Turn your audience into a business. Publishing, newsletters, memberships and subscriptions — all in one place. Decentralised. Open source. 0% payment fees.
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We believe culture and media shouldn’t be controlled by any centralized tech platform or venture-backed corporation.
As we continue to build open infrastructure for the future of publishing, Ghost is now recognized as a Digital Public Good 🪷
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✨6 years ago we launched the first version of Ghost
Today, we're launching Ghost 3.0 — A new business model for independent publishing 📰, a new JAMstack architecture 🛠, and so much more 🤗
Oh, also, we raised $5,000,000 👉 ghost.org/3/
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Say hello to Ghost 4.0 👋
Our latest release brings creators a fully independent platform for building a modern subscription business.
Oh, also, we built the dashboard 👉
Sup.
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Just shipped 👉 Ghost 2.0! 🚢
✍️ Brand new editor
🌍 Multi-language sites
🏗 Custom URL structures
🏠 Custom homepages
📢 much more!
All the details: blog.ghost.org/2-0/ 🎁
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After 5 years, $3Million, and no investors: Here's everything we've learned from building the #1 CMS on Github 🔥 blog.ghost.org/5/
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📣 Incredibly excited to announce LOADS of new things today, putting Ghost on the #JAMstack!
⚙️ NEW: v2 Ghost Content API
💜 NEW: Official plugin+starter for @gatsbyjs
🏎 NEW: Official integration with @Netlify
👻 Ghost is now a fully headless CMS!
blog.ghost.org/jamstack/ 💡
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It's finally here! 👉🏼 Ghost 1.0 - A brand new editor, updated design & ludicrous improvements all round. 1️⃣.0️⃣ blog.ghost.org/1-0/ 🙌🏼
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Twitter is shutting down @Revue, but switching to @Ghost is easy!
Tired of using VC-backed startups that pop-up and shut-down on a whim every few years?
Move your newsletter to an independent, open source platform that you fully own and control:
ghost.org/docs/migration/rev…
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📣 We just shipped Ghost 5.0! 📣
What's new?
📰 Support for multiple newsletters
💰 Custom tiers & offers
📊 Detailed member analytics
🖼 New themes & design settings
💡 MUCH MORE
We're live on Product Hunt here 👋 say hi
producthunt.com/posts/ghost-…
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“I am one of the most-followed authors on Medium, with 158,000 followers. And yet Medium barely shows my articles to anyone anymore.”
@FreeCodeCamp had over 5,000 articles published on Medium — here’s why they just moved everything to @Ghost:
freecodecamp.org/forum/t/we-…
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Very kind!
But we're a non-profit org with no share capital making free open source software - so there's nothing to invest in :)
Lots of people choose Ghost because we've structured ourselves to be permanently independent.
✌️
As I predicted, substack writers are leaving for @ghost (according to this @pkafka story)
Ghost is 99% cheaper because is charging based on a SaaS model -- I am not an investor in GHOST but I would love to be! Hit me up team GHOST
vox.com/recode/22338802/subs…
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Ghost 6.0 is here — meet our biggest upgrade yet
🫶 Reach millions of users across the social web 🔎 Understand what works with native analytics
➕ Powerful new creator tools
📈 $100M earned for indie publishers
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💬 Just shipped: Native Comments for Ghost
This has been one of our most requested features of all time, and it's available to everyone!
Now you can build your own community, right inside Ghost.
All the details & story of how/why we built this, here:
ghost.org/changelog/native-c…
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Just shipped our most requested feature EVER
🔍 Search!
Every Ghost site now has access to blazing-fast search across all posts, tags, and authors. Works with any theme.
All the details (and the behind the scenes story of building this feature) — here:
ghost.org/changelog/search/
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🚢 Just shipped 👉 Ghost Admin has had some fresh design updates for 2019 and is looking pretty snazzy (technical term) right now. AND we integrated site preview into the admin so you no longer need multiple tabs.
