diff --git a/core/test/acceptance/old/admin/slugs_spec.js b/core/test/acceptance/old/admin/slugs_spec.js
index 724b2835a7..843e5afe43 100644
--- a/core/test/acceptance/old/admin/slugs_spec.js
+++ b/core/test/acceptance/old/admin/slugs_spec.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 var should = require('should'),
     supertest = require('supertest'),
-    testUtils = require('../../../../utils'),
-    localUtils = require('../../../../acceptance/old/admin/utils'),
-    config = require('../../../../../server/config'),
+    testUtils = require('../../../utils'),
+    localUtils = require('../../../acceptance/old/admin/utils'),
+    config = require('../../../../server/config'),
     ghost = testUtils.startGhost,
     request;
 
diff --git a/core/test/acceptance/old/content/authors_spec.js b/core/test/acceptance/old/content/authors_spec.js
index ec5953306d..3c0cd086e4 100644
--- a/core/test/acceptance/old/content/authors_spec.js
+++ b/core/test/acceptance/old/content/authors_spec.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const localUtils = require('./utils');
 const ghost = testUtils.startGhost;
 let request;
 
-describe('Authors Content API V2', function () {
+describe('Authors Content API', function () {
     let ghostServer;
 
     before(function () {
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ describe('Authors Content API V2', function () {
 
     const validKey = localUtils.getValidKey();
 
-    it('browse authors', function (done) {
+    it('Can request authors', function (done) {
         request.get(localUtils.API.getApiQuery(`authors/?key=${validKey}`))
             .set('Origin', testUtils.API.getURL())
             .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
@@ -67,69 +67,7 @@ describe('Authors Content API V2', function () {
             });
     });
 
-    it('browse authors: does not give back roles if trying to fetch roles', function (done) {
-        request.get(localUtils.API.getApiQuery(`authors/?key=${validKey}&include=roles`))
-            .set('Origin', testUtils.API.getURL())
-            .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
-            .expect('Cache-Control', testUtils.cacheRules.private)
-            .expect(200)
-            .end(function (err, res) {
-                if (err) {
-                    return done(err);
-                }
-
-                should.not.exist(res.body.authors[0].roles);
-                done();
-            });
-    });
-
-    it('browse user by slug: count.posts', function (done) {
-        request.get(localUtils.API.getApiQuery(`authors/slug/ghost/?key=${validKey}&include=count.posts`))
-            .set('Origin', testUtils.API.getURL())
-            .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
-            .expect('Cache-Control', testUtils.cacheRules.private)
-            .expect(200)
-            .end(function (err, res) {
-                if (err) {
-                    return done(err);
-                }
-
-                should.not.exist(res.headers['x-cache-invalidate']);
-                var jsonResponse = res.body;
-
-                should.exist(jsonResponse.authors);
-                jsonResponse.authors.should.have.length(1);
-
-                // We don't expose the email address.
-                localUtils.API.checkResponse(jsonResponse.authors[0], 'author', ['count', 'url'], null, null);
-                done();
-            });
-    });
-
-    it('browse user by id: count.posts', function (done) {
-        request.get(localUtils.API.getApiQuery(`authors/1/?key=${validKey}&include=count.posts`))
-            .set('Origin', testUtils.API.getURL())
-            .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
-            .expect('Cache-Control', testUtils.cacheRules.private)
-            .expect(200)
-            .end(function (err, res) {
-                if (err) {
-                    return done(err);
-                }
-
-                should.not.exist(res.headers['x-cache-invalidate']);
-                var jsonResponse = res.body;
-
-                should.exist(jsonResponse.authors);
-                jsonResponse.authors.should.have.length(1);
-
-                // We don't expose the email address.
-                localUtils.API.checkResponse(jsonResponse.authors[0], 'author', ['count', 'url'], null, null);
-                done();
-            });
-    });
-
-    it('browse user with count.posts', function (done) {
+    it('Can request authors including post count', function (done) {
         request.get(localUtils.API.getApiQuery(`authors/?key=${validKey}&include=count.posts&order=count.posts ASC`))
             .set('Origin', testUtils.API.getURL())
             .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
@@ -166,8 +104,8 @@ describe('Authors Content API V2', function () {
             });
     });
 
