Introducing ✨Thred✨ — the discussion-first theme for Ghost

Forum-inspired structure, topic-based organization, and flexible feeds, and thoughtful typography keep context in view. Built for blogs, communities, and newsletters where discussion and discovery matter as much as the latest post.

Layout settings

One theme, your layout. No code—just design settings. Turn the left and right sidebars on or off. Customize the hero above the feed—headline, image placement, subscribe or CTA. Then choose what greets visitors in the feed: latest posts, featured, recently updated, or categories. Set whether it starts as a tight list, compact cards, full cards, or full articles. You pick the defaults; readers can still switch feed and view from the homepage. Thred adapts to how you publish, not the other way around.

Built for conversation

Each post has a dedicated comments section, and every post card on the homepage shows a comment count. Tap it and comments open in a drawer—members can read and reply without leaving the feed. Conversation starts from the list, not only from the post page.

Topic-based organization

Topics are always within reach. The left sidebar has a dedicated categories area so readers can jump to a tag from anywhere. On the homepage, the categories tab turns your tags into topic sections—each with up to five posts—so the feed can be browsed by subject at a glance.

Dual sidebars

The main content sits between two sidebars that stay in view. On the left: navigation, categories, and authors—so readers can move by topic or by who wrote it. On the right: the current author on posts, a short about block with subscribe, follow links, recommendations, and a CTA. Discovery on one side, identity and next steps on the other, without crowding the centre. Both sidebars are on by default; you can turn either off in the theme’s design settings.

Multiple ways to browse

Not everyone browses the same way. Thred gives readers tabs for what to see (latest, featured, updated, by topic) and a control for how to see it—list, cards, or full articles—so scanners and deep readers both get the view they want.