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sidebar_position: 3
slug: /api/plugins/@docusaurus/plugin-content-pages
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# 📦 plugin-content-pages

import APITable from '@site/src/components/APITable';

The default pages plugin for Docusaurus. The classic template ships with this plugin with default configurations. This plugin provides [creating pages](guides/creating-pages.mdx) functionality.

## Installation {#installation}

```bash npm2yarn
npm install --save @docusaurus/plugin-content-pages
```

:::tip

If you use the preset `@docusaurus/preset-classic`, you don't need to install this plugin as a dependency.

You can configure this plugin through the [preset options](../../using-plugins.mdx#docusauruspreset-classic).

:::

## Configuration {#configuration}

Accepted fields:

```mdx-code-block
<APITable>
```

| Name | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `path` | `string` | `'src/pages'` | Path to data on filesystem relative to site dir. Components in this directory will be automatically converted to pages. |
| `editUrl` | <code>string \| [EditUrlFn](#EditUrlFn)</code> | `undefined` | **Only for Markdown pages**. Base URL to edit your site. The final URL is computed by `editUrl + relativePostPath`. Using a function allows more nuanced control for each file. Omitting this variable entirely will disable edit links. |
| `editLocalizedFiles` | `boolean` | `false` | **Only for Markdown pages**. The edit URL will target the localized file, instead of the original unlocalized file. Ignored when `editUrl` is a function. |
| `routeBasePath` | `string` | `'/'` | URL route for the pages section of your site. **DO NOT** include a trailing slash. |
| `include` | `string[]` | `['**/*.{js,jsx,ts,tsx,md,mdx}']` | Matching files will be included and processed. |
| `exclude` | `string[]` | _See example configuration_ | No route will be created for matching files. |
| `mdxPageComponent` | `string` | `'@theme/MDXPage'` | Component used by each MDX page. |
| `remarkPlugins` | `[]` | `any[]` | Remark plugins passed to MDX. |
| `rehypePlugins` | `[]` | `any[]` | Rehype plugins passed to MDX. |
| `rehypePlugins` | `any[]` | `[]` | Recma plugins passed to MDX. |
| `beforeDefaultRemarkPlugins` | `any[]` | `[]` | Custom Remark plugins passed to MDX before the default Docusaurus Remark plugins. |
| `beforeDefaultRehypePlugins` | `any[]` | `[]` | Custom Rehype plugins passed to MDX before the default Docusaurus Rehype plugins. |
| `showLastUpdateAuthor` | `boolean` | `false` | **Only for Markdown pages**. Whether to display the author who last updated the page. |
| `showLastUpdateTime` | `boolean` | `false` | **Only for Markdown pages**. Whether to display the last date the page post was updated. This requires access to git history during the build, so will not work correctly with shallow clones (a common default for CI systems). With GitHub `actions/checkout`, use`fetch-depth: 0`. |

```mdx-code-block
</APITable>
```

### Types {#types}

#### `EditUrlFn` {#EditUrlFn}

```ts
type EditUrlFunction = (params: {
  blogDirPath: string;
  blogPath: string;
  permalink: string;
  locale: string;
}) => string | undefined;
```

### Example configuration {#ex-config}

You can configure this plugin through preset options or plugin options.

:::tip

Most Docusaurus users configure this plugin through the preset options.

:::

```js config-tabs
// Preset Options: pages
// Plugin Options: @docusaurus/plugin-content-pages

const config = {
  path: 'src/pages',
  routeBasePath: '',
  include: ['**/*.{js,jsx,ts,tsx,md,mdx}'],
  exclude: [
    '**/_*.{js,jsx,ts,tsx,md,mdx}',
    '**/_*/**',
    '**/*.test.{js,jsx,ts,tsx}',
    '**/__tests__/**',
  ],
  mdxPageComponent: '@theme/MDXPage',
  remarkPlugins: [require('./my-remark-plugin')],
  rehypePlugins: [],
  beforeDefaultRemarkPlugins: [],
  beforeDefaultRehypePlugins: [],
};
```

## Markdown front matter {#markdown-front-matter}

Markdown pages can use the following Markdown [front matter](../../guides/markdown-features/markdown-features-intro.mdx#front-matter) metadata fields, enclosed by a line `---` on either side.

Accepted fields:

```mdx-code-block
<APITable>
```

| Name | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `title` | `string` | Markdown title | The blog post title. |
| `description` | `string` | The first line of Markdown content | The description of your page, which will become the `<meta name="description" content="..."/>` and `<meta property="og:description" content="..."/>` in `<head>`, used by search engines. |
| `keywords` | `string[]` | `undefined` | Keywords meta tag, which will become the `<meta name="keywords" content="keyword1,keyword2,..."/>` in `<head>`, used by search engines. |
| `image` | `string` | `undefined` | Cover or thumbnail image that will be used as the `<meta property="og:image" content="..."/>` in the `<head>`, enhancing link previews on social media and messaging platforms. |
| `slug` | `string` | File path | Allows to customize the page URL (`/<routeBasePath>/<slug>`). Support multiple patterns: `slug: my-page`, `slug: /my/page`, slug: `/`. |
| `wrapperClassName` | `string` |  | Class name to be added to the wrapper element to allow targeting specific page content. |
| `hide_table_of_contents` | `boolean` | `false` | Whether to hide the table of contents to the right. |
| `draft` | `boolean` | `false` | Draft pages will only be available during development. |
| `unlisted` | `boolean` | `false` | Unlisted pages will be available in both development and production. They will be "hidden" in production, not indexed, excluded from sitemaps, and can only be accessed by users having a direct link. |

```mdx-code-block
</APITable>
```

Example:

```md
---
title: Markdown Page
description: Markdown page SEO description
wrapperClassName: markdown-page
hide_table_of_contents: false
draft: true
slug: /markdown-page
---

Markdown page content
```

## i18n {#i18n}

Read the [i18n introduction](../../i18n/i18n-introduction.mdx) first.

### Translation files location {#translation-files-location}

- **Base path**: `website/i18n/[locale]/docusaurus-plugin-content-pages`
- **Multi-instance path**: `website/i18n/[locale]/docusaurus-plugin-content-pages-[pluginId]`
- **JSON files**: extracted with [`docusaurus write-translations`](../../cli.mdx#docusaurus-write-translations-sitedir)
- **Markdown files**: `website/i18n/[locale]/docusaurus-plugin-content-pages`

### Example file-system structure {#example-file-system-structure}

```bash
website/i18n/[locale]/docusaurus-plugin-content-pages
│
│ # translations for website/src/pages
├── first-markdown-page.md
└── second-markdown-page.md
```