ElmapiCMS 4.0 is available today.
This release adds Authentication for your app users, frontend templates for Next.js, Nuxt, and Astro, and content versioning. It also moves the platform to Laravel 13.
See the upgrade guide, pricing, the live demo, and the documentation.
Authentication for app users
4.0 includes Authentication for members, customers, and learners in your apps.
You get:
- Signup, sign-in, refresh, and logout
- Identity JWTs for the signed-in user
- Optional email verification
- User API keys (
uak_…) - Session limits and user suspension in project settings
Read the Authentication docs and the Authentication product page.
Frontend templates
4.0 includes a catalog of frontend templates for Next.js, Nuxt, and Astro.
Examples include agency sites, membership hubs, storefronts, SaaS marketing, restaurants, and docs. Each template pairs with an importable Elmapi project package.
Typical flow:
- Clone the private templates repository (included with your license).
- Copy the template folder that you need.
- In ElmapiCMS, create a project with Import from file and select the template zip.
- Set your API credentials in the frontend env. Then run the app.
Browse demos on the Templates page.
Content versioning
You can save a draft on a published entry without a change to the live API.
- Save as draft keeps edits off the published response.
- Save & Publish creates an immutable publish snapshot.
- You can preview versions, revert, and discard an unpublished draft.
- The API exposes explicit publish and unpublish actions.
The API field name for entry status is now state (draft or published). See the upgrade guide for this change.
Assets, packages, and media
4.0 improves the asset library and project packages:
- Export and import project or collection packages with assets
- Optional direct S3 uploads for large files
- Image optimization (WebP copy), resize, and rotate
- Video and audio preview
- Asset usage across content
Platform updates
- Laravel 13 and an updated AI stack
- Bulk publish and unpublish in the content list
- Stronger webhook delivery and a webhook REST API
- App theme, font, and roundness settings
- MCP setup on the project detail page
The full list is in the changelog.
How to get 4.0
GitHub access: pull the v4.0.0 release (or the latest tag), then follow the upgrade guide.
CodeCanyon: download the new package from your CodeCanyon account. Read For CodeCanyon buyers, then follow the upgrade guide.
Buy: pricing page (shop checkout with GitHub access). CodeCanyon remains available.
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