Sounding Ghost theme
Sounding is a premium Ghost theme for podcasts and audio-first shows. Every episode opens with its player in a band of your show's colour and carries its number; listeners find Apple Podcasts, Spotify or their own private feed from every page, and Ghost's native memberships, comments and search are styled throughout. Available as a one-time purchase with a single-site license.
Launch price until 4 November, then $129.
Excluding VAT or sales tax, added at checkout based on your location.
Free updates for as long as Sounding is actively maintained, including updates for new major Ghost releases. Personal email support is included for 12 months from the purchase date. After that you keep the theme and its updates; only personal support ends.
The private feed for paid members needs Ghost's Transistor integration and a paid Transistor plan with private podcasts, which is not included. What it needs and what works without it.
See it before you install it.
Mobile previews
Built into every install
Made for a show and its listeners
The episode band
The audio card at the top of a post moves into a band of your show's colour, with number, title and duration. Play is the first thing a listener sees, on a phone too.
Numbered episodes and archive
No. 147 in the band and in every list, counted per show; bonus episodes stay unnumbered. The archive reads well without an image per episode.
The private feed, one click away
With Ghost's Transistor integration, paid members get a button to their private feed after each episode and on the About and Subscribe pages. Needs a paid Transistor plan with private podcasts, not included.
Listen links from your navigation
Add Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast or your RSS feed to Ghost's secondary navigation; Sounding recognises the service and shows it under the player and in the footer.
Configuration
Resume and lockscreen controls
A listener who comes back gets a Resume at 2:14 button, and the lockscreen and media keys show the episode, its show and artwork.
Start here
Tag a few episodes #start-here and new listeners get them on the homepage, oldest first, in a band tinted with your accent.
Audio-first, video-capable
Start an episode with a YouTube or Vimeo embed or a video card and it takes the player's place in the band. No separate video player.
Light, dark and auto
Choose a colour scheme in Ghost Admin, with a separate dark-mode logo. The band keeps your colour readable in both.
Settings in Ghost Admin
Statement, Start here tag, episode numbers, episode images, private feed, colour scheme and footer note are theme settings. No code changes required.
Members & comments
Ghost's native signup, Portal, search, comments and members-only boundary, styled for episodes: a locked episode says what paying gets a listener.
Any podcast host
Plays your audio in Ghost's own audio card, so it works with Transistor, Buzzsprout, Springcast or any other host. No routes.yaml required.
English & Dutch labels
Interface labels ship in English and Dutch.
Documentation
Guided setup ships with every purchase. Read the docs.
Who Sounding is built for.
Independent podcasters
One to three hosts with a regular cadence, who want a show site rather than a host's default page.
The show comes first
Shows where the episode is the product. If your newsletter is the product and a podcast comes with it, Azimuth fits better.
Free plus paid
Shows that grow from free episodes into paid membership, with a private feed for paying listeners.
Any host
Transistor, Buzzsprout, Springcast or self-hosted audio. Transistor adds the private feed; it is never required.
Ghost-native
Anyone comfortable configuring Ghost Admin settings rather than editing templates.
Technical details.
| Spec | Detail |
|---|---|
| Ghost version | Ghost 6.x, requires 6.0.0 or newer; tested on 6.71 and 6.72 |
| Client-side JavaScript | About 6 kB: resume, lockscreen controls and durations for Ghost's audio card, plus the mobile menu and signup state. No framework. |
| Accessibility | Keyboard-operable player and navigation, visible focus states and a skip link. axe-core reports no WCAG 2.1 A or AA violations on ten page types, in light and dark, for visitors, free and paid members. |
| Embeds styled | Ghost audio and video cards, YouTube, Vimeo, Spotify and Transistor |
| Colour schemes | Light, dark or auto, with a separate dark-mode logo |
| License | Single-site, one-time purchase |
| Updates included | Free updates for as long as Sounding is actively maintained, including updates for new major Ghost releases. |
| Support included | 12 months |
What you receive.
Theme package
The Sounding theme package, ready to upload in Ghost Admin.
Start guide
A START-HERE guide: from a downloaded zip to your first episode.
Documentation
Full documentation: custom settings, the archive page and troubleshooting.
Updates & support
Free updates for as long as Sounding is actively maintained, including updates for new major Ghost releases. Personal customer support is included for 12 months from the purchase date.
License
A single-site license for the site you install it on.
Common questions
Questions, answered.
Which Ghost version does Sounding support?
Do I need Transistor, or a particular podcast host?
What does the private feed need, and what works without it?
Does audio keep playing when a listener opens another page?
Does Sounding work with Ghost memberships and comments?
How many sites can I use one license on?
What happens after my included support period ends?
Sounding or Azimuth?
Start your show site with Sounding.
A single-site license, with 12 months of personal support. Free updates for as long as Sounding is actively maintained, including updates for new major Ghost releases. Prices exclude VAT or sales tax.