Luxe Themes
Getting Started
New to Ghost or to Luxe themes? Start here: setup guides, pricing breakdowns, and first-steps walkthroughs that take you from install to a working site.
Articles
- Why Ghost Asks Subscribers to Confirm by Email Ghost makes every new subscriber click a link before they exist on your list, and never shows the ones who did not. Why that is, and how to lose fewer of them. 9 min
- Running Ghost in Another Language, Including RTL One setting changes the language of a Ghost site, but three layers decide what actually changes: Ghost, the theme and your content. We switched one to German. 7 min
- Stopping Spam Signups on a Ghost Site What spam signups do to a Ghost site, what Ghost already blocks on its own, and what to add in front of it. We tested the built-in limit on our own site. 7 min
- Ghost Behind a Reverse Proxy: Loops, Images, Logins Ghost expects a proxy in front of it. Two settings decide whether it works: the site URL and the forwarded-protocol header. What breaks when either is wrong. 9 min
- Ghost Newsletters Without Mailgun: Real Options Self-hosted Ghost only sends newsletters through Mailgun. What SMTP can and can't do, how Amazon SES and Postmark fit, what the proxies cost, and what to pick. 15 min
- How to Build a Membership Website (7 Steps) Build a membership website end to end: choose the platform, set up paid tiers and Stripe, gate your content and launch, with real costs at every step. 6 min
- Ghost Mailchimp Integration: Four Ways That Work Ghost has no built-in Mailchimp integration, but four routes work: an embedded signup form, Zapier sync, RSS-to-email, and a CSV import we tested ourselves. 11 min
- Ghost Custom Domain Setup: DNS, SSL and Email How to point a domain at Ghost(Pro) or a self-hosted site: the DNS records, automatic SSL, the www redirect Ghost does not do for you, and a sending domain. 10 min
- Ghost as a Publishing Platform: Full Overview Ghost combines a CMS, newsletter system, and membership platform into one. Here is what makes it different from WordPress, Substack, and website builders. 6 min
- Ghost Pricing 2026: Every Plan & Hidden Costs Ghost(Pro) starts at $15/mo, self-hosting from $6/mo. Every plan and feature gate compared, plus the hidden costs, so you pick the right option first. 9 min
- How to Start a Newsletter with Ghost Step-by-step guide to launching your first Ghost newsletter. Set up sending, design your template, build signup forms, and grow your subscriber list. 9 min
- Ghost ActivityPub: The Social Web, Set Up and Fixed How Ghost's social web works, how to switch it on for Ghost(Pro) and self-hosted sites, the hosted service limits, and why the Network tab fails on some setups. 9 min
- Ghost Editor: Cards, Formatting & Publishing How the Ghost editor works: formatting, the card menu for images, galleries, embeds and callouts, and how to preview, schedule and publish a post or newsletter. 10 min
- Ghost Newsletter: Setup, Design and Delivery How Ghost's built-in newsletter works and how to set it up: sending with Mailgun or without it, email design, segments, and paid subscriptions with no cut. 11 min
- Ghost Self-Hosting Guide: Server, Install, Upkeep What self-hosting Ghost involves: the server it needs, Ghost's Docker Compose setup versus Ghost-CLI, email, backups, safe updates and moving to a new server. 15 min
- How to Install Ghost: Each Method Step by Step Install Ghost on Ghost(Pro), with Ghost's Docker Compose setup, with Ghost-CLI on Ubuntu, or on your own computer: what each needs and the steps to follow. 18 min
- Ghost Memberships: Set Up Free and Paid Tiers How Ghost memberships work and how to set them up: free and paid tiers, connecting Stripe, gating posts and managing members. Ghost takes no cut of revenue. 10 min