Why not call Ghost's API directly from your own endpoint? You can — but then you own Ghost's signature verification, retry handling, and payload quirks yourself. ZestyGlue verifies the signature, normalizes the event into a clean JSON body, and POSTs it to your URL — you only write the part that's actually yours.
What it looks like
A real Ghost event, shown as ZestyGlue formats it for Custom Webhook.
Setup — about two minutes
- Create the connector. In ZestyGlue, start a new Ghost → Custom Webhook connector. You'll get a unique webhook URL right away.
- Point Ghost at it. In Ghost Admin, go to Integrations → Add custom integration → Add webhook, pick an event, and paste in your ZestyGlue webhook URL.
- (Optional) set a secret. Ghost can sign its payloads if you configure a secret on the integration — enter the same value into ZestyGlue for extra verification, though it isn't required to get started.
- Point it at your endpoint. Paste the URL of your own server, script, or automation tool's webhook receiver — no signup, no app to install.
Tip: Ghost's webhook payload shape differs by event — a member event nests data under member.current, a post event under post.current. ZestyGlue detects which one it received automatically.
Events you can forward
member.added
member.edited
post.published
post.updated
Questions
Is my Ghost Webhook Secret safe with ZestyGlue?
It's encrypted at rest with Fernet symmetric encryption before it ever touches disk, it's never logged, and it's never displayed again in the dashboard after you enter it — only a masked placeholder is shown.
Will this work for a self-hosted Ghost instance, not just Ghost(Pro)?
Yes — Ghost's webhook feature works the same way self-hosted or on Ghost(Pro); it just needs to reach zestyglue.com over the internet.
Can I get notified about both new members and new posts?
Yes, but as two separate connectors — each Ghost webhook is scoped to one event type.
Do I need to write my own server to receive this?
Yes — this destination expects your own endpoint (or a tool like a serverless function, a script, or another automation platform's webhook trigger) to receive the POST. If you don't have one yet, pick one of ZestyGlue's built-in destinations instead.
What happens if my ZestyGlue subscription lapses?
Events are silently dropped rather than causing errors on Ghost's side — Ghost never sees a failure response, so it won't retry aggressively or flag your webhook as broken. Your dashboard will simply stop showing new events until you resubscribe.