More coming soon in Ghost 3.0! [wait, what?] nothing, sshhh
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Lots of bad jokes on the internet today, but this is the real deal:
We’re now just @Ghost!
Nothin’ left to Try 🤗
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Today we're excited to share that Ghost is going to federate over ActivityPub and become part of the largest open publishing network in the world 🌐
We hope you'll join us! 🎉
activitypub.ghost.org
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Today we're introducing Ghost Explore — the best way to discover your new favourite creators & publications.
This our first step toward building out the Ghost network for the record number of people starting new sites & looking to grow their audience 👇
ghost.org/explore/
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Release day for ✨ Recommendations in Ghost!
Simple cross promotion, with a twist:
It works with every publisher, on any platform.
We don't need more closed networks.
We need more open web ❤️
All the deets 👇
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Some quick driveby Tuesday news: 👋🏼
We just shipped email newsletters (beta) for Ghost! 💌
Here's how it works in 4 easy steps:
✍️ Write new content
✅ Check 'Send by email'
📫 Your post is delivered to your members inboxes
🧘♀️ Idk have a nap maybe
ghost.org/blog/native-email/
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After a crazy amount of work, today Ghost is public. Welcome. blog.ghost.org/public-launch…
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Hey! Team Ghost is hiring for several new positions in Operations, Design, Infrastructure & Support! 🤗
🌍 Fully remote
💸 Competitive salary
✈️ International retreats
💻 Equipment paid for
📅 3 day weekends
Know anyone who might be interested?
careers.ghost.org
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In the last 3 months we've helped 3 of our favourite startup blogs migrate and re-launch on Ghost
✅ close.io/blog
✅ unsplash.com/blog
✅ buffer.com/resources
Great inspiration if you're looking for examples of what's possible to build your own publication!
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Some news! We've acquired @iveelco, one of the most popular premium theme shops for Ghost 🎉
Today we're releasing all of the themes as free and open source for everyone - including the hugely popular Dawn newsletter theme 💌
More details here 👉
ghost.org/changelog/iveel/
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Some Ghost news today: We've acquired Pico from @pjrvs / @JackEllis - and released it as open source 🤗
ghost.org/blog/acquiring-pic…
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Our biggest product release of the year dropped yesterday: Ghost 2.0 👻
Major new features & tons of improvements ❤️ Thanks for all your support
blog.ghost.org/2-0/
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You can now collect subscribers in Ghost directly from your Twitter profile!
Here’s how to set things up 👇
ghost.org/integrations/twitt…
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It's 2022 & the Ghost team is growing again! 🤗
New roles in Community, Engineering & Infrastructure:
🌍 Fully remote since 2013 (aka: no Zoom hell)
💸 Competitive salary
💻 Equipment paid for
📆 3 day weekends
🧘♀️ Everything we do is indie & open source
careers.ghost.org/
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Announcing the new Ghost editor — The same clean, powerful writing interface you know and love, but faster and more robust from head to toe 📝
We've already made huge improvements to Ghost with this change, with lots more on the way:
ghost.org/changelog/new-edit…
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We’ve very excited to announce: Ghost for Journalism ghost.org/journalism/ – A $45,000 development program for independent publishers 💃🏻
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Hey! Team Ghost is hiring for several new positions in Support, Design, Engineering & Infrastructure! 🤗
🌍 Fully remote since before masks were cool
💸 Competitive salary
💻 Equipment paid for
📅 3 day weekends
🧘♀️ Everything we do is indie & open source
careers.ghost.org
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New: blog.ghost.org/2014-report/ Lessons learned building an open source product from $0 to $350,000/year in 12 months 🚀
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Excited that Ghost is powering all of The Atlantic's new batch of independent journalists, with some incredible writing from some of the best in the business!
