---
id: plugin-content-blog
title: '📦 plugin-content-blog'
slug: '/api/plugins/@docusaurus/plugin-content-blog'
---

Provides the [Blog](blog.md) feature and is the default blog plugin for Docusaurus.

## Installation {#installation}

```bash npm2yarn
npm install --save @docusaurus/plugin-content-blog
```

:::tip

If you have installed `@docusaurus/preset-classic`, you don't need to install it as a dependency. You can also configure it through the [classic preset options](presets.md#docusauruspreset-classic) instead of doing it like below.

:::

## Configuration {#configuration}

Accepted fields:

<small>

| Name | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `path` | `string` | `'blog'` | Path to data on filesystem relative to site dir. |
| `editUrl` | <code>string &#124; EditUrlFunction</code> | `undefined` | Base URL to edit your site. The final URL is computed by `editUrl + relativeDocPath`. Using a function allows more nuanced control for each file. Omitting this variable entirely will disable edit links. |
| `editLocalizedFiles` | `boolean` | `false` | The edit URL will target the localized file, instead of the original unlocalized file. Ignored when `editUrl` is a function. |
| `blogTitle` | `string` | `'Blog'` | Blog page title for better SEO. |
| `blogDescription` | `string` | `'Blog'` | Blog page meta description for better SEO. |
| `blogSidebarCount` | <code>number &#124; 'ALL'</code> | `5` | Number of blog post elements to show in the blog sidebar. `'ALL'` to show all blog posts; `0` to disable |
| `blogSidebarTitle` | `string` | `'Recent posts'` | Title of the blog sidebar. |
| `routeBasePath` | `string` | `'blog'` | URL route for the blog section of your site. **DO NOT** include a trailing slash. Use `/` to put the blog at root path. |
| `include` | `string[]` | `['**/*.{md,mdx}']` | Matching files will be included and processed. |
| `exclude` | `string[]` | _See example configuration_ | No route will be created for matching files. |
| `postsPerPage` | `number` | `10` | Number of posts to show per page in the listing page. |
| `blogListComponent` | `string` | `'@theme/BlogListPage'` | Root component of the blog listing page. |
| `blogPostComponent` | `string` | `'@theme/BlogPostPage'` | Root component of each blog post page. |
| `blogTagsListComponent` | `string` | `'@theme/BlogTagsListPage'` | Root component of the tags list page |
| `blogTagsPostsComponent` | `string` | `'@theme/BlogTagsPostsPage'` | Root component of the "posts containing tag" page. |
| `remarkPlugins` | `any[]` | `[]` | Remark plugins passed to MDX. |
| `rehypePlugins` | `any[]` | `[]` | Rehype plugins passed to MDX. |
| `beforeDefaultRemarkPlugins` | `any[]` | `[]` | Custom Remark plugins passed to MDX before the default Docusaurus Remark plugins. |
| `beforeDefaultRehypePlugins` | `any[]` | `[]` | Custom Rehype plugins passed to MDX before the default Docusaurus Rehype plugins. |
| `truncateMarker` | `string` | `/<!--\s*(truncate)\s*-->/` | Truncate marker, can be a regex or string. |
| `showReadingTime` | `boolean` | `true` | Show estimated reading time for the blog post. |
| `feedOptions` | _See below_ | `{type: ['rss', 'atom']}` | Blog feed. If undefined, no rss feed will be generated. |
| `feedOptions.type` | <code>'rss' &#124; 'atom' &#124; 'all'</code> (or array of multiple options) | **Required** | Type of feed to be generated. |
| `feedOptions.title` | `string` | `siteConfig.title` | Title of the feed. |
| `feedOptions.description` | `string` | <code>\`${siteConfig.title} Blog\`</code> | Description of the feed. |
| `feedOptions.copyright` | `string` | `undefined` | Copyright message. |
| `feedOptions.language` | `string` (See [documentation](http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/struct/dirlang.html#langcodes) for possible values) | `undefined` | Language metadata of the feed. |

</small>

```typescript
type EditUrlFunction = (params: {
  blogDirPath: string;
  blogPath: string;
  permalink: string;
  locale: string;
}) => string | undefined;
```

