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How to Add PDF Search to Your Ghost Site
Sparks Simple embeds in your Ghost site in Under 5 minutes. No coding required.
Why it matters
Why add PDF search to your Ghost site?
Visitors on Ghostsites expect to find information fast. If you’re hosting PDFs — guides, contracts, menus, manuals, resource libraries — a search widget lets them find exactly what they need without downloading anything or sending you an email.
Sparks Simple gives your Ghost site an embeddable search widget that indexes your PDFs and returns instant, full-text results — right on your page. Clients and visitors stay on your site, find what they need, and stop calling your office asking for documents they should already have.
No portal. No login required from visitors. No custom development. Just paste one line of code.
Step-by-step
How to install on Ghost
Embed method: HTML card in the Ghost editor
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Open a post or page in the Ghost editor.
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Click the + card inserter (or type / on a new line) and select the "HTML" card.
- 03
Paste your Sparks Simple embed code into the HTML card.
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Save and preview the post — the widget will render in the published view.
Want to restrict access? Place this page behind Ghost's password protection to create a secure client portal — no dedicated portal software required. No per-user fees.
Before you start
What you’ll need
A free Sparks Simple account — Sign up free
Your embed code — available in your dashboard after signup
A Ghost site
What it looks like
Try it — this is the real widget
MORRISON & ASSOCIATES
Client Resources
↑ Live demo — type “retainer”, “fee”, or “intake”
This is what your clients will see on your Ghost site after you paste the embed code.
Ghost tip
The HTML card renders as raw HTML in the published post. Ghost previews do not always show embeds — publish or use the browser preview to confirm. If you want the widget on every page (e.g. a resources page), consider adding the embed code to a custom page template via Ghost's theme files (page.hbs).
Free tool · No account required
Want to try the search before embedding it?
Use our free browser-based tool to upload any PDF and search it instantly — no account needed. See how the search experience feels before adding the widget to your site.
Ready to add PDF search to your Ghost site?
Free to start. No credit card required. Your first widget is live in under five minutes.