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Hi, I’m fueko . I create Ghost themes that are easy-to-use, without compromising the design and code quality. You can find more from me at fueko.net and on X at @fuekothemes .

Meet the Basho

Basho is a multipurpose Ghost theme with a creative touch. Carefully designed with new technology enthusiasts in mind, however, it can easily be used in other areas. Play around with layouts, colors and fonts — create with Basho.

General features

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• Ready for Ghost 6.x
• Clean design
• Lightweight and minimal
• Super fast
• Fully responsive
• Compatible with modern browsers
• Updated regularly
• Fast support

Supports inbuilt Ghost features

• Translation ready ^{English included}
• Search function
• Comments
• Membership tiers
• Accent color
• Responsive images
• Publication title and description
• Publication logo
• Post, page, tag and author page
• Author avatar, bio, location, website and social accounts
• Tag cover and description
• Tags in post-cards
• Multiple authors
• Markdown, Bookmark, Button, Callout and Toggle card
• Audio, File, Product and Header card
• Gallery card
• Image card with normal, wide and full width
• Video card with normal, wide and full width
• Secondary navigation
• Featured posts
• Reading time in post view
• Next and previous post navigation
• Social accounts

Members & subscriptions

• Custom membership page
• Custom account page for member
• Custom account page for paid-member
• Custom sign-in page
• Custom sign-up page
• Custom subscribe page
• Custom Call-to-Action in post for member
• Custom Call-to-Action in post for paid-member
• Pricing tables on custom account and membership page
• FAQ section on membership page
• Sign-in, sign-up, subscribe and checkout custom notifications
• Account details
• Avatar with Gravatar
• Cancel & continue subscription button
• Padlock icon on post-cards for premium posts
• Option to edit billing info
• Custom currencies
• Public preview for members posts

Payment testing

Genuine card information cannot be used in test mode. Instead, use any of the following test card numbers .

Additional theme features

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• Custom background color for the whole site
• 15+ font pairs
• Hero text with three sizes: Large, Medium and Small
• Hero section with Subscription form or Button
• Slider for 15 posts with two sizes: Small and Large
• Slider images orientation: Portrait, Landscape, Square and Natural
• Feed images orientation: Portrait, Landscape, Square and Natural
• Post image orientation: Portrait, Landscape, Square and Natural
• 3 post header layouts:
• Default
• Classic
• Center
• Custom contact page with Formspree or Getform
• Custom authors page
• Custom tags page
• Custom error page
• Reading progress indicator in post view
• Special section for posts based on primary tag
• Image zoom in post view
• Dropdown navigation for many items
• Custom search function
• Related posts in post view
• Sharing post on Facebook, Linkedin and Twitter
• Copy link function in post view
• Comments with Disqus
• Responsive video
• Responsive tables
• Four columns in the footer
• Automatic dark version depending on system settings
• Additional social links

Theme tested on:

• PageSpeed Insights – 96 points for desktop
• Ghost GScan – 100/100 points
• W3C Markup Validation Service – correct validation

Credits

All photos used in the theme demo are from Unsplash .