-    it('browse authors: post count', function (done) {
-        request.get(localUtils.API.getApiQuery(`authors/?key=${validKey}&include=count.posts`))
+    it('Can request single author', function (done) {
+        request.get(localUtils.API.getApiQuery(`authors/slug/ghost/?key=${validKey}`))
             .set('Origin', testUtils.API.getURL())
             .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
             .expect('Cache-Control', testUtils.cacheRules.private)
@@ -179,9 +117,32 @@ describe('Authors Content API V2', function () {
 
                 should.not.exist(res.headers['x-cache-invalidate']);
                 var jsonResponse = res.body;
+
                 should.exist(jsonResponse.authors);
-                localUtils.API.checkResponse(jsonResponse, 'authors');
-                jsonResponse.authors.should.have.length(3);
+                jsonResponse.authors.should.have.length(1);
+
+                // We don't expose the email address.
+                localUtils.API.checkResponse(jsonResponse.authors[0], 'author', ['url'], null, null);
+                done();
+            });
+    });
+
+    it('Can request author by id including post count', function (done) {
+        request.get(localUtils.API.getApiQuery(`authors/1/?key=${validKey}&include=count.posts`))
+            .set('Origin', testUtils.API.getURL())
+            .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
+            .expect('Cache-Control', testUtils.cacheRules.private)
+            .expect(200)
+            .end(function (err, res) {
+                if (err) {
+                    return done(err);
+                }
+
+                should.not.exist(res.headers['x-cache-invalidate']);
+                var jsonResponse = res.body;
+
+                should.exist(jsonResponse.authors);
+                jsonResponse.authors.should.have.length(1);
 
                 // We don't expose the email address.
                 localUtils.API.checkResponse(jsonResponse.authors[0], 'author', ['count', 'url'], null, null);
diff --git a/core/test/acceptance/old/content/key_authentication_spec.js b/core/test/acceptance/old/content/key_authentication_spec.js
index 636ee55bb9..33dc662dae 100644
--- a/core/test/acceptance/old/content/key_authentication_spec.js
+++ b/core/test/acceptance/old/content/key_authentication_spec.js
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ const config = require('../../../../server/config');
 
 const ghost = testUtils.startGhost;
 
-describe('Content API V2 key authentication', function () {
+describe('Content API key authentication', function () {
     let request;
 
     before(function () {
         return ghost()
-            .then(function (_ghostServer) {
+            .then(function () {
                 request = supertest.agent(config.get('url'));
             })
             .then(function () {
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ describe('Content API V2 key authentication', function () {
             });
     });
 
-    it('forbid access without key', function () {
+    it('Can not access without key', function () {
         return request.get(localUtils.API.getApiQuery('posts/'))
             .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
             .expect('Cache-Control', testUtils.cacheRules.private)
             .expect(403);
     });
 
-    it('browse with valid key', function () {
+    it('Can access with with valid key', function () {
         const key = localUtils.getValidKey();
 
         return request.get(localUtils.API.getApiQuery(`posts/?key=${key}`))
diff --git a/core/test/acceptance/old/content/pages_spec.js b/core/test/acceptance/old/content/pages_spec.js
index 62e64da1ca..fd1cafd44b 100644
--- a/core/test/acceptance/old/content/pages_spec.js
+++ b/core/test/acceptance/old/content/pages_spec.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const config = require('../../../../server/config');
 const ghost = testUtils.startGhost;
 let request;
 
-describe('Pages', function () {
+describe('Pages Content API', function () {
     before(function () {
         return ghost()
             .then(function () {
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ describe('Pages', function () {
         configUtils.restore();
     });
 
-    it('browse pages', function () {
+    it('Can request pages', function () {
         const key = localUtils.getValidKey();
         return request.get(localUtils.API.getApiQuery(`pages/?key=${key}`))
             .set('Origin', testUtils.API.getURL())
@@ -49,27 +49,7 @@ describe('Pages', function () {
             });
     });
 
