Hugo: How to escape shortcode in markdown
Problem with shortcode like text in Hugo markdown
In Hugo markdown, if you have some text wrapped by curly brackets likes following:
Today: {{%m%d%y}}
You will receive an error similar to the following:
Error: Error building site: "foo.md:36:25": failed to extract shortcode: template for shortcode "m" not found
This is due to Hugo treat {{%m%d%d}} as its shortcode .
A shortcode is a simple snippet inside a content file that Hugo will render using a predefined template. In your content files, a shortcode can be called by calling {{% shortcodename parameters %}}.
Solution on how to escape shortcode in Hugo markdown
Solution 1: Add space between {{
(curly bracket) and %
.
Today: {{ %m%d%y }}
Solution 2: Escape %
with unicode in HTML
If you don’t want extra space between {{
and %
, you can escape %
with %
. Example:
Today: {{%m%d%y}}
This trick is being used by this page.
See also:
- Tips on Hugo SEO (Search Engine Optimize) Best Practices
- Custom hugo RSS template
- Add git commit date as last update date in hugo page
- Hugo troubleshooting: execute of template failed: can’t give argument to non-function
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