Supported Ghost versions

6.9.x, 6.8.x, 6.7.0, 6.6.x, 6.5.x, 6.4.0, 6.3.x, 6.2.0, 6.1.0, 6.0.x, 5.130.x 

Changelog

-------------------------------- Version 2.6.4 Nov 28th 2025 -------------------------------- ∙ Updated: Removed outdated helpers for social accounts ∙ Updated: Changed the limit for {{get}} to a maximum of 100 results - Changed files: assets/css/screen.css partials/members/tiers.hbs partials/custom-authors.hbs partials/custom-tags.hbs partials/footer.hbs package.json -------------------------------- Version 2.6.3 May 19th 2025 -------------------------------- ∙ Added: Support for more social accounts in staff profiles ∙ Improved: Minor graphic adjustments to the CTA card ∙ Other: Small bug fixes and performance improvements - Changed files: assets/css/screen.css partials/footer.hbs partials/members/tiers.hbs custom-contact.hbs custom-sing-in.hbs custom-sing-up.hbs custom-subscribe.hbs author.hbs package.json -------------------------------- Version 2.6.2 Nov 16th 2024 -------------------------------- ∙ Added: Support for custom fonts - Changed files: assets/css/screen.css partials/services/google_fonts.hbs package.json -------------------------------- Version 2.6.1 Nov 12th 2024 -------------------------------- ∙ Fixed: Restored dark appearance of the 'Audio' and 'File' cards in dark mode after changes in Ghost 5.90.0 ∙ Other: Small bug fixes and performance improvements - Changed files: assets/css/screen.css partials/item.hbs package.json -------------------------------- Version 2.6.0 Jul 18th 2024 -------------------------------- ∙ Added: Support for the 'webp' format ∙ Added: The ability to add a second logo for the dark theme version from the 'Design & branding' settings ∙ Added: The ability to hide the author from the 'Design & branding' settings ∙ Added: The ability to change the image orientation for the special section from the 'Design & branding' settings ∙ Added: Support for the Portal option 'Display name in signup form' ∙ Added: Support for the Portal option 'Prices available at signup' ∙ Added: Support for the Portal option 'Default price at signup' ∙ Added: Support for the 'Add a free trial' option for paid tiers ∙ Added: The logo for the 'Bluesky' service ∙ Added: The logo for the 'Threads' service ∙ Fixed: The issue with duplicated text on the 'Account' page ∙ Fixed: Restored dark appearance of the 'Bookmark' card in dark mode after changes in Ghost 5.87.0 ∙ Improved: The sharing link address for X has been changed from 'twitter.com' to 'x.com' ∙ Improved: Minor graphical fixes for the comments section after changes in Ghost 5.86.0 ∙ Updated: Changed the copyright from '© [Site name] [Year]' to '© [Year] [Site name]' ∙ Other: Small bug fixes and performance improvements - Added files: partials/icons/social/bluesky.hbs partials/icons/social/threads.hbs - Changed files: assets/css/screen.css locales/en.json partials/footer.hbs partials/images/archive_image.hbs partials/images/loop_image.hbs partials/images/other_image.hbs partials/images/post_image.hbs partials/posts/footer_icons.hbs partials/item.hbs partials/logo.hbs partials/loop.hbs partials/post_content.hbs partials/post_header.hbs partials/post_share.hbs partials/related.hbs partials/members/tiers.hbs custom-account.hbs custom-sing-up.hbs custom-subscribe.hbs package.json -------------------------------- Version 2.5.1 Dec 11th 2023 -------------------------------- ∙ Fixed: Improved the functionality of the 'Special section' when a primary tag is missing in the latest post - Changed files: assets/css/screen.css partials/sections.hbs package.json -------------------------------- Version 2.5.0 Dec 10th 2023 -------------------------------- ∙ Added: 'Tags for special section' setting has been added in the Ghost Admin ∙ Added: X icon ∙ Updated: Replaced the Twitter icon with an X icon, and the text 'Twitter' is now displayed as 'X/Twitter' ∙ Updated: Documentation has been updated to reflect the new Ghost settings ∙ Other: Small bug fixes and performance improvements - Added file: partials/icons/social/x.hbs - Changed files: assets/css/screen.css partials/post_share.hbs partials/footer.hbs partials/sections.hbs author.hbs package.json -------------------------------- Version 2.4.0 Aug 18th 2023 -------------------------------- ∙ Added: Support for Signup card (beta editor) ∙ Added: Support for new enhanced Header card (beta editor) ∙ Added: Support for page title/image toggle (beta editor) ∙ Removed: The 'Account Basic' template ∙ Other: Small bug fixes and performance improvements - Changed files: assets/css/screen.css partials/images/loop_image.hbs partials/members/tiers.hbs partials/services/google_fonts.hbs partials/item.hbs partials/navigation.hbs partials/post_content.hbs partials/sections.hbs