-    it('browse pages with page:false', function () {
-        const key = localUtils.getValidKey();
-        return request.get(localUtils.API.getApiQuery(`pages/?key=${key}&filter=page:false`))
-            .set('Origin', testUtils.API.getURL())
-            .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
-            .expect('Cache-Control', testUtils.cacheRules.private)
-            .expect(200)
-            .then((res) => {
-                res.headers.vary.should.eql('Accept-Encoding');
-                should.exist(res.headers['access-control-allow-origin']);
-                should.not.exist(res.headers['x-cache-invalidate']);
-
-                const jsonResponse = res.body;
-                should.exist(jsonResponse.pages);
-                should.exist(jsonResponse.meta);
-
-                jsonResponse.pages.should.have.length(0);
-            });
-    });
-
-    it('read page', function () {
+    it('Can request page', function () {
         const key = localUtils.getValidKey();
         return request.get(localUtils.API.getApiQuery(`pages/${testUtils.DataGenerator.Content.posts[5].id}/?key=${key}`))
             .set('Origin', testUtils.API.getURL())
@@ -92,15 +72,4 @@ describe('Pages', function () {
                 should.exist(urlParts.host);
             });
     });
-
-    it('can\'t read post', function () {
-        const key = localUtils.getValidKey();
-
-        return request
-            .get(localUtils.API.getApiQuery(`pages/${testUtils.DataGenerator.Content.posts[0].id}/?key=${key}`))
-            .set('Origin', testUtils.API.getURL())
-            .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
-            .expect('Cache-Control', testUtils.cacheRules.private)
-            .expect(404);
-    });
 });
diff --git a/core/test/acceptance/old/content/posts_spec.js b/core/test/acceptance/old/content/posts_spec.js
index b04f1c3805..533294f0f4 100644
--- a/core/test/acceptance/old/content/posts_spec.js
+++ b/core/test/acceptance/old/content/posts_spec.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ const config = require('../../../../server/config');
 const ghost = testUtils.startGhost;
 let request;
 
-describe('Posts', function () {
+describe('Posts Content API', function () {
     before(function () {
         return ghost()
             .then(function () {
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ describe('Posts', function () {
 
     const validKey = localUtils.getValidKey();
 
-    it('browse posts', function (done) {
+    it('Can request posts', function (done) {
         request.get(localUtils.API.getApiQuery(`posts/?key=${validKey}`))
             .set('Origin', testUtils.API.getURL())
             .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ describe('Posts', function () {
             });
     });
 
-    it('browse posts with basic filters', function (done) {
+    it('Can filter posts by tag', function (done) {
         request.get(localUtils.API.getApiQuery(`posts/?key=${validKey}&filter=tag:kitchen-sink,featured:true&include=tags`))
             .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
             .expect('Cache-Control', testUtils.cacheRules.private)
@@ -140,50 +140,7 @@ describe('Posts', function () {
             });
     });
 
-    it('browse posts with basic page filter should not return pages', function (done) {
-        request.get(localUtils.API.getApiQuery(`posts/?key=${validKey}&filter=page:true`))
-            .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
-            .expect('Cache-Control', testUtils.cacheRules.private)
-            .expect(200)
-            .end(function (err, res) {
-                if (err) {
-                    return done(err);
-                }
-                const jsonResponse = res.body;
-
-                should.not.exist(res.headers['x-cache-invalidate']);
-                should.exist(jsonResponse.posts);
-                localUtils.API.checkResponse(jsonResponse, 'posts');
-                localUtils.API.checkResponse(jsonResponse.meta.pagination, 'pagination');
-                jsonResponse.posts.should.have.length(0);
-
-                done();
-            });
-    });
-
-    it('browse posts with basic page filter should not return pages', function (done) {
-        request.get(localUtils.API.getApiQuery(`posts/?key=${validKey}&filter=page:true,featured:true`))
-            .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
-            .expect('Cache-Control', testUtils.cacheRules.private)
-            .expect(200)
-            .end(function (err, res) {
-                if (err) {
-                    return done(err);
-                }
-                const jsonResponse = res.body;
-
-                should.not.exist(res.headers['x-cache-invalidate']);
-                should.exist(jsonResponse.posts);
-                localUtils.API.checkResponse(jsonResponse, 'posts');
-                localUtils.API.checkResponse(jsonResponse.meta.pagination, 'pagination');
-                jsonResponse.posts.should.have.length(2);
-                jsonResponse.posts.filter(p => (p.page === true)).should.have.length(0);
-
-                done();
-            });
-    });
-
-    it('browse posts with author filter', function (done) {
+    it('Can filter posts by authors', function (done) {
         request.get(localUtils.API.getApiQuery(`posts/?key=${validKey}&filter=authors:[joe-bloggs,pat,ghost,slimer-mcectoplasm]&include=authors`))
             .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
             .expect('Cache-Control', testUtils.cacheRules.private)
@@ -220,50 +177,7 @@ describe('Posts', function () {
             });
     });
 
