hugo_new.md (4017B)
1 ---
2 title: "hugo new"
3 slug: hugo_new
4 url: /commands/hugo_new/
5 ---
6 ## hugo new
7
8 Create new content for your site
9
10 ### Synopsis
11
12 Create a new content file and automatically set the date and title.
13 It will guess which kind of file to create based on the path provided.
14
15 You can also specify the kind with `-k KIND`.
16
17 If archetypes are provided in your theme or site, they will be used.
18
19 Ensure you run this within the root directory of your site.
20
21 ```
22 hugo new [path] [flags]
23 ```
24
25 ### Options
26
27 ```
28 -b, --baseURL string hostname (and path) to the root, e.g. https://spf13.com/
29 -D, --buildDrafts include content marked as draft
30 -E, --buildExpired include expired content
31 -F, --buildFuture include content with publishdate in the future
32 --cacheDir string filesystem path to cache directory. Defaults: $TMPDIR/hugo_cache/
33 --cleanDestinationDir remove files from destination not found in static directories
34 -c, --contentDir string filesystem path to content directory
35 -d, --destination string filesystem path to write files to
36 --disableKinds strings disable different kind of pages (home, RSS etc.)
37 --editor string edit new content with this editor, if provided
38 --enableGitInfo add Git revision, date, author, and CODEOWNERS info to the pages
39 --forceSyncStatic copy all files when static is changed.
40 --gc enable to run some cleanup tasks (remove unused cache files) after the build
41 -h, --help help for new
42 --ignoreCache ignores the cache directory
43 -k, --kind string content type to create
44 -l, --layoutDir string filesystem path to layout directory
45 --minify minify any supported output format (HTML, XML etc.)
46 --noBuildLock don't create .hugo_build.lock file
47 --noChmod don't sync permission mode of files
48 --noTimes don't sync modification time of files
49 --panicOnWarning panic on first WARNING log
50 --poll string set this to a poll interval, e.g --poll 700ms, to use a poll based approach to watch for file system changes
51 --printI18nWarnings print missing translations
52 --printMemoryUsage print memory usage to screen at intervals
53 --printPathWarnings print warnings on duplicate target paths etc.
54 --printUnusedTemplates print warnings on unused templates.
55 --templateMetrics display metrics about template executions
56 --templateMetricsHints calculate some improvement hints when combined with --templateMetrics
57 -t, --theme strings themes to use (located in /themes/THEMENAME/)
58 --trace file write trace to file (not useful in general)
59 ```
60
61 ### Options inherited from parent commands
62
63 ```
64 --clock string set the clock used by Hugo, e.g. --clock 2021-11-06T22:30:00.00+09:00
65 --config string config file (default is path/config.yaml|json|toml)
66 --configDir string config dir (default "config")
67 --debug debug output
68 -e, --environment string build environment
69 --ignoreVendorPaths string ignores any _vendor for module paths matching the given Glob pattern
70 --log enable Logging
71 --logFile string log File path (if set, logging enabled automatically)
72 --quiet build in quiet mode
73 -s, --source string filesystem path to read files relative from
74 --themesDir string filesystem path to themes directory
75 -v, --verbose verbose output
76 --verboseLog verbose logging
77 ```
78
79 ### SEE ALSO
80
81 * [hugo](/commands/hugo/) - hugo builds your site
82 * [hugo new site](/commands/hugo_new_site/) - Create a new site (skeleton)
83 * [hugo new theme](/commands/hugo_new_theme/) - Create a new theme
84