Disabling analytics

All analytics features in Ghost, including web analytics, newsletter opens,

Member sources

Ghost automatically records the source of a member at the time of sign-up or paid conversion, helping you understand where your audience is coming from — whether it’s search, social media, referrals, or something else.

Native analytics in Ghost

Ghost gives you powerful, first-party analytics built right into your site — no extra tools or setup required.

Social web (Beta)

💡Currently in beta This is a new feature in active

Signup spam protection

Configure custom spam filter settings, to prevent specific email domains from signing up to your publication.

Tips & Donations

Enabling Tips & Donations in Ghost gives your readers an

Keyboard shortcuts

A list of available keyboard shortcuts can be found in

Recommendations

Ghost supports cross-promotion for publishers via the Recommendation beta feature

Ghost Bookmarker

The Ghost Bookmarker is a browser extension for Chrome &

Embeddable signup forms

Yes! You can create custom embeddable signup forms, that can be used anywhere on the web.

SEO in Ghost

When you publish your content with Ghost, many of the

Deliverability tips

Email newsletters are a fantastic distribution mechanism for content. But

Tags

Ghost has a flexible tagging system, which can be used

Organizing content

Ghost Admin provides a clean and clutter-free environment to manage

Setting up email newsletters

To enable newsletters for your publication, navigate to Settings → Membership

Announcement bar

The announcement bar feature in Ghost allows you to add

Setting up your site

After creating your publication and selecting a theme, there are

Intro to the editor

Ghost has a powerful visual editor with familiar formatting options.

The Ghost Manual

Ghost is a powerful, open-source publishing platform that enables you

Setting up members

Ghost's membership functionality allows you to build a

Member impersonation

The member impersonate feature allows you to log in as

Welcome pages

👋Give a warm welcome to new members with custom welcome

Complimentary plans

Give any reader access to paid content by creating a

Posts

Posts can be used to create articles, tutorials, reviews, personal

Redirects

Ghost includes support for implementing URL redirects through the use

Public previews

The public preview card can be used on any post,

Customize Portal

The most important step towards turning your Ghost publication into

Updating links in newsletters

Ghost makes it possible to edit any link contained in

Delivering emails to your audience

Connect with your audience and keep them informed when you

Member management

🧍Manage, track, moderate, and support your members with ease using

Comments

The native comments feature in Ghost allows you to invite

Audience feedback

The Audience feedback feature gives your readers the opportunity to

Newsletter template settings

Email newsletters in Ghost come with a polished, customizable HTML

Pages

Unlike posts, pages in Ghost can be used to serve

Import members

Ghost allows you to import your existing audience in an

Markdown guide

The Ghost editor automatically parses any Markdown typed in directly,

Connecting Stripe

If you intend to use Ghost to take payments from

Create paid tiers

Ghost allows you to offer multiple membership products, each with

Free trials

Offering free trials to your members is a great way

Creating discount and trial offers

The offers system in Ghost allows you to convert more

How to use Apple Pay with Ghost

Apple Pay is a contactless payment option supported by Stripe.

Publishing and scheduling

Previewing, publishing and scheduling content is accessed from the top

How to use Google Pay with Ghost

Google Pay is a popular contactless payment option that is

Preparing posts for publishing

The post settings menu in the editor allows you to

Integrations

Ghost is a flexible platform that provides multiple methods of

Creating reusable snippets

Snippets allow any staff user to reuse content and cards

How to create protected content

Publish your creative work to the right people and run

Editor cards

Jump to a card * Images * Markdown * HTML * Gallery * Divider * Bookmark

Design settings

You may be wondering how to customize the look and

History log

The history log allows you to view staff user events

Installing a theme

This is where the magic happens! Upload a theme and instantly give your site a facelift.

Post analytics

Post analytics in Ghost admin gives you easy access to

How to add search in Ghost

Ghost includes built-in search functionality to give your readers easy

Adding styles with code injection

Code injection in Ghost allows you to easily add CSS

Free trials in Ghost

Offering free trials to your members is a great way

Site navigation

Ghost makes it easy to update your navigation menus, so

Importing content

Ready to breathe new life into your new Ghost site

Exporting content and data

Publishing with Ghost gives you full ownership and access to

Invite your team

Once your site is up and running, it's