-    it('browse posts with published and draft status, should not return drafts', function (done) {
-        request.get(localUtils.API.getApiQuery(`posts/?key=${validKey}&filter=status:published,status:draft`))
-            .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
-            .expect('Cache-Control', testUtils.cacheRules.private)
-            .expect(200)
-            .end(function (err, res) {
-                if (err) {
-                    return done(err);
-                }
-                const jsonResponse = res.body;
-
-                jsonResponse.posts.should.be.an.Array().with.lengthOf(11);
-
-                done();
-            });
-    });
-
-    it('[deprecated] browse posts with page non matching filter', function (done) {
-        request.get(localUtils.API.getApiQuery(`posts/?key=${validKey}&filter=tag:no-posts`))
-            .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
-            .expect('Cache-Control', testUtils.cacheRules.private)
-            .expect(200)
-            .end(function (err, res) {
-                if (err) {
-                    return done(err);
-                }
-                const jsonResponse = res.body;
-
-                jsonResponse.posts.should.be.an.Array().with.lengthOf(0);
-
-                jsonResponse.meta.should.have.property('pagination');
-                jsonResponse.meta.pagination.should.be.an.Object().with.properties(['page', 'limit', 'pages', 'total', 'next', 'prev']);
-                jsonResponse.meta.pagination.page.should.eql(1);
-                jsonResponse.meta.pagination.limit.should.eql(15);
-                jsonResponse.meta.pagination.pages.should.eql(1);
-                jsonResponse.meta.pagination.total.should.eql(0);
-                should.equal(jsonResponse.meta.pagination.next, null);
-                should.equal(jsonResponse.meta.pagination.prev, null);
-
-                done();
-            });
-    });
-
-    it('browse posts: request only url fields', function (done) {
+    it('Can request fields of posts', function (done) {
         request.get(localUtils.API.getApiQuery(`posts/?key=${validKey}&fields=url`))
             .set('Origin', testUtils.API.getURL())
             .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
@@ -283,28 +197,7 @@ describe('Posts', function () {
             });
     });
 
-    it('browse posts: request only url fields with include', function (done) {
-        request.get(localUtils.API.getApiQuery(`posts/?key=${validKey}&fields=url&include=tags`))
-            .set('Origin', testUtils.API.getURL())
-            .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
-            .expect('Cache-Control', testUtils.cacheRules.private)
-            .expect(200)
-            .end(function (err, res) {
-                if (err) {
-                    return done(err);
-                }
-                const jsonResponse = res.body;
-
-                should.exist(jsonResponse.posts);
-
-                localUtils.API.checkResponse(jsonResponse.posts[0], 'post', false, false, ['url','tags']);
-                jsonResponse.posts[0].url.should.eql('http://127.0.0.1:2369/welcome/');
-                jsonResponse.posts[0].tags[0].url.should.eql('http://127.0.0.1:2369/tag/getting-started/');
-                done();
-            });
-    });
-
-    it('browse posts: request to include tags and authors should always contain absolute urls', function (done) {
+    it('Can include relations', function (done) {
         request.get(localUtils.API.getApiQuery(`posts/?key=${validKey}&include=tags,authors`))
             .set('Origin', testUtils.API.getURL())
             .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
@@ -344,7 +237,7 @@ describe('Posts', function () {
             });
     });
 
-    it('browse posts from different origin', function (done) {
+    it('Can request posts from different origin', function (done) {
         request.get(localUtils.API.getApiQuery(`posts/?key=${validKey}`))
             .set('Origin', 'https://example.com')
             .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
@@ -370,73 +263,7 @@ describe('Posts', function () {
             });
     });
 
