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A New Chapter for Magic Pages

Three years ago, Magic Pages was a side project. One person, one server, a handful of Ghost sites. In January, I shared what's coming in 2026 – a roadmap that felt ambitious. Today, some

Jannis Fedoruk-Betschki
Jannis Fedoruk-Betschki
· 3 min read

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Creating a custom 404 page for your Ghost site

Ghost's default 404 page is a dead end. It works, but it looks nothing like your site, and it gives the visitor almost nowhere to go. The good thing is, that you can easily replace it with a single file.

Sviatoslav Huzel
· 5 min read
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WordPress to Ghost: is it worth it?

WordPress can do anything − and maintaining all of it is the job. An honest look at whether moving your blog to Ghost is worth it: what you gain, what you give up, and how to migrate without losing your SEO rankings.

Jannis Fedoruk-Betschki
· 7 min read
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Substack vs. Ghost for a paid newsletter

Substack takes 10% of your subscription revenue for as long as you stay. Ghost takes nothing. The honest comparison for a paid newsletter — including what a Ghost host actually charges for, and the point where switching pays off.

Jannis Fedoruk-Betschki
· 10 min read
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The real cost of self-hosting Ghost in 2026

Self-hosting Ghost looks like $5/month. The honest 2026 total − after the Mailgun price hike, a server that won't crash, and your time − is a different number. Here's the full overview, and who should still do it.

Jannis Fedoruk-Betschki
· 10 min read
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Our first Open House

We hosted our first Open House. Here's the recording, a recap of everything we showed, our new podcast, and an apology to everyone who got stuck in the waiting room.

Jannis Fedoruk-Betschki
· 5 min read
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Why does Ghost force double opt-in?

Here's a question we get fairly often: someone enters their email to sign up for your newsletter, but never clicks the confirmation

Jannis Fedoruk-Betschki
· 3 min read
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Ghost, Ghost(Pro), Magic Pages − what's the difference?

"Why am I being asked to create a new Ghost account?" One new customer's confusion turned into the explainer we should've written long ago: what Ghost, the Foundation, Ghost(Pro), and independent hosts each actually are -- and what you do and don't lose by switching.

Jannis Fedoruk-Betschki
· 7 min read
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Post-mortem on 19 May 2026 outage

On the night of 19–20 May, around 200 Magic Pages sites went offline for about four and a half hours. I want to

Jannis Fedoruk-Betschki
· 4 min read
Magic Pages Blog

A New Chapter for Magic Pages

Three years ago, Magic Pages was a side project. One person, one server, a handful of Ghost sites. In January, I shared what'

Jannis Fedoruk-Betschki
· 3 min read
Magic Pages Blog

Post-Mortem on 29 January 2026 Outage

Today, on 29 January 2026, from approximately 13:30 UTC to around 22:45 UTC, Magic Pages experienced an extended outage affecting customer websites.

Jannis Fedoruk-Betschki
· 4 min read

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