Read First

Be sure to read the Upgrade Guide first as manual changes may be necessary. You can also read the Statamic 5 Launch Announcement blog post to learn about many of the new features in depth!

What's new

• Laravel 11 support
• Sites can be managed in the control panel.
• Approved sites may use offline license validation.
• Laravel Reverb support
• Ability to fake SQL queries for the Stache.
• Ability to install first-party addons using install:eloquent-driver, install:ssg, and install:collaboration commands.
• The "default" values set on blueprint fields is now used across the board rather than only in the publish form.
• Glide URLs now always contain the original filename for better SEO.
• The Glide "hash" in its URLs can be customized.
• Addon test suite is included as part of the make:addon command.
• New syntax for escaping Antlers inside tag parameters.
• Ability for forms to have temporary files used as email attachments.
• Added pluck to the query builder.
• Form submissions have been upgraded to a full repository and query builder.
• The form submission listing in the control panel can be filtered.
• Entries etc are now JSON-serialized where appropriate.
• The GraphQL editor in the control panel (GraphiQL) has been updated and given a facelift.
• Tokens can be stored elsewhere, like a database.

What's improved

• A ton of performance improvements.
• Really, a lot of them. One bullet point isn't enough.
• Commands have received a fresh coat of paint using Laravel Prompts.
• Entry status is now queried more appropriately.
• Slug generation in the Control Panel is smarter.
• Slugs and handles are validated more appropriately.
• Blueprint and fieldset YAML files are easier to read. Unnecessary options are stripped out, and Bard/Replicator/Grid sets/fields keys are pushed to the end.
• SVG tags are sanitized by default.
• Improved error reporting when you have recursive fieldsets.
• Ignition suggestions have returned to exception messages.
• A bunch of under the hood code modernization and clean up.

What's changed

• Dropped support for Laravel 9 and PHP 8.0.
• There are a number of breaking changes. Consult the 5.0 upgrade guide.