-    it('ensure origin header on redirect is not getting lost', function (done) {
-        // NOTE: force a redirect to the admin url
-        configUtils.set('admin:url', 'http://localhost:9999');
-
-        request.get(localUtils.API.getApiQuery(`posts?key=${validKey}`))
-            .set('Origin', 'https://example.com')
-            // 301 Redirects _should_ be cached
-            .expect('Cache-Control', testUtils.cacheRules.year)
-            .expect(301)
-            .end(function (err, res) {
-                if (err) {
-                    return done(err);
-                }
-
-                res.headers.vary.should.eql('Accept, Accept-Encoding');
-                res.headers.location.should.eql(`http://localhost:9999/ghost/api/v2/content/posts/?key=${validKey}`);
-                should.exist(res.headers['access-control-allow-origin']);
-                should.not.exist(res.headers['x-cache-invalidate']);
-                done();
-            });
-    });
-
-    it('browse posts, ignores staticPages', function (done) {
-        request.get(localUtils.API.getApiQuery(`posts/?key=${validKey}&staticPages=true`))
-            .set('Origin', testUtils.API.getURL())
-            .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
-            .expect('Cache-Control', testUtils.cacheRules.private)
-            .expect(200)
-            .end(function (err, res) {
-                if (err) {
-                    return done(err);
-                }
-
-                should.not.exist(res.headers['x-cache-invalidate']);
-                var jsonResponse = res.body;
-                should.exist(jsonResponse.posts);
-                localUtils.API.checkResponse(jsonResponse, 'posts');
-                jsonResponse.posts.should.have.length(11);
-                localUtils.API.checkResponse(jsonResponse.posts[0], 'post');
-                localUtils.API.checkResponse(jsonResponse.meta.pagination, 'pagination');
-                _.isBoolean(jsonResponse.posts[0].featured).should.eql(true);
-                done();
-            });
-    });
-
-    it('denies access with invalid key', function (done) {
-        request.get(localUtils.API.getApiQuery('posts/?key=invalid-key'))
-            .set('Origin', testUtils.API.getURL())
-            .set('Accept', 'application/json')
-            .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
-            .expect('Cache-Control', testUtils.cacheRules.private)
-            .expect(401)
-            .end(function (err, res) {
-                if (err) {
-                    return done(err);
-                }
-
-                should.not.exist(res.headers['x-cache-invalidate']);
-                var jsonResponse = res.body;
-                should.exist(jsonResponse);
-                should.exist(jsonResponse.errors);
-                testUtils.API.checkResponseValue(jsonResponse.errors[0], ['message', 'errorType']);
-                done();
-            });
-    });
-
-    it('fetch the most recent post, then the prev, then the next should match the first', function (done) {
+    it('Can filter by published date', function (done) {
         function createFilter(publishedAt, op) {
             // This line deliberately uses double quotes because GQL cannot handle either double quotes
             // or escaped singles, see TryGhost/GQL#34
@@ -488,7 +315,7 @@ describe('Posts', function () {
             .catch(done);
     });
 
-    it('read posts', function () {
+    it('Can request a single post', function () {
         return request
             .get(localUtils.API.getApiQuery(`posts/${testUtils.DataGenerator.Content.posts[0].id}/?key=${validKey}`))
             .set('Origin', testUtils.API.getURL())
@@ -504,13 +331,4 @@ describe('Posts', function () {
                 localUtils.API.checkResponse(jsonResponse.posts[0], 'post');
             });
     });
-
-    it('can\'t read page', function () {
-        return request
-            .get(localUtils.API.getApiQuery(`posts/${testUtils.DataGenerator.Content.posts[5].id}/?key=${validKey}`))
-            .set('Origin', testUtils.API.getURL())
-            .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
-            .expect('Cache-Control', testUtils.cacheRules.private)
-            .expect(404);
-    });
 });
diff --git a/core/test/acceptance/old/content/settings_spec.js b/core/test/acceptance/old/content/settings_spec.js
index dae61f9a47..4fe341375b 100644
--- a/core/test/acceptance/old/content/settings_spec.js
+++ b/core/test/acceptance/old/content/settings_spec.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ const defaultSettings = require('../../../../server/data/schema').defaultSetting
 const ghost = testUtils.startGhost;
 let request;
 
-describe('Settings', function () {
+describe('Settings Content API', function () {
     before(function () {
         return ghost()
             .then(function () {
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ describe('Settings', function () {
             });
     });
 
