Jekyll Variables Usage - Site, Page, and Custom Variables

Jekyll provides powerful variable access through Liquid templating. Understanding these variables is essential for customizing your Jekyll site.

Site Variables

It's from _config.yml

• title: {{ site.title }}
• pages.size: {{ site.pages.size }}
• posts.size: {{ site.posts.size }}
• site.categories.Obsidian.size: {{ pages }}

• site.categories.Jekyll.size: {{ site.categories.Jekyll.size }}

  • titles, excerpt `{% for j in site.categories.Jekyll %}
    • {{ j.title }}
      • {{ j.excerpt }} {% endfor %}`

• site.data.navigation: {{ site.data.navigation }}
  `{% for item in site.data.navigation %}

  • {{ item.name }} {% endfor %}`

Page Variables

• Title: {{ page.title }}
• path: {{ page.path }}
• url: {{ page.url }}
• variable: {{ page.page_variable }}
• categories: {{ page.categories }}

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