublish com/editorial/image metadata in gutenberg editor maintenance 🛠️ minor maintenance issues purple content cloud and purple manager type feature description maintenance 🛠️ keycloak update we will update the service powering our logins/authentication called "keycloak" maintenance 🛠️ minor maintenance issues deployment on monday, 24 march 2025 purple content cloud and purple manager feature description status maintenance 🛠️ minor maintenance issues deployment on monday, 17 march 2025 purple hub feature description status improvement 💫 new hub design we are extremely proud to make the new design of the purple hub available with this change, we introduce a new menu the new design can be switched on by admins and we will introduce this for all customers in the coming weeks stay tuned for a separate product update email improvement 💫 file size limits for uploads manage file sizes and traffic with our new upload limits by file type and hub! control costs by setting specific mb restrictions for images, videos, and audio files in each hub when uploads exceed limits, users receive clear error messages learn more https //docs purplepublish com/editorial/upload limits improvement 💫 responsive view switch in editor we introduce a new button in the article that allows editors to change the width of the article to simulate mobile or tablet views this will make it easier to write for mobile learn more https //docs purplepublish com/editorial/editor device preview maintenance 🛠️ minor maintenance issues deployment on monday, 10 march 2025 purple content cloud and purple manager feature description status minor maintenance issues maintenance 🛠️ deployment on monday, 24 february 2025 purple content cloud and purple manager feature description status minor maintenance issues maintenance 🛠️ deployment on monday, 17 february 2025 purple hub feature description status improvement 💫 rich text revisions view track every change with our new rich text revisions! see exactly what's been added, removed, or modified in your content with clear visual highlights this feature needs to be activated by an admin learn more docs purplepublish com/editorial/revisions maintenance 🛠️ minor maintenance issues purple content cloud and purple manager feature description status minor maintenance issues maintenance 🛠️ deployment on monday, 3 february 2025 purple hub feature description status improvement 💫 scheduled actions you can now schedule multiple actions per article to automate various tasks schedule publishing or unpublishing event, or change free/paid automatically more information can be found here improvement 💫 search in exif fields in media library we extended the search in the media library so it now includes exif fields when performing a search this works for newly uploaded files for old files to work a re index has to be scheduled please contact support if you would like to use this feature maintenance 🛠️ deutsch (schweiz) and deutsch(sie) removed following the release of the improved german interface texts, we learned that some users were set to "deutsch(schweiz)" and "deutsch(sie)" since neither languages are actively supported, we removed them users set to these languages will automatically be switched to "deutsch" following the release purple content cloud and purple manager feature description status minor maintenance issues maintenance 🛠️ deployment on monday, 20 january 2025 purple purple h h ub ub improvement 💫 optimized german language labels in hub we fixed the german language labels in hub, translating english labels that were shown there by mistake more information can be found here purple purple c c ontent cloud ontent cloud and purple manager and purple manager maintenance 🛠️ minor maintenance issues deployment on monday, 6 january 2025 purple purple h h ub ub maintenance 🛠️ minor maintenance issues