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--- title: "Variables" date: "2013-07-01" aliases: ["/doc/variables/"] groups: ["layout"] groups_weight: 20 --- Hugo makes a set of values available to the templates. Go templates are context based. The following are available in the context for the templates. ## Page Variables **.Title** The title for the content.<br> **.Description** The description for the content.<br> **.Keywords** The meta keywords for this content.<br> **.Date** The date the content is published on.<br> **.Indexes** These will use the field name of the plural form of the index (see tags and categories above)<br> **.Permalink** The Permanent link for this page.<br> **.RelPermalink** The Relative permanent link for this page.<br> **.LinkTitle** Access when creating links to this content. Will use linktitle if set in front-matter, else title<br> **.FuzzyWordCount** The approximate number of words in the content.<br> **.RSSLink** Link to the indexes' rss link <br> **.Prev** Pointer to the previous content (based on pub date)<br> **.Next** Pointer to the following content (based on pub date)<br> **.Site** See site variables below<br> **.Content** The content itself, defined below the front matter.<br> **.Summary** A generated summary of the content for easily showing a snippet in a summary view.<br> Any value defined in the front matter, including indexes will be made available under `.Params`. Take for example I'm using tags and categories as my indexes. The following would be how I would access them: **.Params.Tags** <br> **.Params.Categories** <br> ## Node Variables In Hugo a node is any page not rendered directly by a content file. This includes indexes, lists and the homepage. **.Title** The title for the content.<br> **.Date** The date the content is published on.<br> **.Data** The data specific to this type of node.<br> **.Permalink** The Permanent link for this node<br> **.Url** The relative url for this node.<br> **.RSSLink** Link to the indexes' rss link <br> **.Site** See site variables below<br> ## Site Variables Also available is `.Site` which has the following: **.Site.BaseUrl** The base URL for the site as defined in the config.json file.<br> **.Site.Indexes** The indexes for the entire site.<br> **.Site.LastChange** The date of the last change of the most recent content.<br> **.Site.Recent** Array of all content ordered by Date, newest first.<br> **.Site.Params** A container holding the values from `params` in your site configuration file.<br>