# What would you like to see on Ghost v5?

**URL:** <https://forum.ghost.org/t/what-would-you-like-to-see-on-ghost-v5/29531>\
**Category:** Using Ghost\
**Created:** [April 12, 2022, 10:51am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/what-would-you-like-to-see-on-ghost-v5/29531 "2022-04-12T10:51:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![BruceInLouisville](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/bruceinlouisville/32/40997_2.png) [@BruceInLouisville](https://forum.ghost.org/u/BruceInLouisville)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2022, 5:39pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/what-would-you-like-to-see-on-ghost-v5/29531/22 "2022-05-03T17:39:55Z")

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No, I don’t use Pro. It’s because I have regular contributors who are not “on staff,” and won’t be. I’ve been using fake emails from Google to be able to add those contributors to “staff” so they get an author block, but it’s definitely a gigantic kludge.

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**Author:** ![mjw](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/mjw/32/30781_2.png) [@mjw](https://forum.ghost.org/u/mjw)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2022, 5:52pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/what-would-you-like-to-see-on-ghost-v5/29531/23 "2022-05-03T17:52:24Z")

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Thanks for the clarification, @BruceInLouisville. I do something similar for my pre-Ghost guest posts, but use a single email address with plus addressing, e.g., [myblog+guestname@gmail.com](mailto:myblog+guestname@gmail.com).

However, for new guest posts I use the contributor role, which seems to work well. The author can submit copy, but that’s all.

I’m uncertain why you think either is a kludge or problem; all my quest authors have their own bio attached to their post(s.)

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**Author:** ![BruceInLouisville](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/bruceinlouisville/32/40997_2.png) [@BruceInLouisville](https://forum.ghost.org/u/BruceInLouisville)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2022, 8:19pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/what-would-you-like-to-see-on-ghost-v5/29531/24 "2022-05-04T20:19:20Z")

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I sometimes cross-post content from elsewhere (with permission, of course). On Wordpress I could set those sources up as an author using the plugin, as I described. So, I had author cards for numerous other publications.

On Ghost, the only way I can do that is to go into Google Workspace and add a fake email for that particular source, such as “kentuckyhealthnews@forwardky.com,” pointing to [Bruce@ForwardKY.com](mailto:Bruce@ForwardKY.com). Then, add that fake email as a staff member, send a staff invite to that fake email (which comes to me), confirm it, then set up the author card for that source.

No one is submitting content via that email; I am grabbing the content from the other source.

For a one-off source, using the “Guest Author” staff label is okay. However, for sources we get content from regularly (such as Kentucky Health News), I want to properly identify them, including web address, logo, description, and so on.

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**Author:** ![derekb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b782af/32.png) [@derekb](https://forum.ghost.org/u/derekb)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2022, 12:53am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/what-would-you-like-to-see-on-ghost-v5/29531/25 "2022-05-08T00:53:59Z")

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Users being able to opt-in / opt-out of individual types of content (probably via labels/tags).

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**Author:** ![Paul2](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/paul2/32/24156_2.png) [@Paul2](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Paul2)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2022, 7:31am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/what-would-you-like-to-see-on-ghost-v5/29531/26 "2022-05-10T07:31:35Z")

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Would like to see:

- 2FA
- Ability to send a customizable newsletter

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**Author:** ![themeix](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/themeix/32/4472_2.png) [@themeix](https://forum.ghost.org/u/themeix)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2022, 6:56am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/what-would-you-like-to-see-on-ghost-v5/29531/27 "2022-05-11T06:56:46Z")

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- Custom Field for posts
- Custom settings type ( Edior / HTML )

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**Author:** ![Paul2](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/paul2/32/24156_2.png) [@Paul2](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Paul2)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2022, 9:19am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/what-would-you-like-to-see-on-ghost-v5/29531/28 "2022-05-11T09:19:40Z")

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I would like to see some basic analytics without using third party analytics tools for example:

- How many website hits
- Popular posts etc

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**Author:** ![csgeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@csgeek](https://forum.ghost.org/u/csgeek)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2022, 1:01am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/what-would-you-like-to-see-on-ghost-v5/29531/29 "2022-05-28T01:01:18Z")

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My big wants:

- media library
- better native support for AWS and gcp would be nice.
- a better ACL to allow a better permissioning model.
- SSO would be great as well.
- custom reusable cards and snippets. Especially more advanced elements similar to react components maybe?

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**Author:** ![agam](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/agam/32/16469_2.png) [@agam](https://forum.ghost.org/u/agam)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2022, 10:14pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/what-would-you-like-to-see-on-ghost-v5/29531/32 "2022-10-13T22:14:18Z")

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Create a webp version of images upon uploading them, so the image isn’t too heavy for a page load. Currently, I do this manually via image optimizers.

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**Author:** ![agam](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/agam/32/16469_2.png) [@agam](https://forum.ghost.org/u/agam)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2022, 10:16pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/what-would-you-like-to-see-on-ghost-v5/29531/33 "2022-10-13T22:16:10Z")

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I Would also add:

- Captcha
- Ad slots for sponsors
- Import export including DB locations and open rates
- CTA in the middle of a post

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**Author:** ![John](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/john/32/29288_2.png) [@John](https://forum.ghost.org/u/John)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 5:38pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/what-would-you-like-to-see-on-ghost-v5/29531/34 "2022-10-14T17:38:04Z")

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Ghost 5.0 was released over 6 months ago, so I’m closing this topic now - thank you everyone for your ideas and contributions!

> **[Ghost 5.0](https://ghost.org/changelog/5/)**
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> The next generation of powerful technology for independent publishers.

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**Author:** ![John](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/john/32/29288_2.png) [@John](https://forum.ghost.org/u/John)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 5:38pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/what-would-you-like-to-see-on-ghost-v5/29531/35 "2022-10-14T17:38:08Z")

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Closed on October 14, 2022, 5:38pm UTC



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