Changelog
New releases, improvements, fixes and notable changes.
v1.0.0 — September 11, 2026
The first release.
New Features
Homepage
- ✨ Build your homepage from pages: publish a page, add one tag, and it becomes a section you can reorder at any time.
- ✨ Ten sections to choose from: introduction, topic picker, latest writing, newsletter, logo strip, testimonials, podcast, films, projects and a photo strip. Empty sections stay hidden.
- ✨ Five introduction layouts, from a centred column to a portrait that fills the view below the header. Learn more
- ✨ Section copy is written in the editor and renders as you wrote it: lists, links, headings and buttons all work.
Writing
- ✨ An archive that files your writing under month headings, with a filter row of your most-used tags.
- ✨ Four post layouts, each one tag away: portrait beside the title on either side, picture edge to edge or at text width. Learn more
- ✨ Tag a post
#dropcapand its first letter opens the article large, in the heading typeface. - ✨ A share row at the end of every post: Bluesky, LinkedIn, X, Facebook, Threads, email and Copy link. No third-party scripts, and it works with JavaScript off.
- ✨ Members-only posts open with a free preview that fades into the signup card.
Portfolio, photographs, podcast and films
- ✨ Tag pages
#projectand they appear on the Projects page as a numbered ledger, with previous and next links between them. - ✨ A gallery page that arranges your pictures into a balanced wall, with a full-screen viewer for every photo on the site.
- ✨ Tag a post
#podcastand it becomes an episode on your podcast page. Add listening links for twenty-two platforms from one Code injection snippet. - ✨ Tag a post
#videoand it becomes a film on your videos channel. Films keep playing in a floating player as visitors move around the site. - ✨ YouTube, Vimeo and uploaded video files all play in one player, cookie-free, and load only when someone presses play.
Newsletter and contact
- ✨ A newsletter page that lists your recent issues automatically.
- ✨ A contact page with a working form: paste a form-service address into one setting and readers can write to you.
Menus and footer
- ✨ Start a menu label with
-to nest it in a dropdown. Items that outgrow the header tuck into a "More" dropdown. - ✨ Start a secondary-navigation label with
#to make it a footer column heading. - ✨ Footer icons for all of Ghost's social accounts, plus nine more platforms or any custom link, through one Code injection snippet.
- ✨ Tag any page
#footer-legal-linkand it joins the footer's legal row.
Everywhere
- ✨ Ships in 14 languages and follows your publication language the moment you switch. Add one file to translate it into any other.
- ✨ Password-protected sites get a themed door with your logo, colours and a proper unlock form.
Design
- 🎨 Light and dark modes with no flash of the wrong one, matched by the browser's own scrollbars and form controls.
- 🎨 Picks up your brand colour and fonts from Ghost and keeps links and buttons readable whatever colour you choose.
- 🎨 Newsreader and Manrope are built in, so no fonts load from anywhere else.
- 🎨 Nothing moves for readers who have asked their device to reduce motion.
Performance
- ⚡ Every page reads fine without JavaScript, and nothing waits for it to load.
- ⚡ The video player's machinery downloads only when a reader is about to press play.
Introduction
Documentation for Quiet, the premium Ghost theme for writers and authors. Installation, theme settings, homepage sections, the podcast and video channel, portfolio, gallery and customization.
Compatibility
Quiet runs on Ghost 6.0.0 and later. What to check before installing, what needs the routes file, which browsers are supported, and how the theme behaves for readers with different needs.