Changelog

What's new in TubeCMS. Features, improvements, and fixes.

30 April 2026

Help Centre, Pro Analytics, Media Kit & Pro SEO

New Features

  • Public Help Centre at help.tubecms.app — 26 articles with subcategory grouping, prev/next nav, click-to-enlarge image lightbox, view counts, real-time analytics, and auto-generated llms.txt / llms-full.txt so AI assistants can answer questions about TubeCMS.
  • Media Kit — A multi-platform sponsor page combining your YouTube, TikTok and Instagram stats with a brand pitch layer, custom avatar upload, link-in-bio toggle, and one-click PDF export. Five themes (Clean, Bold, Playful, Elegant, Minimal) and three animation styles (Dynamic, Subtle, None). Pro
  • User Flow analytics — D3.js Sankey diagram showing exactly how visitors move through your site. Pro
  • Deeper engagement metrics — Bounce rate, pages/session, time-on-page, referrer quality, and UTM campaign tracking on the dashboard and real-time view. Pro
  • Per-page SEO overrides — Custom title and meta description on every page, with video and blog templates and content variables. Pro
  • Technical SEO controls — Per-page noindex/nofollow, advanced robots directives, and richer robots.txt.
  • Auto llms.txt & llms-full.txt — Tenant sites generate both files automatically so LLMs index your content cleanly. Pro
  • Auto YouTube Chapter schema — Clip and SeekToAction schema generated automatically from your video chapters for richer search results.
  • IndexNow expansion — New videos submitted via WebSub, blog posts on publish and update, and all enabled pages submitted on first site go-live.
  • Crawler endpoint stats — See which bots hit robots.txt, sitemap.xml, llms.txt and friends, with named bot detection.
  • Change your slug — Rename your *.tubecms.app subdomain with a 30-day cooldown; the old slug auto-redirects.
  • Bing Webmaster Tools verification — Verify ownership directly from settings.

Improved Improvements

  • Settings reworked — Two-column layout across Display, Integrations, SEO, Analytics, Subscribers and Site tabs, with standardised save buttons on every card.
  • RSS & privacy now Free — Moved into the Site tab and unlocked on every plan.
  • Blog create flow — Separate Save Draft / Publish buttons, with a linked-video dropdown.
  • Settings nav restructure — Email subscriber toggle, renamed tabs, Custom Domain → Domain.
  • Smarter bot detection — Recognises HTTP-library bots (Java, Python, Go, curl, wget, axios, Guzzle), GoogleOther, Google Inspection Tool and Flipboard.
  • Suspended account UX — Clearer messaging and self-service paths.
  • Breadcrumb navigation on integration pages.
  • Disallow: /cdn-cgi/ in robots.txt across all subdomains.
  • Maintenance page — "Powered by TubeCMS" tagline, switched to noindex, follow.

Fixed Bug Fixes

  • Fixed subscriber verification email using wrong host on custom domains
  • Fixed on.tubecms.app 404 caching breaking custom domain requests
  • Fixed bio link double-delete concurrency error
  • Fixed misleading suspended-site message
  • Fixed W3C validation errors in tenant markup
  • Fixed inline email templates missing table row structure
29 March 2026

Homepage Builder, New Integrations & AI Blog Posts

New Features

  • Drag-and-drop homepage builder — Modular block-based homepage with a live preview. Drag blocks from a palette, reorder sections, and build side-by-side layouts — no code needed.
  • AI blog posts from video transcripts — Turn any YouTube video into a blog post with one click. Powered by Claude AI, with monthly usage limits per plan. Starter+
  • New blog editor — Rebuilt with TipTap. Drag-to-resize images, alt text, text wrapping, sizing presets (full, half, third), sticky toolbar, and a video side panel to embed YouTube videos without leaving the editor.
  • Instagram integration — Connect your Instagram account to display your posts on your site with background auto-sync. (Pending Meta verification.)
  • TikTok integration — Connect TikTok to sync and display your videos alongside YouTube content.
  • Etsy merch integration — Connect your Etsy shop to sell products on your merch page.
  • Shopify merch integration — Connect your Shopify store to display and filter products on your merch page.
  • Ko-fi & Buy Me a Coffee — Add a floating support button themed to your site’s colours, plus a homepage section.
  • Subscribe section on homepage — Let visitors subscribe to email notifications directly from your homepage.
  • Horizontal scroll carousels — Any homepage section can switch to a scrollable carousel layout.
  • Featured merch — Star products to pin them to the top of your homepage merch section.
  • Blog section on homepage — Show your latest posts on your homepage with configurable grid columns.
  • Contact form designs — Choose from four styles: Classic and Card on all plans, Split and Minimal on Starter+
  • About page templates — Five structured layouts: Classic and Profile on all plans, Story, Split, and Cards on Starter+
  • Banner drag-to-crop — Drag to reposition your banner image and set the focal point.