Check out this thread to see & subscribe to what they're working on 👇
1/11 Today we’re introducing nine new newsletters from The Atlantic, from exciting voices you may already know and love. These newsletters are a benefit of subscription, but anyone can sign up for free during a trial period, which runs until November 30: on.theatln.tc/zGrdqPv
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Very excited to share our brand new @digitalocean One-Click Application on Ubuntu 18.04: 🌊 digitalocean.com/docs/one-cl…
For developers who self-host: This is hands down the *best* way to deploy a new instance of Ghost 💪
Let us know what you think!
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New stuff ✨Ghost Admin now has sidebar views to make it even easier to filter and manage your content - or create your own custom views 😎
ghost.org/changelog/
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Dropped like it's hot ✨
Ghost themes can now have custom design settings, so you can adjust colors, fonts, layout options and more in just a couple of clicks. No code required 😏
👇
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No need for 3rd party tools with Ghost 6.0
Ghost Analytics now gives you a complete overview of your traffic, engagement and audience.
In real time 📈
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Announcing Ghost 0.5: blog.ghost.org/ghost-0-5/ - Now with Multi-User support and *hundreds* of improvements.
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Some big news for us today, we’re moving the entire Ghost Foundation to Singapore! Here’s why: blog.ghost.org/moving-to-sin… ✈️🌴🇸🇬
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Announcing Ghost Desktop - A more native experience for all your publishing needs! 💻⚡️ j.mp/1TewbEr
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Many of the largest publishers out there are currently reconsidering the platforms they choose to power their businesses.
In a first announcement of.... several...... we're delighted to welcome @CaseyNewton and @ZoeSchiffer to Ghost!
platformer.news
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Merry Christmas! 🎄🎁❄️ Automatic responsive image thumbnails for Ghost have arrived 👉🏼 blog.ghost.org/responsive-im…
One of our most requested features of all time 🖼
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🚢 Just shipped: A brand new Ghost Admin API 👻
Even better:
This new API launches with official integrations from @ulyssesapp + @iAWriter + @writeas__ + 1,000 other apps via our new @zapier v2 app! ⚡️
All the details right here 👉
blog.ghost.org/admin-api/
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The new Ghost editor (beta) is here!
The same editor you know and love, now also with:
🎨 Image editing
📝 Post history & version control
🔗 A brand new bookmarker extension
...and this is just the beginning!👇
ghost.org/changelog/editor-b…
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Launching a subscription business this year? Make sure your build on a platform where you own and control your customer data. 🌺
If you can't leave a platform, it's not really your business!
We're part of a movement to showcase products doing this right: opensubscriptionplatforms.co…
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Today we shipped native support for custom fonts in Ghost ⬇️
One of the hallmarks of great editorial design is beautiful typography.
Now you can finesse how your words look, as well as what they say, to perfectly match your style.
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Just shipped! 👉🏻 We've (finally) added automatic image optimisation in Ghost 🎉 as well as a responsive image gallery card 📷
blog.ghost.org/image-galleri…
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Gone are the days of endless tabs and hunting for links. Now you can search and link to old posts, pages, tags, and authors directly in the Ghost editor. Keep writing without the context switch! ✍️ ghost.org/changelog/internal…
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Happy New Year! 🎉 We just shipped 3 beautiful new themes that are open-source, free to use and fully responsive ✨ As well as a new Starter theme for developers to build on top of 👩💻
👉 blog.ghost.org/free-ghost-th…
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Ghost theme creation just got easier with an official Ghost VS @Code extension🪄
Speed up your coding process with:
💻 Syntax explanations in the editor
📑 Quick access to theme docs
✍️ Autocomplete features
Get the full scoop 👇
ghost.org/changelog/vscode-e…
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Just landed 🛬 official @Grammarly support, natively in the Ghost editor. Now you can craft your most eloquent prose, without distractions.
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Hi from team Ghost 👋 We out here enjoying a week of sunshine and team collaboration in the Canaries ☀️📷
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We just shipped a brand new default theme for Ghost! It's called Source, and is included automatically with every new install.
