Frontmatter Configuration Reference

VitePress frontmatter allows you to override site-level settings on individual pages using YAML frontmatter at the top of your markdown files.

Basic Frontmatter

---
title: Page Title
description: Page description for SEO
---

Layout Options

layout: doc

The default layout for documentation pages. Includes sidebar, navigation, and footer.

---
layout: doc
title: My Page
---

layout: home

The homepage layout with hero section and feature grid.

---
layout: home
---
hero:
  name: Site Name
  text: Tagline
  tagline: Description
  actions:
    - theme: brand
      text: Get Started
      link: /guide/introduction
---
features:
  - title: Feature 1
    details: Description of feature 1

layout: page

A blank page without sidebar or navigation.

---
layout: page
---

layout: bare

Minimal layout without any chrome — useful for landing pages.

---
layout: bare
---

Page Metadata

---
title: My Page Title
titleTemplate: false    # Disable site title suffix
description: Page description
head:
  - - meta
    - name: keywords
      content: docs, vitepress
  - - meta
    - property: og:title
      content: Custom Title
---

Navigation Control

---
prev: false          # Disable previous link
next: /guide/next-page  # Custom next link
sidebar: false       # Hide sidebar on this page
outline: false      # Hide table of contents
---

Last Updated

---
lastUpdated: false  # Disable last updated for this page
---

Edit Link Override

---
editLink:
  pattern: https://github.com/user/repo/edit/main/docs/:path
  text: Edit this page
---