Example configuration:

```js title="docusaurus.config.js"
module.exports = {
  plugins: [
    [
      '@docusaurus/plugin-content-blog',
      {
        path: 'blog',
        // Simple use-case: string editUrl
        // editUrl: 'https://github.com/facebook/docusaurus/edit/master/website/',
        // Advanced use-case: functional editUrl
        editUrl: ({locale, blogDirPath, blogPath, permalink}) => {
          return `https://github.com/facebook/docusaurus/edit/master/website/${blogDirPath}/${blogPath}`;
        },
        editLocalizedFiles: false,
        blogTitle: 'Blog title',
        blogDescription: 'Blog',
        blogSidebarCount: 5,
        blogSidebarTitle: 'All our posts',
        routeBasePath: 'blog',
        include: ['*.md', '*.mdx'],
        exclude: [
          '**/_*.{js,jsx,ts,tsx,md,mdx}',
          '**/_*/**',
          '**/*.test.{js,jsx,ts,tsx}',
          '**/__tests__/**',
        ],
        postsPerPage: 10,
        blogListComponent: '@theme/BlogListPage',
        blogPostComponent: '@theme/BlogPostPage',
        blogTagsListComponent: '@theme/BlogTagsListPage',
        blogTagsPostsComponent: '@theme/BlogTagsPostsPage',
        remarkPlugins: [require('remark-math')],
        rehypePlugins: [],
        beforeDefaultRemarkPlugins: [],
        beforeDefaultRehypePlugins: [],
        truncateMarker: /<!--\s*(truncate)\s*-->/,
        showReadingTime: true,
        feedOptions: {
          type: '',
          title: '',
          description: '',
          copyright: '',
          language: undefined,
        },
      },
    ],
  ],
};
```

## Markdown Frontmatter {#markdown-frontmatter}

Markdown documents can use the following Markdown FrontMatter metadata fields, enclosed by a line `---` on either side.

Accepted fields:

<small>

| Name | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `author` | `string` | `undefined` | The author name to be displayed. |
| `author_url` | `string` | `undefined` | The URL that the author's name will be linked to. This could be a GitHub, Twitter, Facebook profile URL, etc. |
| `author_image_url` | `string` | `undefined` | The URL to the author's thumbnail image. |
| `author_title` | `string` | `undefined` | A description of the author. |
| `title` | `string` | Markdown title | The blog post title. |
| `date` | `string` | File name or file creation time | The blog post creation date. If not specified, this could be extracted from the file name, e.g, `2021-04-15-blog-post.mdx`. Otherwise, it is the Markdown file creation time. |
| `tags` | `Tag[]` | `undefined` | A list of strings or objects of two string fields `label` and `permalink` to tag to your post. |
| `draft` | `boolean` | `false` | A boolean flag to indicate that the blog post is work-in-progress and therefore should not be published yet. However, draft blog posts will be displayed during development. |
| `hide_table_of_contents` | `boolean` | `false` | Whether to hide the table of contents to the right. |
| `keywords` | `string[]` | `undefined` | Keywords meta tag, which will become the `<meta name="keywords" content="keyword1,keyword2,..."/>` in `<head>`, used by search engines. |
| `description` | `string` | The first line of Markdown content | The description of your document, which will become the `<meta name="description" content="..."/>` and `<meta property="og:description" content="..."/>` in `<head>`, used by search engines. |
| `image` | `string` | `undefined` | Cover or thumbnail image that will be used when displaying the link to your post. |
| `slug` | `string` | File path | Allows to customize the blog post url (`/<routeBasePath>/<slug>`). Support multiple patterns: `slug: my-blog-post`, `slug: /my/path/to/blog/post`, slug: `/`. |

</small>

```typescript
type Tag = string | {label: string; permalink: string};
```

Example:

```yml
---
title: Welcome Docusaurus v2
author: Joel Marcey
author_title: Co-creator of Docusaurus 1
author_url: https://github.com/JoelMarcey
author_image_url: https://graph.facebook.com/611217057/picture/?height=200&width=200
tags: [hello, docusaurus-v2]
description: This is my first post on Docusaurus 2.
image: https://i.imgur.com/mErPwqL.png
hide_table_of_contents: false
---
A Markdown blog post
```

## i18n {#i18n}

Read the [i18n introduction](../../i18n/i18n-introduction.md) first.

### Translation files location {#translation-files-location}

- **Base path**: `website/i18n/<locale>/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog`
- **Multi-instance path**: `website/i18n/<locale>/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog-<pluginId>`
- **JSON files**: N/A
- **Markdown files**: `website/i18n/<locale>/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog`

### Example file-system structure {#example-file-system-structure}

```bash
website/i18n/<locale>/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog
│
│ # translations for website/blog
├── first-blog-post.md
└── second-blog-post.md
```