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Subscription

The subscription section closes the homepage with your publication name, one line of copy and an email field. The same block appears at the bottom of posts, pages, tag and author archives, the Issues page and the Tags, Authors and Recommendations pages.

When It Appears#

Two conditions have to be met:

  1. Ghost memberships are turned on in ⛭ Settings → Membership
  2. The visitor is not signed in

Signed-in members never see the block, on any page. To check how it looks, open your site in a private window.

There is no theme setting for this section. It follows your Ghost membership settings, so turning memberships off removes it everywhere.

What It Shows#

  • A heading that reads Your Publication in your inbox, using the title from ⛭ Settings → General
  • The line Every new story, as soon as it is published. Unsubscribe at any time.
  • An email field with a submit button
  • A short line under the field, Join 1k+ readers, that switches to a confirmation message after a successful signup

Showing Your Reader Count#

Both the heading and the line under the field can include your live member count. Add the {total_members} placeholder to the text in the translation file, and Ghost fills in the number.

  1. Download or open your theme files on your computer
  2. Open /locales/en.json inside the theme folder, or the file for the language you publish in
  3. Find the entry "<strong>{siteTitle}</strong> in your inbox"
  4. Change the value on the right, keeping the key on the left untouched, for example: 
    "<strong>{siteTitle}</strong> in your inbox": "Join {total_members} readers of <strong>{siteTitle}</strong>"
  5. Do the same for "Join 1k+ readers" if you want the real number under the field: 
    "Join 1k+ readers": "Join {total_members} readers"
  6. Save the file, repackage the theme and upload it again

Write {total_members} and {siteTitle} exactly as shown, including the braces. A misspelled placeholder is printed as plain text. Editing the key on the left instead of the value on the right breaks the string entirely.

The <strong> tags mark the part of the heading that stays bold, while the rest of the line is set in a lighter cut. You can move them to another part of the sentence or remove them, and the heading keeps working either way.

The supporting line under the heading is the entry "Every new story, as soon as it is published. Unsubscribe at any time." in the same file.

Related#

  • Section Headings — the same method for every other section heading
  • Features — floating-subscribe adds a second, persistent subscribe prompt