Shortcodes

Overview

Shortcodes are special markdown directives that generate various types of content. Quarto shortcodes are similar in form and function to Hugo shortcodes and WordPress shortcodes.

For example, the following shortcode prints the title from document metadata:

{{< meta title >}}

Built-in Shortcodes

Quarto supports several shortcodes natively:

Shortcode	Description
var	Print value from _variables.yml file
meta	Print value from document metadata
env	Print system environment variable
pagebreak	Insert a native page-break
kbd	Describe keyboard shortcuts
video	Embed a video in a document
include	Include contents of another qmd
embed	Embed cells from a Jupyter Notebook
placeholder	Add placeholder images to your document
lipsum	Add placeholder text to your document
contents	Rearrange content in your document

If you want to dive in to creating your own shortcode, check out the article on Creating Shortcodes.