This VSCode extension simplifies working with front matter of your markdown articles when using a static site generator like: Hugo, Jekyll, Hexo, NextJs, Gatsby, and many more... For example, with the extension you can keep a list of used tags, categories and add/remove them from your article.

Available commands:

Front Matter: Create <tag | category>

Creates a new <tag | category> and allows you to automatically include it into your post

Front Matter: Insert <tags | categories>

Inserts a selected <tags | categories> into the front matter of your article/post/...

Front Matter: Export all tags & categories to your settings

Export all the already used tags & categories in your articles/posts/... to your user settings

Front Matter: Set current date

Update the date property of the current article/post/... to the current date & time.

Optional: if you want, you can specify the format of the date property by adding your own preference in your settings. Settings key: frontMatter.taxonomy.dateFormat. Check date-fns formating for more information which patterns you can use.

Where is the data stored?

The tags and categories are stored in the project VSCode user settings. You can find them back under: .vscode/settings.json.

{
  "frontMatter.taxonomy.tags": [],
  "frontMatter.taxonomy.categories": []
}

Usage

Start by opening the command prompt:
- Windows ⇧+ctrl+P
- Mac: ⇧+⌘+P
Use one of the commands from above

Feedback / issues / ideas

Please submit them via creating an issue in the project repository: issue list.