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Arish

Arish is a Ghost theme for visual magazines. Lead with an image or film, select the stories that matter, and give readers clear ways to explore your work.

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  • Ghost 6.0
  • Ghost Native Search
  • Ghost Native Comments
  • Ghost Custom Fonts
  • Ghost Custom Settings
  • Current Version 1.0.0 — 25 October 2026
  • Documentation · Changelog

Your magazine homepage

Open with a photograph, uploaded video, slideshow, or your magazine’s name. Add a short introduction below to explain what you publish. Then guide readers to selected stories and tags.

Arish homepage opening with a portrait behind the publication title and an introduction below
Image opening

For a title-only opening, let your magazine’s name lead. Your introduction appears below it. The example below uses the Verdigris color scheme.

Arish title-only opening with navigation, the large publication title, and the magazine introduction below
Title-only opening with the Verdigris color scheme

Give important stories a place at the top of your homepage. The Featured section leads with your newest featured story, with up to two more beside it. Latest shows recent posts without repeating those selected stories.

Arish Featured section with one large lead story and two supporting stories, including a video preview
Arish homepage Latest section showing a row of four recent stories with tags, titles, excerpts, and dates
Latest stories on the homepage

Browse by tag

Give tags a place on the homepage so readers can find more of what interests them. Each tag opens its archive. On desktop, the image preview changes as readers move between tags. On phones, each tag can have its own color and image.

Arish homepage tag navigation with large tag names and an image preview

The homepage on a phone

On phones, Featured stories stack and tags appear as colorful rows.

Arish mobile homepage collage showing the opening, Featured stories, and tags

Six post layouts

Choose how each story begins. Place the title above an image, show a photograph full-screen, or lead with a video. Arish includes six post layouts for different kinds of stories.

Arish Default post layout with The Protected Hour title above a portrait beside a window
Default — Title above the image
Arish Post Hero layout placing the article title over a photograph
Post Hero — Title over the image
Arish Post Split placing a portrait beside the title Ways of Choosing
Post Split — Image and title side by side
Arish Post Editorial placing A Quiet Purpose beside a large photograph of a polished wheel beneath cream car bodywork
Post Editorial — A narrow heading beside a large photograph
Arish Post Fullscreen with Quiet Spaces over a screen-height bedroom photograph
Post Fullscreen — A screen-height image
Arish Post Video layout opening with a large video player
Post Video — A video player above the story

Post layouts on a phone

On phones, Post Hero keeps the title over the image. Post Fullscreen fills the screen with photography. Post Split places a square image above the heading.

Arish mobile story collage showing Post Hero, Post Fullscreen, and Post Split

Reading tools

Let readers choose how to experience a story. They can adjust the text size, use the table of contents, or listen using a voice available on their device. A progress bar shows how far they’ve read.

Arish article with Listen, text-size controls, a table of contents, and readable body text

Image viewer

Readers can open article images and galleries in a fullscreen viewer. Move between images with the arrow controls or swipe on a phone. Linked images keep their links.

Arish fullscreen image viewer showing a photograph of lemons, an image counter, arrow controls, and a close button

Browse the latest stories

The Latest archive brings your stories together by date. Readers can explore beyond the homepage and use Load More to see older posts.

Arish Latest page with a large heading and a four-column grid of dated stories
Latest page

Tag pages

Each tag has a page that brings its stories together. Add an image and description above the stories to introduce the tag.

Arish Matter tag page with an image header, description, and four stories
Tag page

Author pages

Each author has a page for their biography and stories. Add a profile photo, cover image, and location. Readers can also follow links to the author’s website and social profiles.

Arish Sara James author page with a biography, profile links, and stories beneath a cover image
Author page

Memberships and newsletters

Send newsletters to your readers through Ghost. Readers can subscribe or sign in through Ghost’s signup panel. Offer free or paid memberships. Reserve stories for members or selected paid tiers.