-    it('browse settings', function () {
+    it('Can request settings', function () {
         const key = localUtils.getValidKey();
         return request.get(localUtils.API.getApiQuery(`settings/?key=${key}`))
             .set('Origin', testUtils.API.getURL())
diff --git a/core/test/acceptance/old/content/tags_spec.js b/core/test/acceptance/old/content/tags_spec.js
index 9e5e13802d..9b75f6e587 100644
--- a/core/test/acceptance/old/content/tags_spec.js
+++ b/core/test/acceptance/old/content/tags_spec.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const testUtils = require('../../../utils');
 const localUtils = require('./utils');
 const ghost = testUtils.startGhost;
 
-describe('Tags Content API V2', function () {
+describe('Tags Content API', function () {
     let request;
 
     before(function () {
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ describe('Tags Content API V2', function () {
 
     const validKey = localUtils.getValidKey();
 
-    it('browse tags without limit defaults to 15', function (done) {
+    it('Can request tags', function (done) {
         request.get(localUtils.API.getApiQuery(`tags/?key=${validKey}`))
             .set('Origin', testUtils.API.getURL())
             .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ describe('Tags Content API V2', function () {
             });
     });
 
-    it('browse tags - limit=all should fetch all tags', function (done) {
+    it('Can request tags with limit=all', function (done) {
         request.get(localUtils.API.getApiQuery(`tags/?limit=all&key=${validKey}`))
             .set('Origin', testUtils.API.getURL())
             .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ describe('Tags Content API V2', function () {
             });
     });
 
-    it('browse tags without limit=4 fetches 4 tags', function (done) {
+    it('Can limit tags to receive', function (done) {
         request.get(localUtils.API.getApiQuery(`tags/?limit=3&key=${validKey}`))
             .set('Origin', testUtils.API.getURL())
             .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ describe('Tags Content API V2', function () {
             });
     });
 
