hugo/content/en/content-management/formats.md

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You can put any file type into your /content directories, but Hugo uses the markup front matter value if set or the file extension (see Markup identifiers in the table below) to determine if the markup needs to be processed, e.g.:

• Markdown converted to HTML
• Shortcodes processed
• Layout applied

List of content formats

The current list of content formats in Hugo:

Name	Markup identifiers	Comment
Goldmark	md, markdown, goldmark	Note that you can set the default handler of md and markdown to something else, see Configure Markup.
Emacs Org-Mode	org	See go-org.
AsciiDoc	asciidocext, adoc, ad	Needs Asciidoctor installed.
RST	rst	Needs RST installed.
Pandoc	pandoc, pdc	Needs Pandoc installed.
HTML	html, htm	To be treated as a content file, with layout, shortcodes etc., it must have front matter. If not, it will be copied as-is.

The markup identifier is fetched from either the markup variable in front matter or from the file extension. For markup-related configuration, see Configure Markup.

External helpers

Some of the formats in the table above need external helpers installed on your PC. For example, for AsciiDoc files, Hugo will try to call the asciidoctor command. This means that you will have to install the associated tool on your machine to be able to use these formats.

Hugo passes reasonable default arguments to these external helpers by default:

• asciidoctor: --no-header-footer -
• rst2html: --leave-comments --initial-header-level=2
• pandoc: --mathjax

{{% note %}} Because additional formats are external commands, generation performance will rely heavily on the performance of the external tool you are using. As this feature is still in its infancy, feedback is welcome. {{% /note %}}

Asciidoctor

The Asciidoctor community offers a wide set of tools for the AsciiDoc format that can be installed additionally to Hugo. See the Asciidoctor docs for installation instructions. Make sure that also all optional extensions like asciidoctor-diagram or asciidoctor-html5s are installed if required.

{{% note %}} External asciidoctor command requires Hugo rendering to disk to a specific destination directory. It is required to run Hugo with the command option --destination. {{% /note %}}

Some Asciidoctor parameters can be customized in Hugo. See details.

Learn markdown

Markdown syntax is simple enough to learn in a single sitting. The following are excellent resources to get you up and running:

• Daring Fireball: Markdown, John Gruber (Creator of Markdown)
• Markdown Cheatsheet, Adam Pritchard
• Markdown Tutorial (Interactive), Garen Torikian
• The Markdown Guide, Matt Cone