Embedded templates

Disqus

Hugo includes an embedded template for Disqus, a popular commenting system for both static and dynamic websites. To effectively use Disqus, secure a Disqus “shortname” by signing up for the free service.

To include the embedded template:

{{ template "_internal/disqus.html" . }}

Configure Disqus

To use Hugo’s Disqus template, first set up a single configuration value:

services:
  disqus:
    shortname: your-disqus-shortname

[services]
  [services.disqus]
    shortname = 'your-disqus-shortname'

{
   "services": {
      "disqus": {
         "shortname": "your-disqus-shortname"
      }
   }
}

Hugo’s Disqus template accesses this value with:

{{ .Site.Config.Services.Disqus.Shortname }}

You can also set the following in the front matter for a given piece of content:

• disqus_identifier
• disqus_title
• disqus_url

Conditional loading of Disqus comments

Users have noticed that enabling Disqus comments when running the Hugo web server on localhost (i.e. via hugo server) causes the creation of unwanted discussions on the associated Disqus account.

You can create the following layouts/partials/disqus.html:

<div id="disqus_thread"></div>
<script type="text/javascript">

(function() {
    // Don't ever inject Disqus on localhost--it creates unwanted
    // discussions from 'localhost:1313' on your Disqus account...
    if (window.location.hostname == "localhost")
        return;

    var dsq = document.createElement('script'); dsq.type = 'text/javascript'; dsq.async = true;
    var disqus_shortname = '{{ .Site.Config.Services.Disqus.Shortname }}';
    dsq.src = '//' + disqus_shortname + '.disqus.com/embed.js';
    (document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0] || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0]).appendChild(dsq);
})();
</script>
<noscript>Please enable JavaScript to view the <a href="https://disqus.com/?ref_noscript">comments powered by Disqus.</a></noscript>
<a href="https://disqus.com/" class="dsq-brlink">comments powered by <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span></a>

The if statement skips the initialization of the Disqus comment injection when you are running on localhost.

You can then render your custom Disqus partial template as follows:

{{ partial "disqus.html" . }}

Google Analytics

Hugo includes an embedded template supporting Google Analytics 4.

To include the embedded template:

{{ template "_internal/google_analytics.html" . }}

Configure Google Analytics

Provide your tracking ID in your configuration file:

Google Analytics 4 (gtag.js)

services:
  googleAnalytics:
    ID: G-MEASUREMENT_ID

[services]
  [services.googleAnalytics]
    ID = 'G-MEASUREMENT_ID'

{
   "services": {
      "googleAnalytics": {
         "ID": "G-MEASUREMENT_ID"
      }
   }
}

To use this value in your own template, access the configured ID with {{ site.Config.Services.GoogleAnalytics.ID }}.

Open Graph

Hugo includes an embedded template for the Open Graph protocol, metadata that enables a page to become a rich object in a social graph. This format is used for Facebook and some other sites.

To include the embedded template:

{{ template "_internal/opengraph.html" . }}

Configure Open Graph

Hugo’s Open Graph template is configured using a mix of configuration variables and front-matter on individual pages.

params:
  description: Text about my cool site
  images:
  - site-feature-image.jpg
  social:
    facebook_admin: jsmith
  title: My cool site
taxonomies:
  series: series

[params]
  description = 'Text about my cool site'
  images = ['site-feature-image.jpg']
  title = 'My cool site'
  [params.social]
    facebook_admin = 'jsmith'
[taxonomies]
  series = 'series'

{
   "params": {
      "description": "Text about my cool site",
      "images": [
         "site-feature-image.jpg"
      ],
      "social": {
         "facebook_admin": "jsmith"
      },
      "title": "My cool site"
   },
   "taxonomies": {
      "series": "series"
   }
}

---
audio: []
date: 2024-03-08T08:18:11-08:00
description: Text about this post
images:
- post-cover.png
series: []
tags: []
title: Post title
videos: []
---

+++
audio = []
date = 2024-03-08T08:18:11-08:00
description = 'Text about this post'
images = ['post-cover.png']
series = []
tags = []
title = 'Post title'
videos = []
+++

{
   "audio": [],
   "date": "2024-03-08T08:18:11-08:00",
   "description": "Text about this post",
   "images": [
      "post-cover.png"
   ],
   "series": [],
   "tags": [],
   "title": "Post title",
   "videos": []
}

Hugo uses the page title and description for the title and description metadata. The first 6 URLs from the images array are used for image metadata. If page bundles are used and the images array is empty or undefined, images with file names matching *feature* or *cover*,*thumbnail* are used for image metadata.

Various optional metadata can also be set:

• Date, published date, and last modified data are used to set the published time metadata if specified.
• audio and videos are URL arrays like images for the audio and video metadata tags, respectively.
• The first 6 tags on the page are used for the tags metadata.
• The series taxonomy is used to specify related “see also” pages by placing them in the same series.

If using YouTube this will produce a og:video tag like <meta property="og:video" content="url">. Use the https://youtu.be/<id> format with YouTube videos (example: https://youtu.be/qtIqKaDlqXo).

Schema

Hugo includes an embedded template to render microdata meta elements within the head element of your templates.

To include the embedded template:

{{ template "_internal/schema.html" . }}

Twitter Cards

Hugo includes an embedded template for Twitter Cards, metadata used to attach rich media to Tweets linking to your site.

To include the embedded template:

{{ template "_internal/twitter_cards.html" . }}

Configure Twitter Cards

Hugo’s Twitter Card template is configured using a mix of configuration variables and front-matter on individual pages.

params:
  description: Text about my cool site
  images:
  - site-feature-image.jpg

[params]
  description = 'Text about my cool site'
  images = ['site-feature-image.jpg']

{
   "params": {
      "description": "Text about my cool site",
      "images": [
         "site-feature-image.jpg"
      ]
   }
}

description: Text about this post
images:
- post-cover.png
title: Post title

description = 'Text about this post'
images = ['post-cover.png']
title = 'Post title'

{
   "description": "Text about this post",
   "images": [
      "post-cover.png"
   ],
   "title": "Post title"
}

If images aren’t specified in the page front-matter, then hugo searches for image page resources with feature, cover, or thumbnail in their name. If no image resources with those names are found, the images defined in the site config are used instead. If no images are found at all, then an image-less Twitter summary card is used instead of summary_large_image.

Hugo uses the page title and description for the card’s title and description fields. The page summary is used if no description is given.

Set the value of twitter:site in your site configuration:

params:
  social:
    twitter: GoHugoIO

[params]
  [params.social]
    twitter = 'GoHugoIO'

{
   "params": {
      "social": {
         "twitter": "GoHugoIO"
      }
   }
}

NOTE: The @ will be added for you

<meta name="twitter:site" content="@GoHugoIO"/>