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Release notes: Book & Press platform (2026)
Notes on the live releases to the Ubiquity book and press platform are listed below, including bug fixes, new features, and enhancements to existing functionality. Bug fixes specific to individual installations are not listed. The dates given are for the end of the development sprint cycle, not the exact date that the release was completed.
Release notes for other years can be found on our central Release Notes page.
See our Release notes: Journal platform for similar updates on our journal platform.
27th January 2026
| ID | Bug/ Feature/ Enhancement | Title | Description |
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PLAT-2550, PLAT-2548 & PLAT-2547 |
New feature | Press: Articles now in Semantic Search |
The AI Semantic Search will now also surface results for articles from journals associated with the publisher. See https://www.ubiquitypress.com/search?type=semantic&q= for an example. The Semantic search will, by default, search for results from both journals and books. The user can then refine the search by filtering to only show results from one format rather than both. Article thumbnail images have also been added so that their visual identity is retained. A refinement of the Semantic search results was also conducted to ensure that the most relevant results are surfaced above others. This work complements the addition of semantic search on each individual journal site. |
| PLAT-2556 | New feature | Press: Background colour to Wrapper block |
The Press CMS 'Wrapper' block now includes a field to set the background colour for that section of the page. This allows a page on the press website to appear more unique and colourful, removing the requirement that all pages have the same background colour. As each page may have multiple Wrapper blocks, a page may also have multiple blocks of colour on the page. See CMS guidelines for more information |
| PLAT-2545 | New Feature | Press: BISAC and Thema codes now searchable |
The BISAC and Thema codes on a book publication page have been updated so that:
The Advanced Search on the press site has also been updated so that BISAC and Thema are identifiable Fields to choose, allowing readers the ability to target specific research topics. |
| PLAT-2542 | Enhancement | Press: Nested tables |
The press CMS now supports nesting tables within existing cells. For example, the column block may contain tables or additional columns within the cell. This feature enhances the capability to customize the page design. This enhancement allows for a greater degree of customization in page layout. |
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PLAT-2543 & PLAT-2553 |
Bug fix | Press: padding between content | The press websites were occasionally not respecting the padding that had been entered between content, with text overlapping images. This has been fixed. |
| PLAT-2523 | Bug fix | Press: Advanced search date selection | A bug was discovered that was limiting the functionality of the date selection options on the advanced search. This has been fixed. |
13th January 2026
| ID | Bug/ Feature/ Enhancement | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLAT-2534 | Enhancement | Press: Table of Content block improvement | The Table of Contents requires an 'ID' within the HTML to anchor to. Previously these IDs needed to be manually added but they are now created automatically so that the Table of Contents block can be quickly added to any custom page. |
| PLAT-2528 | Bug fix | Press: Videos not streaming | Some videos were failing to stream from the Videos block. The iframe used to display the videos has been updated so that streaming now works as expected. |
| PLAT-2524 | Enhancement | Press: Plausible 'Event name' integration | A number of the press CMS blocks now include fields to add specific integration with Plausible so that enhanced site usage can be tracked, allowing for greater insight into how readers are using the site. If you would like advise on how to increase the data within Plausible, please speak to your account manager. |