Authors

Authors are modeled as a taxonomy (external link). Each author has a dedicated content directory with a profile page, and posts reference authors by slug.

Configuration Link to this heading

Register the author taxonomy in hugo.yaml:

taxonomies:
  author: authors

Author Profiles Link to this heading

Create a directory for each author under content/authors/. The directory name becomes the author's slug.

content/
└── authors/
    ├── _index.md
    └── alice/
        └── _index.md

Each author's _index.md supports the following front matter:

---
title: Alice Chen
params:
  description: "A short bio shown on the author profile page."
  siteAuthor: true
  portrait: /img/alice.jpg
  links:
    - github: https://github.com/alice
    - x-twitter: https://example.com
---

Extended bio written in Markdown appears below the banner on the author page.

Social link platform names map to icons in the theme's icon set.

Assigning Authors to Posts Link to this heading

Reference authors by their directory name in the authors front matter field.

---
title: My Post
authors: ["alice", "bob"]
---

Multiple authors are supported. Each identifier must match a directory name under content/authors/.

To show the author list in the post metadata, enable pageShowAuthors:

params:
  pageShowAuthors: true