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date: 2020-09-13
title: "hugo new"
slug: hugo_new
url: /commands/hugo_new/
---
## hugo new
Create new content for your site
### Synopsis
Create a new content file and automatically set the date and title.
It will guess which kind of file to create based on the path provided.
You can also specify the kind with `-k KIND`.
If archetypes are provided in your theme or site, they will be used.
Ensure you run this within the root directory of your site.
```
hugo new [path] [flags]
```
### Options
```
-b, --baseURL string hostname (and path) to the root, e.g. http://spf13.com/
-D, --buildDrafts include content marked as draft
-E, --buildExpired include expired content
-F, --buildFuture include content with publishdate in the future
--cacheDir string filesystem path to cache directory. Defaults: $TMPDIR/hugo_cache/
--cleanDestinationDir remove files from destination not found in static directories
-c, --contentDir string filesystem path to content directory
-d, --destination string filesystem path to write files to
--disableKinds strings disable different kind of pages (home, RSS etc.)
--editor string edit new content with this editor, if provided
--enableGitInfo add Git revision, date and author info to the pages
--forceSyncStatic copy all files when static is changed.
--gc enable to run some cleanup tasks (remove unused cache files) after the build
-h, --help help for new
--i18n-warnings print missing translations
--ignoreCache ignores the cache directory
-k, --kind string content type to create
-l, --layoutDir string filesystem path to layout directory
--minify minify any supported output format (HTML, XML etc.)
--noChmod don't sync permission mode of files
--noTimes don't sync modification time of files
--path-warnings print warnings on duplicate target paths etc.
--print-mem print memory usage to screen at intervals
--templateMetrics display metrics about template executions
--templateMetricsHints calculate some improvement hints when combined with --templateMetrics
-t, --theme strings themes to use (located in /themes/THEMENAME/)
--trace file write trace to file (not useful in general)
```
### Options inherited from parent commands
```
--config string config file (default is path/config.yaml|json|toml)
--configDir string config dir (default "config")
--debug debug output
-e, --environment string build environment
--ignoreVendor ignores any _vendor directory
--ignoreVendorPaths string ignores any _vendor for module paths matching the given Glob pattern
--log enable Logging
--logFile string log File path (if set, logging enabled automatically)
--quiet build in quiet mode
-s, --source string filesystem path to read files relative from
--themesDir string filesystem path to themes directory
-v, --verbose verbose output
--verboseLog verbose logging
```
### SEE ALSO
* [hugo](/commands/hugo/) - hugo builds your site
* [hugo new site](/commands/hugo_new_site/) - Create a new site (skeleton)
* [hugo new theme](/commands/hugo_new_theme/) - Create a new theme
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