Templates
A template is an HTML file with template actions, located within the layouts directory of a project, theme, or module. Visit the topics below, in the order presented, to understand template selection and creation.
Introduction to templating
Create templates to render your content, resources, and data.
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Template types
Create templates of different types to render your content, resources, and data.
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Template lookup order
Hugo uses the rules below to select a template for a given page, starting from the most specific.
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Base templates
The base and block construct allows you to define the outer shell of your master templates (i.e., the chrome of the page).
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Home templates
The home page 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 home page as a unique template.
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Single templates
Create a single template to render a single page.
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Section templates
Use section templates to list members of a section.
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Taxonomy templates
Create a taxonomy template to render a list of terms.
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Term templates
Create a term template to render a list of pages associated with the current term.
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Partial templates
Partials are smaller, context-aware components in your list and page templates that can be used economically to keep your templating DRY.
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Content view templates
Hugo can render alternative views of your content, useful in list and summary views.
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Create your own shortcodes
You can extend Hugo’s embedded shortcodes by creating your own using the same templating syntax as that for single and list pages.
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Sitemap templates
Hugo provides built-in sitemap templates.
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RSS templates
Use the embedded RSS template, or create your own.
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Custom 404 page
Create a template to render a 404 error page.
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robots.txt template
Hugo can generate a customized robots.txt in the same way as any other template.
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Menus
Create templates to render one or more menus.
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Pagination
Split a list page into two or more subsets.
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Embedded templates
Hugo provides embedded templates for common use cases.
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Custom output formats
Hugo can output content in multiple formats, including calendar events, e-book formats, Google AMP, and JSON search indexes, or any custom text format.
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