Release | November 12, 2025

django CMS 5.0.5 Released — Bugfix Update for Our LTS Version

We’re happy to announce the release of django CMS 5.0.5, a bugfix release for our long-term support (LTS) version. This update focuses on improving the stability and reliability of multilingual content management and editing workflows.

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🧩 What’s New in 5.0.5

This release addresses several issues reported by users and contributors in recent weeks.

  • Fix: Searching pages for language-specific content failed due to an incorrect search queryset. #8355
  • Fix: Corrected the default value for the edit_fields parameter to prevent AttributeError. #8381
  • Fix: Avoided escaping (stringifying) None values in the PageAttribute template tag. #8384
  • Fix: Resolved a unique constraint violation when copying pages across languages. #8386
  • Fix: Ensured the edit endpoint correctly selects the active language when the admin is not using i18n_patterns. #8390

These fixes improve multilingual editing, content duplication, and page search behaviour — making everyday CMS operations smoother and more predictable.

🔒 LTS Stability and Reliability

Version 5.0 is the current LTS (Long-Term Support) branch of django CMS, designed for production stability and compatibility with Django 4.2 LTS. The 5.0.x releases will continue to receive security and bugfix updates to ensure a dependable foundation for long-term projects.

If you’re running any 5.0.x version, upgrading to 5.0.5 is recommended.

🚀 How to Upgrade

To upgrade your project:

pip install --upgrade django-cms==5.0.5 
python manage.py migrate

After upgrading, test your multilingual page workflows and admin editing endpoints to confirm everything behaves as expected.

📖 Learn More

You can view the full changelog and all pull requests on GitHub.

🔗 django CMS 5.0.5

Release Notes django CMS 5.0.5 is a small but important step toward keeping our LTS release solid, predictable, and production-ready. Thank you for keeping your projects up to date and helping us maintain a healthy ecosystem for django CMS.

Fabian Braun
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Fabian Braun

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