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: Remap or remove tag/category in all articles

This is commands helps you quickly update/remap or delete a tag or category in all your markdown files. You'll be asked to select the taxonomy type (tag or category), the old taxonomy value and the new one (leave the input field blank to remove the tag/category).

Info: Once the remapping/deleting process is completed. The taxonomy tags/categories will be updated in 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.