Hugo uses Go’s html/template and text/template libraries as the basis for the templating. Read More »

Hugo uses the rules below to select a template for a given page, starting from the most specific. Read More »

The base and block constructs allow you to define the outer shell of your master templates (i.e., the chrome of the page). Read More »

The primary view of content in Hugo is the single view. Hugo will render every Markdown file provided with a corresponding single template. Read More »

Lists have a specific meaning and usage in Hugo when it comes to rendering your site homepage, section page, taxonomy list, or taxonomy terms list. Read More »

The homepage of a website is often formatted differently than the other pages. For this reason, Hugo makes it easy for you to define your new site’s homepage as a unique template. Read More »

Templates used for section pages are lists and therefore have all the variables and methods available to list pages. Read More »

Taxonomy templating includes taxonomy list pages, taxonomy terms pages, and using taxonomies in your single page templates. Read More »

Hugo supports pagination for your homepage, section pages, and taxonomies. Read More »

Hugo can render alternative views of your content, useful in list and summary views. Read More »

Partials are smaller, context-aware components in your list and page templates that can be used economically to keep your templating DRY. Read More »

You can extend Hugo’s built-in shortcodes by creating your own using the same templating syntax as that for single and list pages. Read More »

Use menu variables and methods in your templates to render a menu. Read More »

In addition to Hugo’s built-in variables, you can specify your own custom data in templates or shortcodes that pull from both local and dynamic sources. Read More »

Use the built-in RSS template, or create your own. Read More »

Hugo provides built-in sitemap templates. Read More »

Hugo’s readDir and readFile functions make it easy to traverse your project’s directory structure and write file contents to your templates. Read More »

Hugo ships with a group of boilerplate templates that cover the most common use cases for static websites. Read More »

Render Hooks allow custom templates to override markdown rendering functionality. Read More »

Hugo can output content in multiple formats, including calendar events, e-book formats, Google AMP, and JSON search indexes, or any custom text format. Read More »

If you know how to create a single page template, you have unlimited options for creating a custom 404. Read More »

Hugo can generate a customized robots.txt in the same way as any other template. Read More »

You can use Go templates’ printf function to debug your Hugo templates. These snippets provide a quick and easy visualization of the variables available to you in different contexts. Read More »