Our latest patch version contains a few important fixes, including one for the Export page (#1703), which broke with our last release (v0.17). It also adds an important new command-line tool for admins to easily clear out accounts in a single mass action (#1705). This is especially useful for instances that were affected by a vulnerability that still allowed account registrations on closed servers…
WriteFreely v0.17 is here, includes some critical security fixes, along with a ton of quality-of-life improvements and fixes for users. Security Fix config.ini defaults to world-readable (by @thebaer, CVE-2025-24337) Fix Cross-User IDOR: Subscriber List Disclosure (by @thebaer, GHSA-cfcq-76gr-62x8) Prevent signups via /auth/signup with closed registrations by @thebaer in #1686 User-Facing Changes…
Major Features WriteFreely v0.16 is finally here, and it brings a ton of improvements, especially for the fediverse! We've also fixed some long-standing issues, like hashtags on instances backed by MySQL 8.0.4+. Fediverse Likes You can now see how many people have "liked" your post from the fediverse! If your blog has federation enabled, readers in the fediverse can "like" your posts, and now they…
User-Facing Changes Fix "subscribed" date not showing in Subscribers list by @elkcityhazard in #883 Ensure "Import posts" always shows in nav bar by @snullp in #878 Fix certain image formats in posts not getting extracted by @tkngaejcpi in #930 Fix Admin and Invite links never showing on Reader nav by @thebaer in #893 Correctly show 404 page on /sitemap.xml on multi-user instances by @thebaer in #…
Major Features Newsletters / subscribe by email (#478) Now readers can subscribe to receive blog posts via email! Connect an email service to enable email subscriptions and automated password resets (#777). Admins can enable this with the new [email] section in their configuration file -- see the documentation for instructions on setting this up. Note: today, WriteFreely only supports Mailgun as a…
v0.14 Major Features Fediverse verification (#771) Verify that your WriteFreely blog on fediverse platforms like Mastodon! Simply go to your blog's Customize page under the Verification section, and enter your fediverse handle or URL. It will place an invisible tag on your blog, so the other platform can verify that the blog is yours. You can also insert a rel="me" link in your blog bio. Contact P…
v0.13.2 User-Facing Changes Fix Gopher collections query (#501) Fix date format in anonymous posts (#503) Use relative URLs for static assets (#505) Fix external user ID recording for Gitea OAuth (#514) Fix blog monetization updates when using SQLite (#495) Ensure link URLs and image alt text don't get included in the slug (T329, #520) Improve keyboard navigation Admin-Facing Changes Fix crash on…
User-Facing Changes Fix title rendering as list item (#470) Remove additional slash in /feed/ redirect Don't include image alt text in post description metadata (#306) Fix SQLite-backed instances locking up (#467) Fix backslashes added to list items in Classic editor (#480) Admin-Facing Changes Return error when generic OAuth provider doesn't return a user ID, and prompt admin to add map_user_id (…
v0.13 Major Features Classic editor (T727) If plain text and Markdown aren't your thing, now you can get a more "classic" writing experience with the Classic editor! This features more of a What You See Is What You Get interface that doesn't require the learning curve of Markdown. However, behind the scenes, posts are still saved as Markdown, so you can always switch between the Classic and standa…
v0.13 Release Candidate 1 This is a WriteFreely v0.13.0 release candidate. It is intended to be stable, but may not be. Please open bug reports for any issues you find, and otherwise contact us via IRC (#writefreely on freenode) if you have any questions. Major Features Classic editor (T727) If plain text and Markdown aren't your thing, now you can get a more "classic" writing experience with the…
v0.12 Major Features ActivityPub Mentions (T627) Enable more interaction with your posts by mentioning users on Mastodon, Pleroma, and other ActivityPub platforms! Users on instances with federation enabled can now insert @handle@their.instance to mention someone. You might use this to write a long response to someone in the fediverse, or even mention your own microblogging account, so that replie…
v0.12 Release Candidate 1 This is a WriteFreely v0.12.0 release candidate. It is intended to be stable, but may not be. Please open bug reports for any issues you find, and otherwise contact us via IRC (#writefreely on freenode) if you have any questions. Major Features ActivityPub Mentions (T627) Enable more interaction with your posts by mentioning users on Mastodon, Pleroma, and other ActivityP…