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Ikken

Built around the balance of image and text, Ikken moves from a featured slider to an alternating editorial feed. Selected stories can break the pattern with a full-width layout in this visual Ghost theme for image-led blogs.

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Let featured stories take over the screen. The full-screen slider pairs large imagery with prominent type, giving each story an expansive opening before the feed begins.

Build the feed around contrast. Image-and-text stories alternate from side to side, while selected posts — and entries without images — use a full-width layout to break the sequence.

Mark the story of the month. Featured posts can carry Ikken’s distinctive label with its marker, wording, and date, with simpler variations available when the full treatment feels too prominent.

Highlights

  • Compatible with Ghost 6.0.0+

  • Support for free, paid, and tiered memberships, including custom membership pages and pricing layouts.

  • Light and dark color schemes, with optional automatic switching based on system preferences.

  • A full-screen homepage slider pairs large imagery with prominent type for featured pages and posts.

  • Image-and-text stories alternate from side to side throughout the homepage feed.

  • Let selected posts with feature images span the full feed width, while posts without images use the layout automatically.

  • Show the “Story of the month” label on featured posts, choose how much detail it includes, or hide it globally or for individual posts.

  • Show popular tags and, when enabled, authors ordered by post count inside the expandable menu.

  • Control color mode, search, the featured label, author suggestions, comments, dark logo, and footer text without editing code.

  • Fully translatable, with English and Polish included and support for Ghost’s built-in translations.

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Key Ghost features

  • Fully translatable, with English and Polish included and support for Ghost’s built-in translations.

  • Use Ghost’s native search or Ikken’s custom search powered by a Content API key.

  • Supports native Ghost comments, with Disqus available as an optional alternative.

  • Supports Ghost Members for free signups, paid memberships, and protected content.

  • Supports multiple authors and dedicated author archive pages.

  • Choose separate heading and body fonts from Ghost’s built-in font lists, with Josefin Sans and Mulish as the theme defaults.

  • Supports and styles Ghost’s built-in editor cards for rich article content.

  • Control color mode, search, the featured label, author suggestions, comments, dark logo, and footer text without editing code.

  • Supports your logo, accent color, publication cover, title, and description across the theme.

Memberships

  • Works for public posts, free member content, paid articles, and tier-based access.

  • Supports Ghost membership tiers with monthly and yearly prices, trials, tier access, and plan currencies.

  • Includes custom membership pages for sign-in and sign-up.

  • Includes a custom subscribe page for newsletter and member signup.

  • Includes a custom account page with member details, billing info, account settings, and subscription controls.

  • A built-in email signup section can pair with the publication cover after feeds and articles.

  • Shows sign-in and account access in the menu, along with custom call-to-action blocks in protected content.

  • Shows custom notifications for subscribe, sign-in, sign-up, email update, expired link, and checkout states.

  • Show a public preview before visitors sign up or upgrade.

  • Membership and account pages include pricing tables with monthly and yearly plans, trials, benefits, and custom currencies.

Customization

  • Light and dark color schemes, with optional automatic switching based on system preferences.

  • Use a separate logo for dark and automatic color schemes.

  • Show up to five featured pages and ten featured posts in the homepage slider.

  • Show the “Story of the month” label on featured posts, choose how much detail it includes, or hide it globally or for individual posts.

  • Show popular tags and, when enabled, authors ordered by post count inside the expandable menu.

  • Show X and Facebook in the footer through Ghost settings, with built-in support for many additional social services.

  • Replace the default footer copyright text from the settings.

Publishing

  • Highlight selected posts and pages in the homepage slider.

  • Image-and-text stories alternate from side to side throughout the homepage feed.

  • Let selected posts with feature images span the full feed width, while posts without images use the layout automatically.

  • Hide author details in the feed and on post pages.

  • Includes regular author and tag archive pages for individual authors and tags.

  • Includes a dedicated tags page with tag cards ordered by post count.

  • Custom contact page with Formspree support.

  • Includes custom page templates for membership, account, contact, sign-in, sign-up, subscribe, tags, and error views.

Post experience

  • A progress indicator shows how far readers have moved through an article.

  • Shows the estimated reading time for each article.

  • Built-in image zoom for image and gallery cards.

  • Article pages include newer and older post navigation after the content.

  • Share posts on X and Facebook, with built-in copy link support.

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Technical details

Theme

  • Shows the current release version of the theme.

  • Shows the release date of the current theme version.

  • Shows the minimum Ghost version supported by the theme.

Performance

  • Supports responsive tables and video embeds across screen sizes.

  • Designed to work in current versions of major modern browsers.

  • Theme markup is checked against W3C validation standards.

  • Checked with Ghost’s official GScan tool.

  • Built with lazy-loaded media, minified scripts, and lightweight assets.

Is this theme for me?

Best for

Content & structure

  • ✓ Image-led publications
  • ✓ Visual publications

Publishing model

  • ✓ Membership focus
Not ideal for
  • ✗ News

Content & structure

  • ✗ Large publications
  • ✗ Text-only publications
Summary

Ikken lets image and text take turns leading. A full-screen slider and alternating feed give image-led blogs, journals, and company publications a clear editorial rhythm without filling the homepage with competing sections.

In practice

The same balance continues inside each article, where the title and feature image share a split opening. The expandable menu keeps search, popular topics, and authors ordered by publishing activity within reach while the homepage remains visually open.

Best fit

Choose Ikken if you want featured stories to open at full scale, a focused feed where selected posts can break the alternating sequence, and custom membership pages for free and paid readers.

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Before you buy

How does licensing work?

There’s a single license that scales with the number of sites you need — you choose how many at checkout.

The license isn’t tied to a specific site — it can be used on any site, as long as the number of sites in active use at any time doesn’t exceed what was purchased.

Can I customize the theme?

Yes — you can adapt the theme’s design and functionality to suit your project, workflow, or client requirements.

Where can I find the full terms?

Full licensing terms, refund policy, and other details are covered on the Terms page.

Purchase & access

What do I get with my purchase?

You receive the theme files, a license key, support, and future updates.

Access is available immediately after payment. All purchases are handled through the Polar checkout — once confirmed, you’ll have access to your files and the Customer Portal ↗.

Do I get future updates?

Yes — future updates are included.

Updates may include bug fixes, improvements, and new features. New Ghost functionality is considered for inclusion when it fits the theme’s design and scope.

What is the refund policy?

A 14-day money-back guarantee is offered on all purchases.

If you are not satisfied for any reason, a full refund may be requested within 14 days of purchase.

Support

Is support included with the purchase?

Yes — support is included at no additional cost.

Support covers theme-related questions and bug reports. Custom development, third-party integrations, and site management services are not included.

How do I get support?

Submit your request through the Support page.

Select the appropriate topic, provide your license key, and describe the issue.

Where can I find the documentation?

Browse Docs and select your theme.

I update the docs as themes change. Check that you’re using the latest version of your theme when following a guide.

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