Subtle - Clean and Elegant Ghost Theme Free Download

Important Notice. This is a Ghost CMS theme, not a WordPress theme. Please ensure compatibility before purchasing. We do not offer refunds for mistaken purchases.

The Subtle Ghost theme is fully compatible with Ghost 6.x and provides a sleek foundation for your blog, magazine, or content-driven website. Designed with a modern, minimalist aesthetic and refined details, Subtle keeps the spotlight on your content while offering a pleasant and highly readable experience for your audience.

Key Features

• Fully compatible with Ghost 6.x
• Responsive design — works seamlessly across all devices (iPhone, iPad, Android, etc.)
• ️️Custom font support via Ghost Admin
• Built-in Ghost search functionality
• Editor cards support (gallery, bookmark, embeds, wide and full-width images, headers, button, etc.)
• Cover images support
• Author page support
• Author social profile links
• Tag page support
• Secondary navigation support
• Members feature
• Custom 404 error page
• Support for Disqus or native Ghost comments
• Social sharing integration
• Social media icons
• Translation-ready
• Easy installation with step-by-step setup guide

Updates

We’re committed to keeping the Subtle theme updated with the latest Ghost improvements and compatibility changes.

Changelog

Version 3.2.1 – 21 Aug 2025:

- updated site and author social links
- updated property limit value in get helper

Version 3.2.0 – 17 July 2025:

- added custom social links in admin settings
- added support for additional author social links
- added custom fonts support
- updated scripts

Version 3.1.0 – 29 September 29 2023:

- added optional button in hero
- added support for options to hide title and feature image for pages
- updated Ghost editor cards styling
- improved accessibility

Version 3.0.1 – 25 November 2022:

- added Ghost search
- added Ghost comments

Version 3.0.0 – 10 June 2022:

- Ghost 5.x support
- custom settings added
- plugins updated
- CSS adjustments

Version 2.1.0 – 5 February 2020:

- support for Ghost Members added
- support for secondary navigation added
- plugins updated
- CSS adjustments

Version 2.0.0 – 5 September 2019:

- deprecated {{@blog}} and {{lang}} replaced
- custom error and subscribe pages added
- translation support added
- responsive images support added
- bookmarks card support added
- gallery styling improved
- Google+ sharing icon removed
- web font icons replaced with SVG icons
- jQuery removed
- some other small fixes and improvements

Version 1.5.0 – 13 February 2019:

- Content API v2 support added
- reading time JS script replaced with native Ghost helper
- {{ghost_foot}} moved before closing body tag

Files updated:

- default.hbs
- package.json
- post.hbs
- assets/js/custom.js
- assets/js/plugins.js

Version 1.4.0 – 9 September 2018:

- Ghost gallery support added

Files updated:

- package.json
- post.hbs
- assets/css/style.css

Version 1.3.0 – 23 August 2018:

- the theme updated to support Ghost 2.0.x
- jQuery library and plugins updated

Files updated:

- author.hbs
- default.hbs
- package.json
- post.hbs
- partials/loop.hbs
- assets/css/style.css
- assets/js/plugins.js

Version 1.2.0 – 25 July 2017:

- the theme updated to support the latest Ghost version 1.0
- some other small fixes and improvements

Version 1.1.0 – 29 July 2016:

- added: Facebook and Twitter support (Ghost 0.8.0)
- added: subscribers feature support (Ghost 0.8.0)
- updated: jQuery library
- some other CSS improvements

Files updated:

- author.hbs
- default.hbs
- index.hbs
- package.json
- post.hbs
- partials/footer.hbs
- assets/css/style.css
- icon font files in assets/fonts/

Version 1.0.4 – 23 December 2015:

- fixed: an issue with the latest posts and tags widgets which appeared in Ghost 0.7.3

Files updated:

• package.json
• assets/js/custom.js

Version 1.0.3 – 16 November 2015:

- added: Tumblr, SoundCloud, email icons
- improved: markup and styling for the theme sidebar
- fixed: Google fonts link in the head section

Version 1.0.2 – 9 October 2015:

- fixed: tagcloud related jQuery code

Version 1.0.1 – 14 September 2015:

- updated: jQuery included (for compatibility with Ghost 0.7.0)

Version 1.0.0 – 01 September 2015:

- initial release