Arish Ghost signup panel with name and email fields, a Sign up button, and a Sign in link

Make it yours

Give your magazine its own identity. Choose from six color schemes, or set your own background and text colors. Use your own logo, accent color, and fonts. Compare the same Latest page in each scheme below.

Arish Latest page in Saffron, with a warm yellow background and dark text Arish Latest page in Verdigris, with a deep green background and light text Arish Latest page in Rich Magenta, with a deep pink background and light text Arish Latest page in Electric Iris, with a vivid purple background and light text

Publish from right to left

Publish in Arabic or Hebrew. Navigation, story grids, and article text follow the language’s reading direction. Explore the Arabic demo and Hebrew demo to see Arish in each language.

Arish Arabic homepage with right-to-left navigation, a portrait behind the publication title, and an introduction below
Arabic demo — Homepage opening and introduction
Arish Hebrew homepage with right-to-left navigation, a portrait behind the publication title, and an introduction below
Hebrew demo — Homepage opening and introduction

Also included

  • Interface translations — Includes 13 language files.
  • Ghost editor cards — Publish images, galleries, audio, video, and bookmarks in your articles.
  • Search — Find stories with Ghost’s native search.
  • Comments — Ghost comments open in a side drawer.
  • Related stories — Up to four more posts from the article’s primary tag.

Frequently Asked Questions

What browsers do your Ghost themes support?

All Ghost themes work in the latest stable releases of major browsers, including Firefox, Safari, Opera, Chrome, and Edge.

What is the scope of your support?

Support covers questions about theme functionality, feature configuration, and bugs or issues in the original theme.

What is not included in your support?

My theme support service does not cover theme customizations or assistance with Ghost setup or server configuration.

How fast do you respond to support inquiries?

I usually reply within one business day (Mon–Fri).

What if I need help with a Ghost issue?

Ghost issues and questions are best addressed by contacting Ghost Support ↗ directly or using the Ghost Forum.

Is theme support included?

Yes. Theme support is included with your purchase, at no extra cost.

Can I try a theme before I purchase it?

You cannot download a theme before purchasing it, but you can explore its live demo. Purchases are covered by a 30-day money-back guarantee.

What is your refund policy?

You may request a full refund within 30 days of purchase. Before the refund is issued, you must uninstall the theme and stop using it. Read the Terms for the complete refund conditions.

Can I use a single theme license on more than one website?

No. A single-theme license covers one Ghost website. Choose the Themes Bundle if you need to use Aspire Themes on multiple websites.

How can I reach you?

Send me a message through the contact page.

What does ‘free updates’ mean?

You will receive free updates for any theme issue fixes, improvements, new features, and compatibility upgrades for the Ghost CMS.

How often do you update your Ghost themes?

Update schedules vary by theme. I release updates for compatibility, fixes, and improvements as needed.

How do I know when a new update is available?

When an update is released, I send an email with a link to download the new version.

I lost the theme download link. How can I find it?

The download link is in your purchase receipt email and the update email. If that’s missing, please send me the email address used to purchase the theme and I will resend it. If you bought the theme from ThemeForest, you can download it from your account’s Downloads page.

How do I apply the new theme update to my current theme?

The theme’s changelog lists the files added, changed, or removed in each release.

Can I modify and customize the themes?

Yes, you are free to customize any theme as much as you like.

Do I need to know how to code to use your theme?

No coding is required to install the theme. Coding is only needed if you want to customize or extend the theme beyond the current features. Some features require configuration, and everything is explained in the online documentation. Also, there is a video with tips and recommended tools for editing theme files.

Are you available for theme customizations?

I'm not available for paid custom work or theme customizations.

Do the Ghost themes come with the raw HTML files?

No. The themes use Handlebars as the default Ghost template language.

Which Ghost Pro plan will I need to support your themes?

Ghost(Pro)’s Starter plan does not support custom theme installation. Choose a plan that includes custom themes and confirm the current options on Ghost’s pricing page.

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