hugo/docs/content/en/templates/single-page-templates.md

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Single page templates	The primary view of content in Hugo is the single view. Hugo will render every Markdown file provided with a corresponding single template.	templates	page templates	docs parent weight templates 50	50	true	/layout/content/

Single page template lookup order

See Template Lookup.

Example single page templates

{{< code file=layouts/posts/single.html >}} {{ define "main" }}

{{ .Title }}

{{ .Content }}

{{ .Date.Format "Mon Jan 2, 2006" }}

{{ .WordCount }} Words

{{ with .GetTerms "topics" }}

{{ range . }}
• {{ .LinkTitle }}
{{ end }}

{{ end }} {{ with .GetTerms "tags" }}

{{ range . }}
• {{ .LinkTitle }}
{{ end }}

{{ end }}

{{ with .PrevInSection }} {{ .LinkTitle }} {{ end }} {{ with .NextInSection }} {{ .LinkTitle }} {{ end }}

{{ end }} {{< /code >}}

To easily generate new instances of a content type (e.g., new .md files in a section like project/) with preconfigured front matter, use content archetypes.