Front Matter
Use Front Matter to control post and page metadata in Hexo and Solitude.
Purpose
Front Matter is the metadata block at the top of a Markdown file. Hexo reads it first, then Solitude uses those values to render covers, descriptions, tags, categories, comments, and page-specific behavior.
Basic example
---
title: Hello Solitude
date: 2026-01-01 10:00:00
updated: 2026-01-02 12:00:00
description: Notes from the first Solitude setup.
tags:
- Hexo
- Solitude
categories:
- Blog
cover: /img/covers/hello.jpg
comments: true
---Common fields
title: page or post title.date: publish time.updated: last meaningful update time.description: summary used by cards, SEO, and previews.tags: topic labels.categories: broader content grouping.cover: image used by cards and article header.comments: whether comments are enabled for this page.
Page-specific notes
Feature pages often require a matching layout or data file. Keep the Front Matter focused on page identity, then put repeatable data in source/_data.