-    it('browse tags - limit=all should fetch all tags and include count.posts', function (done) {
-        request.get(localUtils.API.getApiQuery(`tags/?limit=all&key=${validKey}&include=count.posts`))
+    it('Can include post count', function (done) {
+        request.get(localUtils.API.getApiQuery(`tags/?key=${validKey}&include=count.posts`))
             .set('Origin', testUtils.API.getURL())
             .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
             .expect('Cache-Control', testUtils.cacheRules.private)
diff --git a/core/test/regression/api/v2/admin/db_spec.js b/core/test/regression/api/v2/admin/db_spec.js
index ff2ce217b7..741b25bb56 100644
--- a/core/test/regression/api/v2/admin/db_spec.js
+++ b/core/test/regression/api/v2/admin/db_spec.js
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ describe('DB API', () => {
             .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
             .expect(200)
             .then((res) => {
-                (typeof res.body).should.be.Object();
+                res.body.should.be.Object();
                 res.body.db[0].filename.should.match(/test\.json/);
                 fsStub.calledOnce.should.eql(true);
             });
diff --git a/core/test/regression/api/v2/content/pages_spec.js b/core/test/regression/api/v2/content/pages_spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0c1fb6916a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/test/regression/api/v2/content/pages_spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+const url = require('url');
+const should = require('should');
+const supertest = require('supertest');
+const testUtils = require('../../../../utils');
+const localUtils = require('./utils');
+const configUtils = require('../../../../utils/configUtils');
+const config = require('../../../../../server/config');
+
+const ghost = testUtils.startGhost;
+let request;
+
+describe('Pages', function () {
+    before(function () {
+        return ghost()
+            .then(function () {
+                request = supertest.agent(config.get('url'));
+            })
+            .then(function () {
+                return testUtils.initFixtures('users:no-owner', 'user:inactive', 'posts', 'tags:extra', 'api_keys');
+            });
+    });
+
+    afterEach(function () {
+        configUtils.restore();
+    });
+
+    it('browse pages with page:false', function () {
+        const key = localUtils.getValidKey();
+        return request.get(localUtils.API.getApiQuery(`pages/?key=${key}&filter=page:false`))
+            .set('Origin', testUtils.API.getURL())
+            .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
+            .expect('Cache-Control', testUtils.cacheRules.private)
+            .expect(200)
+            .then((res) => {
+                res.headers.vary.should.eql('Accept-Encoding');
+                should.exist(res.headers['access-control-allow-origin']);
+                should.not.exist(res.headers['x-cache-invalidate']);
+
+                const jsonResponse = res.body;
+                should.exist(jsonResponse.pages);
+                should.exist(jsonResponse.meta);
+
+                jsonResponse.pages.should.have.length(0);
+            });
+    });
+
+    it('can\'t read post', function () {
+        const key = localUtils.getValidKey();
+
+        return request
+            .get(localUtils.API.getApiQuery(`pages/${testUtils.DataGenerator.Content.posts[0].id}/?key=${key}`))
+            .set('Origin', testUtils.API.getURL())
+            .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
+            .expect('Cache-Control', testUtils.cacheRules.private)
+            .expect(404);
+    });
+});
diff --git a/core/test/regression/api/v2/content/posts_spec.js b/core/test/regression/api/v2/content/posts_spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..20c6adbb4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/test/regression/api/v2/content/posts_spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+const should = require('should');
+const supertest = require('supertest');
+const _ = require('lodash');
+const url = require('url');
+const cheerio = require('cheerio');
+const moment = require('moment');
+const testUtils = require('../../../../utils');
+const localUtils = require('./utils');
+const configUtils = require('../../../../utils/configUtils');
+const config = require('../../../../../server/config');
+
+const ghost = testUtils.startGhost;
+let request;
+
+describe('Posts', function () {
+    before(function () {
+        return ghost()
+            .then(function () {
+                request = supertest.agent(config.get('url'));
+            })
+            .then(function () {
+                return testUtils.initFixtures('users:no-owner', 'user:inactive', 'posts', 'tags:extra', 'api_keys');
+            });
+    });
+
+    afterEach(function () {
+        configUtils.restore();
+    });
+
+    const validKey = localUtils.getValidKey();
+
+    it('browse posts with basic page filter should not return pages', function (done) {
+        request.get(localUtils.API.getApiQuery(`posts/?key=${validKey}&filter=page:true`))
+            .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
+            .expect('Cache-Control', testUtils.cacheRules.private)
+            .expect(200)
+            .end(function (err, res) {
+                if (err) {
+                    return done(err);
+                }
+                const jsonResponse = res.body;
+
+                should.not.exist(res.headers['x-cache-invalidate']);
+                should.exist(jsonResponse.posts);
+                localUtils.API.checkResponse(jsonResponse, 'posts');
+                localUtils.API.checkResponse(jsonResponse.meta.pagination, 'pagination');
+                jsonResponse.posts.should.have.length(0);
+
+                done();
+            });
+    });
+
+    it('browse posts with basic page filter should not return pages', function (done) {
+        request.get(localUtils.API.getApiQuery(`posts/?key=${validKey}&filter=page:true,featured:true`))
+            .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
+            .expect('Cache-Control', testUtils.cacheRules.private)
+            .expect(200)
+            .end(function (err, res) {
+                if (err) {
+                    return done(err);
+                }
+                const jsonResponse = res.body;
+
+                should.not.exist(res.headers['x-cache-invalidate']);