author.hbs custom-account.hbs package.json - Removed files: partials/site/picture.hbs custom-account-basic.hbs -------------------------------- Version 2.3.1 Sep 10th 2022 -------------------------------- ∙ Added: Support for the 'data-members-autoredirect' atribute to disable auto-redirection after clicking on the magic link - Changed files: assets/css/screen.css partials/members/subscribe_form.hbs custom-sign-in.hbs custom-sign-up.hbs custom-subscribe.hbs package.json -------------------------------- Version 2.3.0 Aug 16th 2022 -------------------------------- ∙ Added: Support for native comments ∙ Updated: English translation ∙ Other: Small bug fixes and performance improvements - Changed files: assets/css/screen.css locales/en.json partials/services/disqus.hbs partials/post_content.hbs package.json -------------------------------- Version 2.2.0 Jul 28th 2022 -------------------------------- ∙ Added: Support for native search option ∙ Added: Support for {{tier.name}} helper on the account page ∙ Other: Small bug fixes and performance improvements - Changed files: assets/css/screen.css partials/members/notifications.hbs partials/footer.hbs partials/search.hbs custom-account.hbs package.json -------------------------------- Version 2.1.3 Jun 24th 2022 -------------------------------- ∙ Improved: Tags without posts are now filtered on the tags page ∙ Improved: Default column names in the footer 'Column [1,2,3]' have been renamed to 'Links' - Changed files: assets/css/screen.css locales/en.json custom-tags.hbs package.json -------------------------------- Version 2.1.2 Jun 21st 2022 -------------------------------- ∙ Improved: Added clickable links to images in a search result - Changed files: assets/css/screen.css assets/js/global.js package.json -------------------------------- Version 2.1.1 Jun 4th 2022 -------------------------------- ∙ Improved: Authors without posts are now filtered on the authors widget on the homepage ∙ Other: Small bug fixes and performance improvements - Changed files: assets/css/screen.css assets/js/global.js partials/loop.hbs package.json -------------------------------- Version 2.1.0 Jun 1st 2022 -------------------------------- ∙ Added: Ability to remove Portal, subscription form and login panel from the theme via Membership settings on the Ghost Admin ∙ Added: Notification for 'signup-paid' and 'updateEmail' actions ∙ Added: Ability to change account settings on the account page via Portal (free members) ∙ Improved: On the account page (paid-members) the 'Change Plan' option was replaced with the 'Account settings' option (via Portal) ∙ Improved: Authors without posts are now filtered on the authors page ∙ Updated: English translation ∙ Other: Small bug fixes and performance improvements - Changed files: assets/css/screen.css locales/en.json partials/members/login_panel.hbs partials/members/notifications.hbs partials/members/subscribe_form.hbs partials/members/tiers.hbs partials/hero.hbs custom-account.hbs custom-account-basic.hbs custom-authors.hbs package.json -------------------------------- Version 2.0.0 May 23rd 2022 -------------------------------- ∙ Added: Support for Ghost 5.0 ∙ Removed: Deprecated {{monthly_price.value}} and {{yearly_price.value}} helper ∙ Removed: Deprecated {{name}} value for {{benefits}} helper ∙ Removed: API versioning from search function ∙ Updated: English translation ∙ Other: Small bug fixes and performance improvements - Changed files: assets/css/screen.css locales/en.json partials/members/cta.hbs partials/members/tiers.hbs partials/search.hbs package.json -------------------------------- Version 1.2.1 May 13th 2022 -------------------------------- ∙ Removed: Deprecated {{@price}} helper ∙ Updated: English translation - Changed files: locales/en.json partials/members/tiers.hbs package.json -------------------------------- Version 1.2.0 Apr 23rd 2022 -------------------------------- ∙ New: Custom authors page ∙ New: Custom tags page ∙ Updated: English translation ∙ Other: Small bug fixes and performance improvements -------------------------------- Version 1.1.0 Apr 12th 2022 -------------------------------- ∙ Added: Support for 'Tiers' ∙ Added: Ability to change plan on the account page via Portal ∙ Updated: English translation ∙ Removed: Deprecated 'ghost-api' property ∙ Other: Small bug fixes and performance improvements -------------------------------- Version 1.0.2 Apr 9th 2022 -------------------------------- ∙ Other: Small bug fixes and performance improvements -------------------------------- Version 1.0.1 Mar 29th 2022 -------------------------------- ∙ Other: Small bug fixes and performance improvements -------------------------------- Version 1.0.0 Mar 29th 2022 -------------------------------- ∙ Released