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Eleventy Short Name File Extension npm Package
liquid .liquid liquidjs

You can override a .liquid file’s template engine. Read more at Changing a Template’s Rendering Engine.

Liquid Options Jump to heading

Default Options Jump to heading

Rather than constantly fixing outdated documentation, find getLiquidOptions in Liquid.js. These options are different than the default liquidjs options.

JavaScript Truthiness in Liquid Jump to heading

Surprising to JavaScript developers—in LiquidJS both "" and 0 are truthy values! If you’d like to switch to use more JS-familiar conventions, use the Liquid option jsTruthy: true in your Eleventy config:

module.exports = function(eleventyConfig) {
eleventyConfig.setLiquidOptions({
jsTruthy: true
});
};

Use your own options Jump to heading

It’s recommended to use the Configuration API to override the default options above.

module.exports = function(eleventyConfig) {
eleventyConfig.setLiquidOptions({
dynamicPartials: false,
strictFilters: false, // renamed from `strict_filters` in Eleventy 1.0
});
};

Optional: Set your own Library instance Jump to heading

As an escape mechanism for advanced usage, pass in your own instance of the Liquid library using the Configuration API. See all liquidjs options.

WARNING:
Not compatible with setLiquidOptions above—this method will override any configuration set there.
const { Liquid } = require("liquidjs");

module.exports = function(eleventyConfig) {
let options = {
extname: ".liquid",
dynamicPartials: false,
strictFilters: false, // renamed from `strict_filters` in Eleventy 1.0
root: ["_includes"]
};

eleventyConfig.setLibrary("liquid", new Liquid(options));
};

Supported Features Jump to heading

Feature Syntax
✅ Include {% include user %} looks for _includes/user.liquid. Does not process front matter in the include file.
✅ Includes (Relative Path) Relative paths use ./ (template’s directory) or ../ (template’s parent directory): {% include ./included %} looks for included.liquid in the template’s current directory. Does not process front matter.

WARNING:
If _includes/included.liquid also exists, Liquid will use this file instead.
✅ Include (Quoted)
INFO:
Starting in Eleventy 1.0, Liquid includes without quotation marks require dynamicPartials: false—Read more at Quoted Include Paths.
{% include 'user' %} looks for _includes/user.liquid. Does not process front matter in the include file.
✅ Include (Relative Path, Quoted)
INFO:
Starting in Eleventy 1.0, Liquid includes without quotation marks require dynamicPartials: false—Read more at Quoted Include Paths.
Relative paths use ./ (template’s directory) or ../ (template’s parent directory): {% include './dir/user' %} looks for ./dir/user.liquid from the template’s current directory. Does not process front matter in the include file.

WARNING:
If _includes/dir/user.liquid also exists, Liquid will use this file instead.
✅ Include (pass in Data) {% include 'user' with 'Ava' %}. Does not process front matter in the include file.
✅ Include (pass in Data) {% include 'user', user1: 'Ava', user2: 'Bill' %}. Does not process front matter in the include file.
✅ Custom Filters {{ name | upper }} Read more about Filters
Eleventy Universal Filters {% name | filterName %} Read more about Filters
Custom Tags {% uppercase name %} Read more about Custom Tags.
Shortcodes {% uppercase name %} Read more about Shortcodes.

Quoted Include Paths Jump to heading

WARNING:
This is a common pitfall if you’re using Liquid templates.

If you’d like to use include paths without quotation marks, you must enable dynamicPartials: false in your Liquid options. The default in Eleventy 1.0 (and liquidjs) swapped from false to true. Read more about this limitation at Issue #72.

Default behavior, dynamicPartials: true Jump to heading

{% include 'user' %} looks for _includes/user.liquid

Non-quoted includes with dynamicPartials: false Jump to heading

{% include user %} looks for _includes/user.liquid

Filters Jump to heading

Filters are used to transform or modify content. You can add Liquid specific filters, but you probably want to add a Universal filter instead.