Preview/details here:
ghost.org/changelog/the-sour…
Thread below if you want some behind the scenes nerdery 👇
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Happy December & welcome to 12 days of Cardmas 🎄
We're wrapping up 2021 by shipping some of the most HOTLY requested publishing features out there 🔥
ghost.org/changelog/cardmas/
Up first, dogs:
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Just released 📣 Personalise email newsletters in Ghost:
👋🏼Add dynamic greetings
💌 Include exclusive email content
📫 Hide that content from published posts
More info: ghost.org/changelog/email-ca…
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Some of the biggest ideas start out as a publication.
@OpenAI launched on Ghost, sharing open research into AI models for years before growing into what it is today.
(The launch of ChatGPT set new a record for the amount of concurrent traffic Ghost had ever handled)
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The creator economy is growing faster than ever, and so are we! 📈 Join a team that's determined to make decentralised, open technology the heart and soul of new media 🌺
Hiring for positions in product, engineering, design, infrastructure and support:
careers.ghost.org/
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On Monday we shipped Ghost 5.0 — our biggest release yet! Including:
📰 Support for multiple newsletters
💰 Custom tiers & offers
📊 Detailed member analytics
🖼 New themes & design settings
💡 MUCH MORE
Apparently Twitter hates links in tweets now though, so, link in bioooo 🎉
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Just released 📣 Audience feedback ✨
Establish a direct connection with your audience when it matters most & invite readers to react to posts at the end of each email newsletter 👇
ghost.org/changelog/audience…
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NEW THINGS: Ghost Docs got a comprehensive makeover 💅
🛠️ Brand new install guides
👩🎓 Core concepts overview
📚 Shiny new tutorials section
➕ Big integrations directory for your favourite tools & apps(!)
💡 docs.ghost.org
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Fun fact: Today’s downtime brought to you by @codinghorror - who logged into his blog, which has SO much traffic that we couldn’t graph it 🔥
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Introducing public previews 👀
Now you can include a preview of any length and protect the rest of your post behind a member signup or paywall!
Nice.
ghost.org/changelog/public-p…
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A lot of you kept telling us you wish Ghost had more detailed analytics.
So, we just shipped completely overhauled stats and data for posts and newsletters - with brand new tracking for which links are getting most engagement.
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Because lots of people are asking:
There are no restrictions of any kind on tweeting links to Ghost sites and newsletters
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Big news today! 🎉 blog.ghost.org/roon/ We’re very excited to announce that we’ve acquired @roon_app! -
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🚢We just shipped an open source advanced sitemap plugin for @gatsbyjs
It takes just a few minutes to install and will automatically generate organised sitemaps for optimum SEO performance!
Check it out 👉
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NEW: Now you can send emails to your members without publishing a post on your website.
Great for:
💰 Promoting paid plans to free members
💌 Sending a weekly roundup of trending posts
📣 Surveying members about what should come next
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It's our birthday! Three years down, $600,000 annual revenue, and what's coming next j.mp/1QNw2pw 🔥
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TechCrunch newsletter this weekend covering the Ghost 3.0 launch:
“Ghost is one upstart that proves that raising venture capital isn’t a prerequisite for making a big impact.”
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
ghost.org/3/
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📣 We’ve got some brand new tools to help you with putting Ghost on the #JAMstack!
💙 NEW: Official starter for @eleven_ty
📘 NEW: Official docs for using Ghost with @eleven_ty
💠 Works great with @Netlify
ghost.org/blog/eleventy/ 💡
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Another Ghost publisher passes $1M ARR 🎉
The more you grow, the more valuable it is to have your own independent publishing stack with 0% fees.
