Ghost themes

Compare premium Ghost themes.

Browse five designs listed in Ghost’s official theme marketplace and six specialist themes available directly from Kyle. Try the demos or compare features side by side. Every theme is a one-time purchase with lifetime updates, zero dependencies and GScan verification.

Choosing more than one? Get Ghost All Access — all eleven current Ghost themes and every future Ghost theme for US$549. One live site per theme.

In Ghost’s official marketplace

Five designs for magazines and newsrooms, from independent long-form titles to fast-moving tabloids.

Society theme — magazine homepage
Editorial magazine theme

Society

In Ghost’s official marketplace
US$149One-time · Lifetime updates · Tax may apply

A refined editorial theme for independent magazines and global publications with advertising slots. Society puts typography first — generous margins, confident headlines, and layouts that make long-form writing a pleasure to read.

  • Editorial typography tuned for long-form reading
  • Flexible homepage with featured and curated story areas
  • Full support for Ghost memberships and subscriptions
  • Zero dependencies — no jQuery, no frameworks
  • GScan verified against the latest Ghost release

View full specifications · 14-day money-back guarantee · Refund policy

Broadsheet theme — newspaper homepage
Daily newsroom

Broadsheet

In Ghost’s official marketplace
US$149One-time · Lifetime updates · Tax may apply

A newspaper-inspired Ghost theme with breaking news ticker, modular story grids, and editorial precision. Broadsheet brings the discipline of print front pages to a modern publishing stack.

  • Breaking news ticker for time-sensitive stories
  • Modular story grids for dense, front-page layouts
  • Newspaper-grade typography and rules
  • Full support for Ghost memberships and subscriptions
  • GScan verified against the latest Ghost release

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Manifesto theme — magazine homepage
Culture magazine theme

Manifesto

In Ghost’s official marketplace
US$149One-time · Lifetime updates · Tax may apply

A loud, high-contrast magazine theme with huge uppercase headlines, a scrolling news ticker and room for a podcast. Manifesto is built for culture, arts and design publications that want the front page to make a statement.

  • Fit-to-width masthead and display headlines
  • Scrolling news ticker that readers can pause
  • Podcast archive and episode layout, plus an authors directory
  • Dark mode that follows the reader's system setting
  • GScan verified against the latest Ghost release

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Hamptons theme — magazine homepage
Interiors & architecture theme

Hamptons

In Ghost’s official marketplace
US$149One-time · Lifetime updates · Tax may apply

A photography-first magazine theme for interiors, architecture and travel titles. Hamptons opens with a full-bleed photograph, sets long reads in a restrained serif and lets you curate the front page — a magazine that looks as considered as the places it covers.

  • Full-bleed lead story, with an optional muted video hero
  • Editors' picks rail and a curated Most Popular list
  • Architecture, Interiors, Travel and Shopping sections
  • Light, dark or automatic colour scheme from one setting
  • GScan verified against the latest Ghost release

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Splash theme — front page with a red splash headline over the lead picture
Red-top tabloid theme

Splash

In Ghost’s official marketplace
US$149One-time · Lifetime updates · Tax may apply

A loud, confident Ghost theme for tabloids and news publishers. Splash puts a giant splash headline on the front page, a breaking ticker under the masthead and a colour on every section, then turns readers into members with a paywall that looks the part.

  • Splash headline front page in four layouts, with section rails and a Don’t Miss strip
  • Breaking ticker with a pause button, plus BREAKING, EXCLUSIVE and LIVE flashes from internal tags
  • Live Blog, Opinion, Splash Story and No Feature Image templates
  • Bar and highlight colours, headline styles and Newsprint, White or Dark pages
  • GScan verified against the latest Ghost release

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More themes directly from Kyle

Six specialist designs you can buy directly from me, with the same lifetime updates and email support.

Columnist theme — newspaper homepage
Newsroom & opinion theme

Columnist

US$149One-time · Lifetime updates · Tax may apply

A broadsheet front page for opinion-led magazines and independent newsrooms. Columnist gives your cover story a clear pecking order, lets editors build sections from ordinary Ghost pages and gives every writer a byline readers can follow.

