A homepage that introduces you. Add an About section beside your featured posts, with your own background, cover image, and text.
Related posts, automatically. The homepage can spotlight related stories from the same tag as your latest post — no manual curation needed.
Seven post header layouts. Mix text and image arrangements — row or column, left or right — to match the tone of each story.
Highlights
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✓ Ghost 6
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Compatible with Ghost 6.37.0+
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✓ Built for memberships
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Support for free, paid, and tiered memberships, including custom membership pages and pricing layouts.
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✓ Dark & auto color modes
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Light and dark color schemes, with optional automatic switching based on system preferences.
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✓ 21 curated font presets
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Choose from 21 prepared font presets, including System fonts and Google Fonts-based combinations.
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✓ About section
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Build an About section with custom text, cover image, and background color or gradient.
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✓ Post header layouts
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Seven post and page header layouts with different text and image arrangements.
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✓ Spotlight section
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The homepage feed can show a spotlight section based on the latest post’s primary tag.
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✓ Custom theme settings
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Control layouts, fonts, colors, and key theme features without editing code.
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✓ Translation ready
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Fully translatable, with English included and support for Ghost’s built-in translations.
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Key Ghost features
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✓ Translation ready
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Fully translatable, with English included and support for Ghost’s built-in translations.
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✓ Search
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✓ Comments
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✓ Members
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Supports Ghost Members for free signups, paid memberships, and protected content.
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✓ Multiple authors
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Supports multiple authors and dedicated author archive pages.
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✓ Recommendations
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Supports Ghost Recommendations and includes a recommendations page template.
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✓ Custom fonts
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Use Ghost custom fonts or choose from prepared presets in the theme settings panel.
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✓ Content cards
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✓ Custom theme settings
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Control layouts, fonts, colors, and key theme features without editing code.
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✓ Publication branding
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Supports your logo, accent color, and publication cover across the theme.
Memberships
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✓ Public, free, and paid content
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Works for public posts, free member content, paid articles, and tier-based access.
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✓ Membership tiers
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Supports Ghost membership tiers with monthly and yearly prices, trials, tier access, and plan currencies.
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✓ Custom auth pages
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Includes custom membership pages for sign-in and sign-up.
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✓ Custom member experience
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Shows post access labels on feed cards and member-facing prompts in protected content.
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✓ Public previews
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Show a public preview before visitors sign up or upgrade.
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✓ Portal support
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Choose between Ghost Portal and custom membership pages.
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✓ Membership pricing tables
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Membership page includes pricing tables with monthly and yearly plans, trials, and benefits.
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✓ Join widget
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Homepage and post views can show a Join the Club widget based on your free tier.
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✓ Membership FAQ section
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Add FAQ items to the membership page with Ghost Toggle cards.
Customization
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✓ Dark & auto color modes
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Light and dark color schemes, with optional automatic switching based on system preferences.
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✓ Secondary logo
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Use a separate logo for dark and automatic color schemes.
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✓ 21 curated font presets
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Choose from 21 prepared font presets, including System fonts and Google Fonts-based combinations.
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✓ Flexible hero section
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Customize the homepage hero while keeping your publication identity.
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✓ About section
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Build an About section with custom text, cover image, and background color or gradient.
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✓ Flexible image layouts
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Set feed image orientation: Portrait, Landscape, Panoramic, Square, or Natural.
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✓ Spotlight section
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The homepage feed can show a spotlight section based on the latest post’s primary tag.
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✓ Advanced navigation
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Longer navigation stays organized by placing extra links in a dropdown at the end.
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✓ Social accounts
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Show social links in the footer through Ghost settings, with many additional services available through secondary navigation.
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✓ Multi-column footer
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Use secondary navigation to build a structured footer with columns and optional social links.
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✓ Footer copyright
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Replace the default footer copyright text from the settings.
Publishing
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✓ Post header layouts
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Seven post and page header layouts with different text and image arrangements.
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✓ Featured posts
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Highlight selected stories in a featured section and inside the feed.
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✓ Hide author
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Hide author details in the feed and on post pages.
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✓ Author and tag archives
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Includes regular author and tag archive pages for individual authors and tags.
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✓ Authors and tags pages
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Includes dedicated authors and tags pages with cards ordered by post count.
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✓ Recommendations page
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Includes a recommendations page powered by Ghost’s native Recommendations feature.
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✓ Contact form
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Custom contact page with Formspree support, plus optional terms text.
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✓ Custom content pages
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Includes custom page templates for membership, contact, recommendations, sign-in, sign-up, and error views.
Post experience
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✓ Reading progress
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✓ Reading time
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✓ Image zoom
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Built-in image zoom for image and gallery cards.
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✓ Related posts
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Show a related posts section after articles to keep readers moving through the publication.
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✓ Social sharing
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Share posts on X, Facebook, and LinkedIn, with built-in copy link support.
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Technical details
Theme
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Current version: v1.2.0
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Last update: Jun 16, 2026
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Compatible with Ghost 6.37.0+
Performance
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✓ WebP support
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✓ Responsive media
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Supports responsive images, tables, and video embeds across all screen sizes.
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✓ Modern browser support
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✓ W3C validated
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✓ Ghost GScan tested
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Checked with Ghost’s official GScan tool.
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✓ PageSpeed tested
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Built with responsive images, lazy-loaded media, minified scripts, and lightweight assets.
Is this theme for me?
Best for
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Editorial
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Newsletters
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Personal blogs
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Evergreen content
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Long-form writing
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Minimalist publications
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Membership focus
Not ideal for
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News
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Portfolios
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Large publications
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Text-only publications
Eihei is best for thoughtful publications that want a calm, polished reading experience. It suits essays, newsletters, membership publications, and editorial sites where typography, post layouts, and a measured homepage matter more than a dense magazine structure.
The homepage does some of the introducing for you. An About section can sit right beside your featured posts, giving new readers context before they start browsing, and when your latest post has a tag, Eihei quietly surfaces related stories from the same topic — no manual curation required. It keeps the front page feeling curated without turning it into extra work.
Choose Eihei if you want flexible post headers for different kinds of stories, strong membership support with its own pricing page, and a calm reading experience throughout.