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In the last few months we've shipped 🚢:
- Membership tiers
- Offers & discounts
- Segmented newsletters
- Upgrade CTAs
- Dynamic previews
- Invite only communities
- Email design settings
- Audience filtering
- 3 new free themes
- Emails without publishing
Out of chars [1/2]👇
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Brand new today! We’ve just shipped a full @zapier integration for Ghost 🛠 blog.ghost.org/zapier-x-ghos… - Now you can connect, automate, and power up your site with over 1,000 different apps and services. 🧙🏻♂️ <= This is a wizard
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Launch day again! 🚀
For more than a quarter century, Pitchfork was a kind of Rolling Stone for the millennial generation, a bible for audiophiles whose authority was summed up by its simple slogan: “the most trusted voice in music.”
That changed for many readers in January when Pitchfork’s parent company, Condé Nast, enacted a sweeping round of layoffs that included removing its editor in chief and folding it under GQ, the men’s magazine.
Nearly a year later, five former Pitchfork journalists are getting the band back together to start a new online music publication, Hearing Things.
Published with Ghost
hearingthings.co/
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Ever wish you could get a quick email alert to let you know when you have a new signup, paid subscription, or cancellation?
Well, now you can 💌
We just shipped native email notifications for Ghost 👇
ghost.org/changelog/email-no…
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How good is the new One-Click App?
We dressed our CTO, @erisds, head to toe as a @digitalocean mascot and made her ski down a mountain in slow motion.
That’s how good.
It escalated QUICKLY.
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It's been a while, but we are HIRING again 🚀
Join us as Staff Product Engineer and get paid to work on open source software shaping the future of independent media!
🌍 Fully remote since 2013
📅 4 day work week
💸 Competitive salary
🧑💻 Equipment paid for
Link in bio ❤️
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Finally available to everyone: Membership Tiers!
With Ghost, you can now...
💳 Offer multiple tiers & upsells with unique benefits
💻 Feature tiers & pricing on your website
🍰 Deliver custom content to members based on tier
All the details here👇
ghost.org/changelog/membersh…
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We've launched a brand new newsletter for independent creators⚡️ Publisher Weekly 👉 publisher.ghost.org
📰 The most significant stories in publishing
💸 Emerging business models for news
🙇♀️ Hand-curated by our team every week
🛬 Lands in your inbox each Sunday
💃
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Starting today, you can now offer free trials on paid subscriptions in Ghost!💈
Free trials are a great way to boost conversion from free→paid, giving people a chance to try before they buy.
Read all about it, here 👇
ghost.org/changelog/free-tri…
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Just released 👇
Create unique landing pages on your site, no code required:
1️⃣ Toggle the page title & feature image off
2️⃣ Use dynamic cards in the editor to build a beautiful landing page that converts visitors to members✨📮
ghost.org/changelog/create-l…
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Just released 📬
Keep your email list clean and deliverability rates high with automatic list cleaning 🧹
If emails sent to a subscriber consistently fail or are marked as spam, they're automatically disabled — to save your time, money, & reputation.
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New: blog.ghost.org/distributed-t… 11 Tools That Allow us to Work from Anywhere on Earth as a Distributed Company
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NEW: Native tips and donations in Ghost! 💸
Now you can accept 1-time payments from people who want to support your work, with or without a membership.
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🚢 Just shipped: Improved image alt tag support in the Ghost editor!
Now you can add alt text directly to image cards. Here’s how 👇
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You can now give your favourite people free access to your paid-member content in a couple of clicks with complimentary subscriptions in Ghost 🎉
ghost.org/changelog/
☝🏽We’re working on lots of exciting stuff this month, watch this space 🤫
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It's time to use Ghost, by The Verge
theverge.com/23513418/bring-…
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👋🏼 We’re looking to hire a lead product designer! blog.ghost.org/lead-product-… 🎨 Sound like a dream job for you or someone you know?
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Finishing off 2024 with a big update to comments in Ghost!
New and improved 💬
- Sorting
- Replies
- Calls to action
- Moderation
Hope you all have a wonderful end to the year 🎇
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Introducing bulk actions for posts 💥
Now you can manage multiple posts with ease — publish, unpublish, add tags, feature, and adjust access levels in one go!
Say hello to efficiency 👇
ghost.org/changelog/bulk-act…
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