children
Use the children shortcode to list the child pages of a page and the further descendants (children’s children). By default, the shortcode displays links to the child pages.
Usage
| Parameter | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| page | current | Specify the page name (section name) to display children for |
| style | “li” | Choose the style used to display descendants. It could be any HTML tag name, use “card” to display children pages as cards |
| showhidden | “false” | When true, child pages hidden from the menu will be displayed |
| description | “false” | Allows you to include a short text under each page in the list.when no description exists for the page, children shortcode takes the first 70 words of your content. read more info about summaries on gohugo.io |
| depth | 1 | Enter a number to specify the depth of descendants to display. For example, if the value is 2, the shortcode will display 2 levels of child pages. <div class=“alert |
| alert-success” |
role=“alert”>Tips: set 999 to get all descendants | | sort | none | Sort Children ByWeight - to sort on menu orderName - to sort alphabetically on menu labelIdentifier - to sort alphabetically on identifier set in frontmatterURL - URL |
Demo
{{% children %}}
page 1
page 2
page 3
page test
{{% children description="true" %}}
page 1
page 2
page 3
page test