overview

Frontmatter (or front matter) is metadata for a page.

predefined frontmatter

These predefined variables can be called from Page Variables. This list is incomplete:

• aliases — an array of aliases that are published paths of renamed content that will be recreated in the output directory structure (see also: Aliases)
• date — the datetime assigned to this page
• description — a description of the page
• draft — if true, hugo will not publish unless --buildDrafts is passed
• expiryDate — if in the past, hugo will not publish unless --buildExpired is passed
• images — an array of paths to images related to this page
• keywords — the meta keywords for this content
• lastmod — the datetime at which content was last modified
• linkTitle — if set, Hugo defaults to using the linkTitle before the title (see also: Order lists of content by linktitle)
• outputs — specify the output formats (see also: Output formats)
• publishDate — if in the future, hugo will not publish unless --buildFuture is passed
• slug — overrides the last segment of the URL path (see also: URL management)
• type — the type of the content; derived from the directory (the section) if nto specified here (see also: Sections)
• url — overrides the URL path; works for both regular pages and sections (see also: URL management)
• weight — specify weight to order content in lists
  • lower weight comes first
  • must be non-zero
  • see also: Ordering content in lists

User-defined Frontmatter

User-defined frontmatter fields can be added. They are placed into a single .Params variable for use in templates.

Example:

include_toc = true
show_comments = false

The above fields can be accessed via .Params.include_toc and Params.show_comments.