  • Cover story, supporting desk and a pausable breaking-news crawl
  • Homepage sections in six layouts, built without code
  • Opinion, Interview, Review, Photo Essay, Video and Live formats
  • Four paper palettes, with automatic, light or dark mode
  • GScan verified against the latest Ghost release

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Sanctuary theme — church homepage
Church & ministry theme

Sanctuary

US$149One-time · Lifetime updates · Tax may apply

A warm, accessible Ghost theme for churches. Sanctuary puts your service times and a welcome in front of every visitor, gives sermons an audio player and a home for each series, and lets your team manage ministries, events, giving and prayer without touching code.

  • Service times, a next-service banner and a live-stream badge
  • Sermons with audio, series and speaker archives
  • Ministries, events, reading plans, giving and prayer
  • Four homepage layouts and an always-on text and contrast control
  • GScan verified against the latest Ghost release

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Blyton theme — author homepage with a featured book
Author & essayist theme

Blyton

US$149One-time · Lifetime updates · Tax may apply

A refined Ghost theme for authors, essayists and nonfiction writers. Blyton gives long-form writing a calm reading page, puts your book at the centre of the homepage, and turns readers into subscribers and supporters without a plugin in sight.

  • Book-first, author-portrait or newsletter-first hero, with a featured book showcase
  • Start here reading path, Now page, Books pages and a chronological archive
  • Support the work tiers built from your paid memberships
  • Reading progress, contents list, select-to-share quotes and Light, Dark or Visitor-toggle modes
  • GScan verified against the latest Ghost release

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Blogga theme — front page with a large greeting above the featured post
Personal blog theme

Blogga

US$149One-time · Lifetime updates · Tax may apply

A quietly luxurious Ghost theme for one writer with taste: crisp paper, dark ink and a single accent colour. Blogga opens with a large greeting in your own words, then sets the index like a ledger, with the year hanging in the margin and a real on-screen serif doing the reading.

  • Ledger, Journal and Grid feeds, with the year set large in the margin
  • Pinned Strip or Spotlight feature, Load more pagination and a topics, archive and authors page
  • Light, dark or system colour scheme, with one accent colour from Ghost Admin
  • Contents list, reading progress, image lightbox, share links and highlighted code
  • GScan verified against the latest Ghost release

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Coben theme — front page with an author’s name beside an arched portrait
Essayist & author theme

Coben

US$149One-time · Lifetime updates · Tax may apply

An editorial Ghost theme for essayists and independent writers: your name set large beside an arched portrait, a topic index, a featured book and a quiet public-preview paywall. Coben is the lighter, more typographic of the two author themes, with warm paper tones and a sturdy display serif.

  • Author Portrait, Book First or Newsletter First hero, with an inline email signup
  • Topic index, Essential essays and a featured book showcase
  • Contents list, reading progress, drop cap and related essays by topic
  • Three type styles and one accent colour, in a light, print-friendly design
  • GScan verified against the latest Ghost release

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Highness theme — front page with a large masthead and a Top Stories package
Fashion magazine theme

Highness

US$149One-time · Lifetime updates · Tax may apply

An image-led Ghost theme for fashion, beauty and culture magazines: a large masthead, a Top Stories front page, a seasonal cover story, Runway & Lookbook and shopping edits. It sits between high-fashion authority and sharp contemporary culture coverage, in warm cream with a crimson accent.

  • Top Stories, a Latest rail, a cover-story module and desk sections for every pillar
  • Runway & Lookbook, Gallery labels and a service treatment for shopping roundups
  • Three editorial moods, four accent palettes and three type styles
  • Twenty documented settings, with an optional dark masthead
  • GScan verified against the latest Ghost release

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Which Ghost theme fits what you publish?

Daily newspapers and newsrooms

Choose Broadsheet for morning, midday, evening and night editions. Choose Splash for a tabloid front page with a breaking-news ticker and live blogs.

Magazines that sell advertising

Society includes advertising slots and native Ghost membership calls to action, so an independent magazine can sell ads and subscriptions from the same publication.

Essayists and authors

Coben gives essays a topic index and includes a featured book. Blyton suits authors who want a dedicated Start Here page and a featured book on the homepage.

