Reading experience
What surrounds an article in Quiet: the byline, the share row and Copy link, Read next, the author card, previous and next posts, comments, printing, and what still works with JavaScript off.
Everything on a post that is not the post. Most of it is on by default and needs no attention, so this page is mainly here for when you want to change or remove something.
The three switches are in Post settings. How the post opens is a separate matter, chosen per post with a tag: see Post and page layouts.
The byline
Under the title: the author's face and name, then the date, then the reading time. Ghost calculates the reading time; Show reading time removes it, from the byline and from every post card on the site at the same time.
A co-authored post shows the first author only, because the design shows one face. Everyone is still credited in the page data search engines and social networks read.
The share row
At the end of the post: Bluesky, LinkedIn, X, Facebook, Threads, email, and a Copy link button.
Every network is a plain link built when the page is rendered. No share SDK, no tracking pixel, nothing counting your readers, and the row works with JavaScript switched off.
Keeping some networks and not others
Each item in the row is labelled, so one rule in Settings → Code injection → Site header hides the ones you do not want:
<style>
[data-share-platform="facebook"],
[data-share-platform="x"] { display: none; }
</style>The names are bluesky, linkedin, x, facebook, threads, email and link (the Copy link button).
To remove the row entirely
Hiding all six networks one by one leaves the row's frame behind, with a thin line and the word Share. Hide the whole row instead, with one rule in the same place:
<style>
[data-component="social-share"] { display: none; }
</style>There is no theme setting for the row: it is on for every post, and this line is the switch. Pages never show it.
Read next
Three posts at the end of the article, chosen by the post's main tag, newest first, never including the post being read. A post with no public tag falls back to your three newest.
The row hides itself when there is nothing to show, so it costs nothing on a new site. Switch: Related posts.
The author card
A "Written by" card with the author's picture, name, bio, location and website, taken from Settings → Staff.
It renders only when the author has a bio, because a card holding a name the reader has already seen twice is noise. Switch: Show author card.
Previous and next
Under that, links to the posts either side of this one by publish date. They come from Ghost, they need no setup, and a single-post site shows neither.
Comments
Quiet renders Ghost's own comments, under a heading, when you have them switched on at Settings → Comments. Everything about them (who may comment, moderation, replies) is Ghost's, not the theme's.
With comments off, there is no heading and no empty space.
Members-only posts
A gated post shows your excerpt with a soft fade, then a signup card. See Membership.
Printing
Quiet ships a print stylesheet, so a reader who prints an article or saves it as a PDF gets the article: the menu, the search and theme buttons, the share row, signup forms, pagination, the footer menu and comments are all left out.
With JavaScript switched off
Reading is unaffected. What a reader loses:
| Still works | Needs JavaScript |
|---|---|
| The whole article, images, embeds, links | The floating video player |
| Menus (as a flat list rather than dropdowns) | The full-screen photo viewer |
| Every share link | The Copy link button |
| The contact form (posting to the service's own page) | The in-place contact confirmation |
| Signup forms | The sideways drift of the logo and photo strips |
| A site set to Light or Dark in the settings | The dark-mode button, and following the visitor's own device preference |
That list is short on purpose. It is also what makes the theme fast: almost nothing on a page of writing is waiting for a script.
Post and page layouts
Four ways to open a post or page, each chosen with one internal tag: a portrait beside the title on either side, or the picture edge to edge or at text width. Plus the drop cap.
Membership
How Quiet handles members: the free preview that fades into a signup card, the Members and Paid labels, locked films, and where readers sign up.