Ghost is a powerful app for new-media creators to publish, share, and grow a business around their content.
Detection looks at response headers, meta tags across 2 fingerprint rules among the site's public responses.
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Websites using Ghost
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Signal classes
PluginView evaluates public page signals in these classes when identifying Ghost. Individual fingerprint rule bodies are proprietary and are not published.
- Response headers
- Meta tags
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Example public indicators for Ghost
Illustrative indicators derived from public catalog metadata for Ghost. A live scan may match additional proprietary rules beyond these examples.
- x-ghost-cache-status
- generator: Ghost ?
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What a detection means
- Establishes
- One or more public signals on the scanned page matched a known Ghost signature (2 rules) at the time of the scan.
- Does not establish
- A sitewide install of Ghost, an active vendor contract, exclusive use, or that Ghost is still in place today.
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How to check a site for Ghost
- 1. Enter the website URL in the scan form — homepage, pricing, checkout, or login pages usually expose the strongest Ghost signals.
- 2. PluginView reads only public responses (response headers, meta tags) and scores them against the Ghost signature set (2 rules).
- 3. Review the confidence score and text explanation for Ghost on the results page.
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Commonly implies
A confirmed Ghost match also implies these technologies are present.
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FAQ: detecting Ghost
- Can PluginView detect Ghost without logging in?
- Yes. PluginView only reads publicly accessible responses when checking for Ghost — typically response headers, meta tags. It does not bypass authentication or paywalls.
- What category is Ghost?
- Ghost is classified under CMS, Blogs in the PluginView directory.
- How many fingerprint rules cover Ghost?
- This reference currently tracks 2 fingerprint rules across response headers, meta tags. Individual rule bodies are proprietary and are not published.
- What public signals suggest a site uses Ghost?
- Illustrative public indicators for Ghost include x-ghost-cache-status; generator: Ghost ?. A live scan may match additional proprietary rules beyond these examples.
