What is @docusaurus/plugin-content-blog?
@docusaurus/plugin-content-blog is a plugin for Docusaurus, a static site generator. This plugin allows you to create and manage a blog within your Docusaurus site. It provides features like blog post creation, pagination, tags, and more.
What are @docusaurus/plugin-content-blog's main functionalities?
Create Blog Posts
This feature allows you to create and manage blog posts in Markdown or MDX format. The configuration specifies the path to the blog directory, the route base path, and other settings like the blog title and description.
module.exports = {
plugins: [
[
'@docusaurus/plugin-content-blog',
{
path: './blog',
routeBasePath: '/blog',
include: ['*.md', '*.mdx'],
blogTitle: 'My Blog',
blogDescription: 'A Docusaurus powered blog!',
},
],
],
};
Pagination
This feature enables pagination for your blog posts. You can specify the number of posts per page using the `postsPerPage` option.
module.exports = {
plugins: [
[
'@docusaurus/plugin-content-blog',
{
path: './blog',
routeBasePath: '/blog',
postsPerPage: 10,
},
],
],
};
Tags
This feature allows you to categorize your blog posts using tags. The configuration can also include options to show reading time and customize the blog sidebar.
module.exports = {
plugins: [
[
'@docusaurus/plugin-content-blog',
{
path: './blog',
routeBasePath: '/blog',
showReadingTime: true,
blogSidebarCount: 'ALL',
blogSidebarTitle: 'All posts',
},
],
],
};
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