Improved Improvements

  • Redesigned admin panel — New colour scheme, dark slate sidebar, flyout navigation, and a Ctrl+K command palette to jump to any page.
  • Integrations page — Manage all connected services (YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Fourthwall, Shopify, Etsy) from one place.
  • Custom domains moved to Starter — Previously Pro-only, custom domains are now available from Starter (£2.99/mo).
  • Blog opened to Free plan — All plans now include the blog — 3 posts on Free.
  • Custom domain SEO — 301 redirects from subdomain to custom domain, correct canonical URLs, OG tags, and schema markup.
  • Click-to-load video embeds — YouTube embeds load on click instead of on page load, improving page speed.
  • Faster page loads — Responsive banner variants (960w, 1440w, 2560w) with srcset, smaller blog thumbnails, and preloaded hero images.
  • Improved Quick Setup guide — Redesigned guided setup with live previews for blog posts, social feeds, banner cropping, and logo sizing.
  • Display names & email change — Users can now set a display name and update their email address.

Fixed Bug Fixes

  • Fixed image crop/resize not being applied to WebP and GIF uploads
  • Fixed contact form text invisible on dark themes
  • Fixed video play button not working on video and hero embeds
  • Fixed OAuth connect/disconnect failing on custom domains
  • Fixed privacy policy showing wrong URL on custom domains
27 February 2026

Templates, Subscriber Notifications & YouTube Signup

New Features

  • 8 site templates — Choose from Classic, Showcase, Starter, Bold, Clean, Cinematic, Vibrant, or Magazine. Each has its own nav, hero, card, and footer style.
  • 15 colour presets — Pick a preset or customise every colour. Starter+
  • Subscriber email notifications — Your subscribers get emailed the moment you upload a new video or go live on YouTube. Early views signal the algorithm to push your content further. Starter+
  • Blog & email newsletter — Publish posts with a full Markdown editor and build an email subscriber list. Send posts directly to subscribers — no Mailchimp or Substack needed. Starter+
  • Live stream page — A dedicated /live page that auto-detects when you go live on YouTube. Stream embed, live chat, and a pulsing red badge in your navbar — zero effort. Starter+
  • Sign up with YouTube — One-click signup via Google OAuth. Your channel name, avatar, banner, and videos are pulled in automatically.
  • Announcement bar — A dismissable banner across the top of your site. Pin a message, link to a video, and track clicks.
  • "Use YouTube Banner" button — Import your YouTube channel banner as your site's hero image with one click.
  • Link-in-bio website link — A "Visit My Website" link is auto-added to your /links page so bio traffic flows to your full site.
  • Ko-fi social link — Added Ko-fi as a social link platform option.
  • FAQ "start expanded" option — Choose whether your FAQ accordion starts open or closed.
  • IndexNow integration — Your site automatically pings Bing, Yandex, DuckDuckGo, and Seznam when you go live, so search engines discover you faster.
  • Sitemap & robots.txt on by default — New sites get these enabled automatically for better search engine visibility.

Improved Improvements

  • Site guide reworked — Full guided setup as a modal overlay with live previews for every step. Walks you through all your site settings.
  • Setup wizard — Smoother flow with loading states, YouTube banner in the theme preview, and smarter email verification.
  • Merch moved to Free plan — Fourthwall merch store integration is now available on all plans, including Free.
  • Custom colours moved to Starter — Previously Pro-only, now available from Starter (£2.99/mo).
  • Instant video sync — Videos sync the moment you upload to YouTube via WebSub push notifications. No more polling delays.
  • Better analytics — Scroll depth tracking with daily/weekly/monthly tabs and improved bounce rate calculation.
  • Privacy-friendly subscriber emails — Creator email addresses are hidden from subscribers. TubeCMS handles delivery as data controller.

Fixed Bug Fixes

  • Fixed hero banner bleeding on sides for some templates
  • Fixed text editors appearing blank until clicked
  • Fixed subscriber count not showing when social links are disabled
  • Fixed billing and setup wizard being blocked on Edge/Chrome
  • Fixed RSS feed MIME types and deleted posts appearing in feeds
  • Fixed template not applying on first page load