Publican v0.10.1 update

Publican v0.10.1 was released on June 17, 2025.

There should be no breaking changes, but the following features have been improved. We’re getting closer to a version 1.0.0 release!

Fixed slug string replacement issue #

In previous Publican releases, slug string replacement occurred after the file path had been converted to a slug. Consider the following example which removes two or more digits followed by an underscore:

publican.config.js excerpt

// slug replacement - removes NN_
publican.config.slugReplace.set(/\d{2,}_/g, '');

The file path path/01_index.md is converted to /path/01_index/index.html first. The slugReplace would then convert that to /path/index/index.html and we get an unnecessary index path.

In v0.10.1, slug string replacement occurs first. The file path/01_index.md is converted to /path/index.md which then becomes /path/index.html.

The update is unlikely to break your site, but you may need to check paths are what you expect them to be.

Word count accuracy improvement #

Word counts on documents with embedded <code> sections should be more accurate.

New Publican.dev tools documentation #

There’s a new Tools menu on this site that provides documentation for my other utilities that can help Publican site development.

1. StaticSearch – my client-side search engine for static sites

2. LiveLocalhost – my tiny local development web server with automatic hot reloading

Get started #

The Publican documentation provides a quick start guide, a detailed set-up guide, API references, and common recipes you can use and adapt for your own projects.

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