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hugo new content

hugo new content​

Create new content for your site

Synopsis​

Create a new content file and automatically set the date and title. It will guess which kind of file to create based on the path provided.

You can also specify the kind with -k KIND.

If archetypes are provided in your theme or site, they will be used.

Ensure you run this within the root directory of your site.

hugo new content [path] [flags]

Options​

  -b, --baseURL string           hostname (and path) to the root, e.g. https://spf13.com/
--cacheDir string filesystem path to cache directory
-c, --contentDir string filesystem path to content directory
--editor string edit new content with this editor, if provided
-f, --force overwrite file if it already exists
-h, --help help for content
-k, --kind string content type to create
--renderSegments strings named segments to render (configured in the segments config)
-t, --theme strings themes to use (located in /themes/THEMENAME/)

Options inherited from parent commands​

      --clock string               set the clock used by Hugo, e.g. --clock 2021-11-06T22:30:00.00+09:00
--config string config file (default is hugo.yaml|json|toml)
--configDir string config dir (default "config")
--debug debug output
-d, --destination string filesystem path to write files to
-e, --environment string build environment
--ignoreVendorPaths string ignores any _vendor for module paths matching the given Glob pattern
--logLevel string log level (debug|info|warn|error)
--quiet build in quiet mode
-M, --renderToMemory render to memory (mostly useful when running the server)
-s, --source string filesystem path to read files relative from
--themesDir string filesystem path to themes directory
-v, --verbose verbose output

SEE ALSO​

  • hugo new - Create new content for your site