Template Functions

Functions available in all Go templates. Call with Go template syntax: {{functionName args}}

Function	Description	Example
formatDate	Format time.Time	{{formatDate .Post.Date "Jan 2, 2006"}}
readingTime	Reading time string	{{readingTime .Post}}
truncate	Truncate with ellipsis	{{truncate .Description 160}}
safeHTML	Mark trusted HTML	{{safeHTML .Post.HTML}}
slugify	Convert to URL slug	{{slugify .Tag.Name}}
currentYear	Current year int	{{currentYear}}
hasPrefix	String prefix check	{{if hasPrefix .Nav.Path "/admin"}}
lower	Lowercase	{{lower .Tag.Name}}
upper	Uppercase	{{upper .Post.Title}}
join	Join string slice	{{join .Post.Tags ", "}}
add	Add two ints	{{add .Pagination.CurrentPage 1}}
sub	Subtract two ints	{{sub .Pagination.TotalPages 1}}
seq	Generate int sequence	{{range seq 1 5}}...{{end}}
jsonLD	JSON-LD script tag	{{jsonLD .Meta}}
cacheVer	Cache-bust version	{{cacheVer}} (hourly)
i18n	Localized string	{{i18n "subscribe"}}

Usage Notes

WARNING

Only use safeHTML on content you trust (admin-authored posts/pages). Never use it on user-submitted content like comments or webmentions.

i18n Keys

Available translation keys: home, archive, tags, search, read_more, min_read, published_on, comments, post_comment, subscribe, unsubscribe, like, dislike, share, related_posts, draft, featured, powered_by, and more.