Luxe Themes
Rune
Ghost 5 & 6 compatible
$89
- 46 languages + RTL support
- 5 post layouts
- Light & dark mode
Best Ghost Themes for Online Magazines
Online magazines demand more from a theme than blogs or newsletters. You need a homepage that functions as a visual table of contents — showcasing featured stories with compelling images, organizing content by section, and guiding readers toward the articles that matter most. A magazine theme must balance visual impact with information density, showing enough content to keep readers exploring without overwhelming the page.
The Ghost themes below are recommended for digital magazines based on their editorial design capabilities. They offer multiple hero layout options for creating magazine-style homepages, featured post sections for highlighting editor's picks and top stories, photo gallery support for visual storytelling, and dropdown navigation for organizing content by category. Each theme handles the high-volume publishing that magazines require, with automatic pagination and tag-based content filtering.
Whether you're building a niche industry publication, a culture magazine, a news outlet, or a lifestyle brand, these themes give your editorial content the visual treatment it deserves. They're designed to look as polished and professional as the print magazines that inspired them, while taking full advantage of Ghost's modern publishing capabilities.
Our Top Pick for Magazines
The theme we recommend most for digital magazines
Top Pick for Magazines
Luno
$89
Luno brings magazine-style versatility with multiple hero layouts, featured post sections, and image-forward design. Its flexible homepage options let you create a distinct visual identity that matches your editorial vision.
- 46 languages + RTL support
- 6 post templates + shop page
- Light & dark mode + system
- Table of contents for posts
- Membership + Custom Sign In/Up Pages
Top Pick for Magazines
Nio
$69
Nio excels as a magazine theme with 5 hero alignments, a featured posts section, built-in photo galleries, and dropdown navigation for organizing editorial categories. Its clean, image-forward design gives your visual content room to shine while maintaining readable typography for long-form articles.
- 46 languages + RTL support
- 4 post layouts
- Light & dark mode
- Featured posts section
- Contact form, Authors & Tags Pages
Also Worth Considering
Other themes with magazine-friendly features
Essential Features for Magazine Themes
What to look for in a Ghost theme for your digital magazine
Multiple Hero Layouts
Magazine-style homepage sections with visual variety
Featured Posts Section
Highlight top stories and editor's picks
Photo Galleries
Visual storytelling with image collections
Dark Mode
Alternative color scheme for modern reading preferences
Navigation with Dropdowns
Organize content categories and sections
Social Sharing
Maximize reach for every published article
Magazine Theme FAQ
What makes a Ghost theme suitable for a magazine?
Magazine themes need three things: visual hierarchy on the homepage to showcase different types of content, flexible post layouts that work for both short news items and in-depth features, and strong navigation to help readers explore by category. Our recommended themes offer multiple hero layouts, featured post sections, and dropdown navigation — the building blocks of a professional digital magazine.
Can I create different sections or categories with these themes?
Yes. Ghost's tag system serves as the foundation for content categorization. Our themes render tag pages as section landing pages, and navigation menus support dropdown submenus for organizing content by category. You can create dedicated sections for news, features, opinion, culture, or any other editorial categories your magazine needs — all manageable from Ghost Admin.
Which theme is best for a photo-heavy magazine?
Nio is the strongest choice for visually-driven publications. It includes a built-in photo gallery feature, 5 hero alignment options for showcasing cover images, and featured post sections that emphasize visual content. Its clean design gives images room to breathe while maintaining professional typography for accompanying text. Luno is also excellent for image-rich content with its lightbox feature and 6 hero layouts.
How do these themes handle high-volume publishing?
All our themes handle pagination automatically — Ghost loads posts in batches as readers scroll or navigate between pages, so your homepage stays fast regardless of how many articles you've published. Featured post sections let you manually curate what appears prominently, while the standard post feed ensures nothing gets buried. Tag-based filtering helps readers find content in specific categories.