Read more about LiquidJS Filter syntax

Note that Liquid supports asynchronous filters out of the box (without any additional code or API method changes).

module.exports = function(eleventyConfig) {
// Liquid Filter
eleventyConfig.addLiquidFilter("myLiquidFilter", function(myVariable) {});

// Async-friendly too
eleventyConfig.addLiquidFilter("myAsyncLiquidFilter", async function(myVariable) {});

// Universal filters (Adds to Liquid, Nunjucks, and Handlebars)
eleventyConfig.addFilter("myFilter", function(myVariable) {});
};

Usage Jump to heading

<h1>{{ myVariable | myFilter }}</h1>

Multiple Filter Arguments Jump to heading

module.exports = function(eleventyConfig) {
// Liquid Filter
eleventyConfig.addLiquidFilter("concatThreeStrings", function(arg1, arg2, arg3) {
return arg1 + arg2 + arg3;
});
};
<h1>{{ "first" | concatThreeThings: "second", "third" }}</h1>

Shortcodes Jump to heading

Shortcodes are basically reusable bits of content. You can add Liquid specific shortcodes, but you probably want to add a Universal shortcode instead.

Shortcode Jump to heading

Filename .eleventy.js
module.exports = function(eleventyConfig) {
// Liquid Shortcode
// These can be async functions too
eleventyConfig.addLiquidShortcode("user", function(name, twitterUsername) {});

// Universal Shortcodes (Adds to Liquid, Nunjucks, Handlebars)
eleventyConfig.addShortcode("user", function(name, twitterUsername) {
return `<div class="user">
<div class="user_name">
${name}</div>
<div class="user_twitter">@
${twitterUsername}</div>
</div>
`
;
});
};

liquidjs is already Promise-based internally, so an async function for a shortcode function works out of the box here.

Usage Jump to heading

{% user "Zach Leatherman", "zachleat" %}

<!-- The comma between arguments is optional in Liquid templates -->
{% user "Zach Leatherman" "zachleat" %}
Outputs
<div class="user">
<div class="user_name">Zach Leatherman</div>
<div class="user_twitter">@zachleat</div>
</div>

Paired Shortcode Jump to heading

module.exports = function(eleventyConfig) {
// Liquid Shortcode
// These can be async functions too
eleventyConfig.addPairedLiquidShortcode("user2", function(bioContent, name, twitterUsername) {});

// Universal Shortcodes (Adds to Liquid, Nunjucks, Handlebars)
eleventyConfig.addPairedShortcode("user2", function(bioContent, name, twitterUsername) {
return `<div class="user">
<div class="user_name">
${name}</div>
<div class="user_twitter">@
${twitterUsername}</div>
<div class="user_bio">
${bioContent}</div>
</div>
`
;
});
};

liquidjs is already Promise-based internally, so an async function for a shortcode function works out of the box here.

Usage Jump to heading

Note that you can put any Liquid tags or content inside the {% user %} shortcode! Yes, even other shortcodes!

{% user2 "Zach Leatherman" "zachleat" %}
Zach likes to take long walks on Nebraska beaches.
{% enduser2 %}
Outputs
<div class="user">
<div class="user_name">Zach Leatherman</div>
<div class="user_twitter">@zachleat</div>
<div class="user_bio">Zach likes to take long walks on Nebraska beaches.</div>
</div>

Asynchronous Shortcodes Jump to heading

Liquid is already promise-based internally so async functions with await work fine out of the box.

Filename .eleventy.js
module.exports = function(eleventyConfig) {
eleventyConfig.addLiquidShortcode("user", async function(name, twitterUsername) {
return await fetchAThing();
});

eleventyConfig.addPairedShortcode("user2", async function(content, name, twitterUsername) {
return await fetchAThing();
});
};

Usage Jump to heading

(It’s the same.)

{% user "Zach Leatherman" "zachleat" %}

{% user2 "Zach Leatherman" "zachleat" %}
Zach likes to take long walks on Nebraska beaches.
{% enduser2 %}

Access to page data values Added in v0.11.0 Jump to heading

If you aren’t using an arrow function, Liquid Shortcodes (and Nunjucks, Handlebars, and 11ty.js JavaScript Functions) will have access to Eleventy page data values without needing to pass them in as arguments.

module.exports = function(eleventyConfig) {
eleventyConfig.addLiquidShortcode("myShortcode", function() {
// Available in 0.11.0 and above
console.log( this.page );

// For example:
console.log( this.page.url );
console.log( this.page.inputPath );
console.log( this.page.fileSlug );
});
};

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