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Jekyll traverses your site looking for files to process. Any files with YAML front matter are subject to processing. For each of these files, Jekyll makes a variety of data available via the Liquid templating system. The following is a reference of the available data.

Global Variables

Variable Description

site

 

      Sitewide information + configuration settings from
      <code>_config.yml</code>. See below for details.

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  <td><p><code>page</code></p></td>
  <td><p>

    Page specific information + the <a href="../frontmatter/">YAML front
    matter</a>. Custom variables set via the YAML Front Matter will be
    available here. See below for details.

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  <td><p><code>layout</code></p></td>
  <td><p>

    Layout specific information + the <a href="../frontmatter/">YAML front
    matter</a>. Custom variables set via the YAML Front Matter in
    layouts will be available here.

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  <td><p><code>content</code></p></td>
  <td><p>

    In layout files, the rendered content of the Post or Page being wrapped.
    Not defined in Post or Page files.

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  <td><p><code>paginator</code></p></td>
  <td><p>

    When the <code>paginate</code> configuration option is set, this
    variable becomes available for use. See <a
    href="../pagination/">Pagination</a> for details.

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Site Variables

Variable Description

site.time

 

    The current time (when you run the <code>jekyll</code> command).

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  <td><p><code>site.pages</code></p></td>
  <td><p>

    A list of all Pages.

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  <td><p><code>site.posts</code></p></td>
  <td><p>

    A reverse chronological list of all Posts.

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  <td><p><code>site.related_posts</code></p></td>
  <td><p>

    If the page being processed is a Post, this contains a list of up to ten
    related Posts. By default, these are the ten most recent posts.
    For high quality but slow to compute results, run the
    <code>jekyll</code> command with the <code>--lsi</code> (latent semantic
    indexing) option. Also note GitHub Pages does not support the <code>lsi</code> option when generating sites.

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  <td><p><code>site.static_files</code></p></td>
  <td><p>

    A list of all <a href="/docs/static-files/">static files</a> (i.e.
    files not processed by Jekyll's converters or the Liquid renderer).
    Each file has three properties: <code>path</code>,
    <code>modified_time</code> and <code>extname</code>.

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  <td><p><code>site.html_pages</code></p></td>
  <td><p>

    A subset of `site.pages` listing those which end in `.html`.

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  <td><p><code>site.html_files</code></p></td>
  <td><p>

    A subset of `site.static_files` listing those which end in `.html`.

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  <td><p><code>site.collections</code></p></td>
  <td><p>

    A list of all the collections.

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  <td><p><code>site.data</code></p></td>
  <td><p>

    A list containing the data loaded from the YAML files located in the <code>_data</code> directory.

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  <td><p><code>site.documents</code></p></td>
  <td><p>

    A list of all the documents in every collection.

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  <td><p><code>site.categories.CATEGORY</code></p></td>
  <td><p>

    The list of all Posts in category <code>CATEGORY</code>.

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  <td><p><code>site.tags.TAG</code></p></td>
  <td><p>

    The list of all Posts with tag <code>TAG</code>.

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  <td><p><code>site.[CONFIGURATION_DATA]</code></p></td>
  <td><p>

    All the variables set via the command line and your
    <code>_config.yml</code> are available through the <code>site</code>
    variable. For example, if you have <code>url: http://mysite.com</code>
    in your configuration file, then in your Posts and Pages it will be
    stored in <code>site.url</code>. Jekyll does not parse changes to
    <code>_config.yml</code> in <code>watch</code> mode, you must restart
    Jekyll to see changes to variables.

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Page Variables

Variable Description

page.content

 

    The content of the Page, rendered or un-rendered depending upon
    what Liquid is being processed and what <code>page</code> is.

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  <td><p><code>page.title</code></p></td>
  <td><p>

    The title of the Page.

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  <td><p><code>page.excerpt</code></p></td>
  <td><p>

    The un-rendered excerpt of the Page.

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  <td><p><code>page.url</code></p></td>
  <td><p>

    The URL of the Post without the domain, but
    with a leading slash, e.g.
    <code>/2008/12/14/my-post.html</code>

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  <td><p><code>page.date</code></p></td>
  <td><p>

    The Date assigned to the Post. This can be overridden in a Post’s front
    matter by specifying a new date/time in the format
    <code>YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS</code> (assuming UTC), or
    <code>YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS +/-TTTT</code> (to specify a time zone using
    an offset from UTC. e.g. <code>2008-12-14 10:30:00 +0900</code>).

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  <td><p><code>page.id</code></p></td>
  <td><p>

    An identifier unique to the Post (useful in RSS feeds). e.g.
    <code>/2008/12/14/my-post</code>

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  <td><p><code>page.categories</code></p></td>
  <td><p>

    The list of categories to which this post belongs. Categories are
    derived from the directory structure above the <code>_posts</code>
    directory. For example, a post at
    <code>/work/code/_posts/2008-12-24-closures.md</code> would have this
    field set to <code>['work', 'code']</code>. These can also be specified
    in the <a href="../frontmatter/">YAML Front Matter</a>.

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  <td><p><code>page.tags</code></p></td>
  <td><p>

    The list of tags to which this post belongs. These can be specified in
    the <a href="../frontmatter/">YAML Front Matter</a>.

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  <td><p><code>page.path</code></p></td>
  <td><p>

    The path to the raw post or page. Example usage: Linking back to the
    page or post’s source on GitHub. This can be overridden in the
    <a href="../frontmatter/">YAML Front Matter</a>.

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  <td><p><code>page.next</code></p></td>
  <td><p>

    The next post relative to the position of the current post in
    <code>site.posts</code>. Returns <code>nil</code> for the last entry.

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  <td><p><code>page.previous</code></p></td>
  <td><p>

    The previous post relative to the position of the current post in
    <code>site.posts</code>. Returns <code>nil</code> for the first entry.

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ProTip™: Use Custom Front Matter

Any custom front matter that you specify will be available under
<code>page</code>. For example, if you specify <code>custom_css: true</code>
in a page’s front matter, that value will be available as
<code>page.custom_css</code>.


If you specify front matter in a layout, access that via <code>layout</code>.
For example, if you specify <code>class: full_page</code>
in a page’s front matter, that value will be available as
<code>layout.class</code> in the layout and its parents.

Paginator

Variable Description

paginator.per_page

Number of Posts per page.

paginator.posts

Posts available for that page.

paginator.total_posts

Total number of Posts.

paginator.total_pages

Total number of pages.

paginator.page

The number of the current page.

paginator.previous_page

The number of the previous page.

paginator.previous_page_path

The path to the previous page.

paginator.next_page

The number of the next page.

paginator.next_page_path

The path to the next page.
Paginator variable availability

These are only available in index files, however they can be located in a
subdirectory, such as <code>/blog/index.html</code>.