EmDash: a full-stack serverless JavaScript CMS built on Astro. It combines the features of a traditional CMS with modern security.
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Nine days after 1.2, EmDash 1.3 is out!
Every saved version now shows exactly what changed, and your live site gets the admin's editing tools.
One switch also asks AI crawlers not to train on your content.
Here's what's new.
ALT EmDash 1.3 release card. In the centre, the EmDash logo and "EmDash 1.3" sit above "Readable revision history and a better inline editor". Two ribbons of fine lines in the logo's purple to orange gradient, flecked with small dashes, sweep in from the top right and bottom left. The corners read "New release, October 15, 2026" and "87 changes, 16 community contributors".
WordPress imports bring much more across, from permalinks and server-rendered blocks to Advanced Custom Fields.
And Contributors can now edit their own drafts.
ALT Card titled "Better WordPress imports", listing four changes. Links keep their paths, dynamic blocks are kept as HTML blocks, Advanced Custom Fields values come across, and bot challenges are explained.
That's a wrap on EmDash 1.3.
87 changes went into it, from 16 community contributors and the core team. Thanks, everyone!
Upgrade with one command.
npx upgrade-emdash@latest
The full release notes are on the blog.
emdashcms.com/blog/emdash-1-…
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@EmDashCMS - Say hello to Dashing! The free (forever) iOS companion app for EmDash. apps.apple.com/us/app/dashin…
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Two days after @EmDashCMS 1.0, Paul from @WPTutz said installing it was NOT a good experience.
13 hours later the fix was merged. 21 hours later it shipped in 1.1.0.
I wrote up the whole story and why feedback like his matters 🧵 📷theweeklydash.com/emdash-fee…
Open plugin registries have a hard problem: anyone can publish, but not everything should be discoverable.
Here’s how EmDash uses @cloudflare's new Clef model to screen every listing without giving up open publishing: emdashcms.com/blog/how-emdas…
Five days after 1.1, EmDash 1.2 is here!
A redesigned editor, video blocks, numbered pages, domain moves and one-command upgrades.
Here's what's new.
EmDash is steadier on Cloudflare Workers. Background writes now finish after the response, cron stays under the Free plan's CPU limit, and bulk tagging works on D1.
That's EmDash 1.2, with 100 merged pull requests from 21 community contributors and the core team. To upgrade, run:
npx upgrade-emdash@latest
Full release notes on the blog.
emdashcms.com/blog/emdash-1-…
Thanks, everyone 🫡