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Feature comparison of the Society, Broadsheet, Manifesto, Hamptons, Splash, Columnist, Sanctuary, Blyton, Blogga, Coben and Highness Ghost themes
Feature SocietyEditorial magazineUS$149 one-time BroadsheetDaily newsroomUS$149 one-time ManifestoCulture magazineUS$149 one-time HamptonsInteriors magazineUS$149 one-time SplashRed-top tabloidUS$149 one-time ColumnistNewsroom & opinionUS$149 one-time SanctuaryChurch & ministryUS$149 one-time BlytonAuthor & essayistUS$149 one-time BloggaPersonal blogUS$149 one-time CobenEssayist & authorUS$149 one-time HighnessFashion magazineUS$149 one-time
Editorial fit
Best suited to Independent magazines and long-form reporting Daily news desks and fast-moving publishing Culture, arts and design magazines Interiors, architecture and travel magazines Tabloids, news and entertainment publishers Opinion-led magazines, newsletters and independent newsrooms Churches, chapels and faith-based charities Authors, essayists and nonfiction writers Personal blogs, essayists and independent writers Essayists, authors and independent thinkers Fashion, beauty and culture magazines
Typographic register Tuned for long-form reading Newspaper-grade rules and hierarchy Huge uppercase display type, high contrast Restrained serif, led by photography Heavy condensed headlines over a bold serif for reading Newspaper serif headlines on system fonts Warm book serif with a friendly humanist sans Literary serif for reading, clean sans for the interface A real on-screen serif for reading, a clean sans for dates and the interface A sturdy display serif, a text serif for reading, a clean sans interface A high-contrast display serif for headlines, a text serif for reading, a clean sans interface
Front-page rhythm Curated and composed Dense and time-of-day aware One loud lead story, then feed and picks A full-bleed photograph, then picks and sections A splash headline and spread, coloured section rails, then Don’t Miss and the feed A cover story and supporting desk, then curated sections A welcome photo and service times, then next steps and sermons A featured book and newsletter signup, then topics, essential essays and the feed A large greeting, pinned featured posts, then the index as a ledger, journal or grid An arched portrait, a topic index, Essential essays, then a featured book A large masthead, Top Stories, a cover story, desk sections, then a runway edit
Distinguishing features
Advertising positions
Curated story areas
Topic archives
Scrolling news ticker
Modular story grids
Timed front-page editions
Podcast archive and episode layout
Authors directory page
Full-screen feature hero template
Sermon archive with audio player
Service times and live-stream badge
Featured book showcase and Books pages Showcase only
Start here reading path
Dark mode Follows the reader's system Night edition after dark Follows the reader's system Light, dark or automatic setting Newsprint, white, dark or matched to the reader’s device Automatic, light or dark, with a reader toggle Light, dark or automatic, plus a text and contrast control Light, dark, system or a visitor toggle in the header Light, dark or system, with a visitor toggle in the header Light only Light, with an optional ink-black masthead
Shared foundations
Ghost memberships and subscriptions
Paywall and tier styling
Zero build dependencies
GScan verified
Lifetime updates
Public settings documentation
Buying
Price US$149 one-time US$149 one-time US$149 one-time US$149 one-time US$149 one-time US$149 one-time US$149 one-time US$149 one-time US$149 one-time US$149 one-time US$149 one-time
Licence One live site; five-site agency option available One live site; five-site agency option available One live site; five-site agency option available One live site; five-site agency option available One live site; five-site agency option available One live site; five-site agency option available One live site; five-site agency option available One live site; five-site agency option available One live site; five-site agency option available One live site; five-site agency option available One live site; five-site agency option available
Guarantee 14 days 14 days 14 days 14 days 14 days 14 days 14 days 14 days 14 days 14 days 14 days
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Ghost All Access

Every Ghost theme, now and in the future.

Get Society, Broadsheet, Manifesto, Hamptons, Splash, Columnist, Sanctuary, Blyton, Blogga, Coben and Highness, plus every new Ghost theme I release under Themes By Kyle.

One payment gives you a growing collection to choose from, for your own publications or client work. Each included theme has its own single-site licence.

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US$549once

  • All eleven current Ghost themes, plus all future Ghost themes released under Themes By Kyle
  • One live site per theme, including client sites, plus staging and local copies
  • Lifetime product updates for every included theme
  • Email support for installation, documented settings and confirmed defects
  • 14-day money-back guarantee
Get Ghost All Access — US$549

One live site per theme, rather than unlimited use of the same theme. Need the same theme on several sites? Choose its five-site agency licence for US$349. Ghost(Pro) Starter does not support custom themes. VAT or sales tax may apply.

✓ 14-day money-back ✓ One-time purchase ✓ Lifetime updates ✓ Zero dependencies ✓ GScan verified ✓ Documentation included

The article pages get the same attention.

These are real screens from the working demos: an article opening, a morning edition, dark mode and a phone.