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Saffron

A bright, joyful Ghost theme for food blogs and recipe newsletters, with a smart recipe card.

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$59 · Regular licence · v1.0.0 · Ghost 6+

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Highlights

Smart recipe card built from plain editor content: no plugin and no special cards
Tick-off ingredients and steps, remembered on each reader's device
Servings scaler: + and − update every quantity, fractions included
Cook mode keeps the screen awake while cooking
'Jump to recipe' and 'Print recipe' buttons; printing shows only the recipe
Homepage hero with your newest recipe on a round plate and a spinning NEW RECIPE sticker
Round 'What are you craving?' buttons for your tags
Crowd favourites: a sideways-scrolling row of featured recipes
Recipe index page from A to Z with a quick filter
Cooks page and colourful tag and author pages
Wavy newsletter band on every page
Membership page with tiers and a monthly/yearly switch
Styled paywall for members-only and paid recipes
Sign in, sign up and account pages
Light first, with dark and system modes and a reader toggle
Reading progress bar and image lightbox
Self-hosted fonts (Fraunces, DM Sans)
Fully translatable, 18 theme settings, no jQuery

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Is Saffron for me?

A great fit if…

  • You publish recipes or a food newsletter
  • You want readers to cook from your site, not just read it
  • You like bright, warm, friendly design
  • You sell members-only recipes or plan to

Maybe not if…

  • You need structured recipe data from a plugin (Saffron reads plain content)
  • You want a quiet, minimal look — see Folio or Noir
  • Your site is mostly news or long essays — see Ledger

Questions

Which Ghost version do I need?

Ghost 6.0.0 or later, self-hosted or Ghost(Pro) Creator plan and up.

Do memberships and payments work out of the box?

Yes. Connect Stripe in Ghost and the membership page, paywall and Portal buttons work. We test every release with Stripe test payments.

Is the demo content included?

The demo text and photos are not included. The documentation shows how to rebuild every demo page in minutes.

How do updates work?

Download the new version from ThemeForest and upload it in Ghost. Your settings and content are kept.

What support do I get?

Six months of support from the author for questions and bugs, extendable on ThemeForest.

Can I use it for a client?

Yes, with one Regular licence per end product (site).

Get Saffron

One payment, lifetime use on one site, free updates, six months of support.

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