Release notes

A record of all notable changes made to KnowledgeOwl since March 15, 2017.
You can also view our roadmap to see some of our largest upcoming projects.

Popeye the Sailor Man Day bugfixes

01/17/2024Kate Mueller
These fixes address bugs with copying tags and search phrases, homepage banner images, topic display categories, updating logos, custom dates, and versions.

🐦Nat'l Bird Day bugfixes

01/05/2024Kate Mueller
These fixes address bugs with the new righthand column in the editor, plus a floating footer issue in some articles.

⚙️Snippet feature drop: Undo changes

01/02/2024Kate Mueller
We've just added a new option to snippets to Undo changes to a snippet. Like the undo options in Settings > Style, this is a rollback to one of the three previous saves on the snippet.

💇Article Editor makeover: Righthand column edition

12/26/2023Kate Mueller
We've given the righthand column of the article editor a major facelift and reordering. Learn about all the changes here!

🤝Int'l Human Solidarity Day bugfixes

12/20/2023Kate Mueller
These fixes address bugs with the Contact Form Form Submitted HTML, Modern Slideout widget, and security updates.

🐝KnowledgeOwl is now a Certified B Corporation🐝

12/12/2023Kate Mueller
KnowledgeOwl is owlficially a Certified B Corporation!

📨Customize Text: Now with Contact Form

12/11/2023Kate Mueller
We've added the Contact Form fields and title tag to the Customize Text tool!

New Style Settings option: Table of contents control

12/06/2023Kate Mueller
With this change, you can choose to opt in to a set theme + layout combination and gain greater control over when your table of contents is open.

🐘Wildlife Conservation Day bugfixes

12/04/2023Kate Mueller
These fixes address bugs with favorites lists and API datetime stamp formats.

⚡️New and improved Zapier integration

11/21/2023Marybeth Alexander
Use the official Zapier integration to connect KnowledgeOwl with your favorite apps and automate your work—no code required.

📄Feature enhancement: Active version PDF exports

11/16/2023Kate Mueller
You can now export a version PDF for the current active version of a published article.

🚩New Slack Webhook app integration

11/13/2023Kate Mueller
We've built an official KnowledgeOwl Slack webhook app to replace our older, more generic integration instructions!

🎃Nat'l Pumpkin Day bugfixes

10/26/2023Kate Mueller
These fixes address bugs with Required Reading icons, shared content category syncing, admin managed reader passwords, and added support for Unix timestamps to our API.

🧁Nat'l Chocolate Cupcake Day bugfixes

10/18/2023Kate Mueller
These fixes address bugs with Article Favorites, file references, and category icon panels.

📄New feature drop: Inactive version PDF exports!

10/11/2023Kate Mueller
You can now export a PDF of an inactive version, and moving forward, these PDFs will include loads more metadata about who created the version and when!

🎤New feature drop: Required Reading

10/05/2023Kate Mueller
With this feature, your readers will be presented with messages if an article is required and will need to confirm that they've read the content. You can generate a report to see who's read what.

New Widget 2.0 method: Reset

09/19/2023Kate Mueller
We've added a reset method to Widget 2.0 so you can programmatically clear the widget's contents before feeding something new in.

📨 New SMTP option: Microsoft OAuth2

09/16/2023Kate Mueller
We've added support for Microsoft OAuth2 SMTP.

❗We've moved SMTP configurations to Your Account!

09/16/2023Kate Mueller
We've migrated all existing SMTP configurations into a new SMTP menu in Your Account to make creating, maintaining, using, and auditing SMTP services easier.

Customize Text: Article Lists

09/05/2023Kate Mueller
We've added the New, Popular, Updated, Recent, and Favorites article lists to the Customize Text Tool!