Hi, how can I add a custom function to be used in a template, are there some best practices? actually, I’m not sure if it is possible. The idea is to be able to use a custom go function to generate some of the content of a given page (that cannot be done with the provided template functions of cou…

If you fork Hugo and you know Go, then you could write your own template functions and compile your own custom Hugo binary.

[image] Shortcodes Shortcodes are simple snippets inside your content files calling built-in or custom templates.

Thanks for the replies. I guess it isn’t as easy as I though. I also had the impression that shortcodes allow the same functionality as templates (only the provided template functions). best, g

[image] gna: I also had the impression that shortcodes allow the same functionality as templates (only the provided template functions) You can use any of the provided Hugo functions in shortcodes.

Reviving this topic, as it hasn’t been specifically addressed. Adding custom template functions, like range, without the need for forking and compiling Hugo, is something that would simplify our lives as developers. I see the issue discussed long ago here but without a solution. I’d help with bui…

I was just googling how to do this, I think it would be a handy feature and cleaner than very messy partials. I recall using HandleBars and you could hook your own function library which wont be quite as easy in Go (I imagine), and I guess it would be weird to hook and execute Javascript, but I woul…

This has been discussed in several places, sporadically, but I’m not sure that anyone has yet articulated a specific and compelling [1] use case. Having said that, there are a few native Go packages that might fit: https://github.com/yuin/gopher-lua (Lua, 5.9k stars, maintained by Goldmark author :…

Use case: I use {{ T “i18n-key” }} to translate many strings throughout my multi-lingual site. Translators must copy and update the en-us.yaml file with all of its many entries. It is not reasonable to ask them to create multiple lines for simple string casing (if that would even work; might be cas…

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@pavel Shortcodes do not provide a Hugo user with the ability to use custom Go Templates functions.

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