What is the difference between the hugo .Description and .Summary page variables?

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What is the difference between the hugo .Description and .Summary page variables? Should they both be used in content front matter?

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.Description requires

---
description: My description
---

in the front matter part of your .md files.

.Summary generates the summary of the content.

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The semantically difference is … a little up to you, but on the technical level:

  • Description comes from front matter
  • Summary may be derived, in order 1) front matter 2) summary split tag in content 3) auto summary (first n words)
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