Content Types

A content type is a way to organize your content. Hugo resolves the content type from either the type in front matter or, if not set, the first directory in the file path. E.g. content/blog/my-first-event.md will be of type blog if no type set.

A content type is used to

• Determine how the content is rendered. See Template Lookup Order and Content Views for more.
• Determine which archetype template to use for new content.