+                should.exist(jsonResponse.posts);
+                localUtils.API.checkResponse(jsonResponse, 'posts');
+                localUtils.API.checkResponse(jsonResponse.meta.pagination, 'pagination');
+                jsonResponse.posts.should.have.length(2);
+                jsonResponse.posts.filter(p => (p.page === true)).should.have.length(0);
+
+                done();
+            });
+    });
+
+    it('browse posts with published and draft status, should not return drafts', function (done) {
+        request.get(localUtils.API.getApiQuery(`posts/?key=${validKey}&filter=status:published,status:draft`))
+            .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
+            .expect('Cache-Control', testUtils.cacheRules.private)
+            .expect(200)
+            .end(function (err, res) {
+                if (err) {
+                    return done(err);
+                }
+                const jsonResponse = res.body;
+
+                jsonResponse.posts.should.be.an.Array().with.lengthOf(11);
+
+                done();
+            });
+    });
+
+    it('ensure origin header on redirect is not getting lost', function (done) {
+        // NOTE: force a redirect to the admin url
+        configUtils.set('admin:url', 'http://localhost:9999');
+
+        request.get(localUtils.API.getApiQuery(`posts?key=${validKey}`))
+            .set('Origin', 'https://example.com')
+            // 301 Redirects _should_ be cached
+            .expect('Cache-Control', testUtils.cacheRules.year)
+            .expect(301)
+            .end(function (err, res) {
+                if (err) {
+                    return done(err);
+                }
+
+                res.headers.vary.should.eql('Accept, Accept-Encoding');
+                res.headers.location.should.eql(`http://localhost:9999/ghost/api/v2/content/posts/?key=${validKey}`);
+                should.exist(res.headers['access-control-allow-origin']);
+                should.not.exist(res.headers['x-cache-invalidate']);
+                done();
+            });
+    });
+
+    it('browse posts, ignores staticPages', function (done) {
+        request.get(localUtils.API.getApiQuery(`posts/?key=${validKey}&staticPages=true`))
+            .set('Origin', testUtils.API.getURL())
+            .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
+            .expect('Cache-Control', testUtils.cacheRules.private)
+            .expect(200)
+            .end(function (err, res) {
+                if (err) {
+                    return done(err);
+                }
+
+                should.not.exist(res.headers['x-cache-invalidate']);
+                var jsonResponse = res.body;
+                should.exist(jsonResponse.posts);
+                localUtils.API.checkResponse(jsonResponse, 'posts');
+                jsonResponse.posts.should.have.length(11);
+                localUtils.API.checkResponse(jsonResponse.posts[0], 'post');
+                localUtils.API.checkResponse(jsonResponse.meta.pagination, 'pagination');
+                _.isBoolean(jsonResponse.posts[0].featured).should.eql(true);
+                done();
+            });
+    });
+
+    it('can\'t read page', function () {
+        return request
+            .get(localUtils.API.getApiQuery(`posts/${testUtils.DataGenerator.Content.posts[5].id}/?key=${validKey}`))
+            .set('Origin', testUtils.API.getURL())
+            .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
+            .expect('Cache-Control', testUtils.cacheRules.private)
+            .expect(404);
+    });
+});
diff --git a/core/test/regression/api/v2/content/utils.js b/core/test/regression/api/v2/content/utils.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6da3f963f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/test/regression/api/v2/content/utils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+const url = require('url');
+const _ = require('lodash');
+const testUtils = require('../../../../utils');
+const schema = require('../../../../../server/data/schema').tables;
+const API_URL = '/ghost/api/v2/content/';
+
+const expectedProperties = {
+    // API top level
+    posts: ['posts', 'meta'],
+    tags: ['tags', 'meta'],
+    authors: ['authors', 'meta'],
+    pagination: ['page', 'limit', 'pages', 'total', 'next', 'prev'],
+
+    post: _(schema.posts)
+        .keys()
+        // by default we only return html
+        .without('mobiledoc', 'plaintext')
+        // v2 doesn't return author_id OR author
+        .without('author_id', 'author')
+        // and always returns computed properties: url, primary_tag, primary_author
+        .concat('url', 'primary_tag', 'primary_author')
+        // v2 API doesn't return unused fields
+        .without('locale', 'visibility')
+        // These fields aren't useful as they always have known values
+        .without('status')
+        // @TODO: https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/issues/10335
+        // .without('page')
+        // v2 returns a calculated excerpt field
+        .concat('excerpt')
+    ,
+    author: _(schema.users)
+        .keys()
+        .without(
+            'password',
+            'email',
+            'ghost_auth_access_token',
+            'ghost_auth_id',
+            'created_at',
+            'created_by',
+            'updated_at',
+            'updated_by',
+            'last_seen',
+            'status'
+        )
+        // v2 API doesn't return unused fields
+        .without('accessibility', 'locale', 'tour', 'visibility')
+    ,
+    tag: _(schema.tags)
+        .keys()
+        // v2 Tag API doesn't return parent_id or parent
+        .without('parent_id', 'parent')
+        // v2 Tag API doesn't return date fields
+        .without('created_at', 'updated_at')
+};
+
+_.each(expectedProperties, (value, key) => {
+    if (!value.__wrapped__) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @deprecated: x_by
+     */
+    expectedProperties[key] = value
+        .without(
+            'created_by',
+            'updated_by',
+            'published_by'
+        )
+        .value();
+});
+
+module.exports = {
+    API: {
+        getApiQuery(route) {
+            return url.resolve(API_URL, route);
+        },
+
+        checkResponse(...args) {
+            this.expectedProperties = expectedProperties;
+            return testUtils.API.checkResponse.call(this, ...args);
+        }
+    },
+    getValidKey() {
+        return testUtils.DataGenerator.Content.api_keys[1].secret;
+    }
+};