Post Collection

About 2357 wordsAbout 8 min

2025-10-08

Overview

Post collections are used to manage fragmented collections of multiple articles. The term "fragmented" here refers to scenarios where articles have no strong relationships with each other or only require flattened presentation. Typical applications include:

Blog systems
Thematic columns
News and information
Casual notes

This collection provides complete article management features:

Article list page - Supports pinning, cover images, and excerpt display
Article category page - Automatically generates categories based on directory structure
Article tag page - Generates tags based on page frontmatter.tags
Article archive page - Generates timeline archives based on frontmatter.createTime

Each page reserves areas for displaying personal information, supporting personal profiles or organizational information configuration.

The theme supports configuring multiple post collections

Creating a Post Collection

A post collection can be created in three simple steps:

Create an articles directory
docs
blog
post-1.md
post-2.md
…

Configure collection parameters

.vuepress/config.ts

import { defineUserConfig
 } from 'vuepress'
import { plumeTheme
 } from 'vuepress-theme-plume'

export default defineUserConfig
({
  theme
: plumeTheme
({
    collections
: [ 
      { type
: 'post', dir
: 'blog', title
: 'Blog' }
    ]
  })
})

.vuepress/plume.config.ts

import { defineThemeConfig
 } from 'vuepress-theme-plume'

export default defineThemeConfig
({
  collections
: [ 
    { type
: 'post', dir
: 'blog', title
: 'Blog' }
  ]
})

Complete

After configuration, the theme automatically scans the docs/blog directory and generates the following pages:

Article list page: /blog/
Article category page: /blog/categories/
Article tag page: /blog/tags/
Article archive page: /blog/archives/

When autoFrontmatter is enabled, the system automatically generates permanent links for Markdown files:

docs/blog/post-1.md
---
title: post-1
createTime: 2025/03/24 20:15:12
permalink: /blog/a1b2c3d4/
---

Multi-language Support

Define post collections for different languages in the theme's multi-language configuration:

.vuepress/config.ts

import { defineUserConfig
 } from 'vuepress'
import { plumeTheme
 } from 'vuepress-theme-plume'

export default defineUserConfig
({
  theme
: plumeTheme
({
    locales
: {
      '/': { 
        collections
: [
          { type
: 'post', dir
: 'blog', title
: 'Blog' }
        ]
      },
      '/en/': { 
        collections
: [
          { type
: 'post', dir
: 'blog', title
: 'Blog' }
        ]
      }
    }
  })
})

.vuepress/plume.config.ts

import { defineThemeConfig
 } from 'vuepress-theme-plume'

export default defineThemeConfig
({
  locales
: {
    '/': { 
      collections
: [
        { type
: 'post', dir
: 'blog', title
: 'Blog' }
      ]
    },
    '/en/': { 
      collections
: [
        { type
: 'post', dir
: 'blog', title
: 'Blog' }
      ]
    }
  }
})

Collection Directory Configuration

The dir parameter specifies the source file directory for the collection, supporting both absolute and relative paths (both relative to the source directory):

dir: 'blog' // Points to docs/blog
dir: '/blog/' // Equivalent syntax
dir: './blog/' // Equivalent syntax
dir: '/team/blog/' // Points to docs/team/blog

Under multi-language configuration, paths are relative to the language directory

File Filtering

Filter Markdown files using include and exclude configurations with picomatch pattern matching:

.vuepress/config.ts

import { defineUserConfig
 } from 'vuepress'
import { plumeTheme
 } from 'vuepress-theme-plume'

export default defineUserConfig
({
  theme
: plumeTheme
({
    collections
: [
      {
        type
: 'post',
        dir
: 'blog',
        title
: 'Blog',
        include
: ['**/*.md'], // Include all .md files
        exclude
: ['**/*.snippet.md'] // Exclude snippet files
      }
    ]
  })
})

.vuepress/plume.config.ts

import { defineThemeConfig
 } from 'vuepress-theme-plume'

export default defineThemeConfig
({
  collections
: [
    {
      type
: 'post',
      dir
: 'blog',
      title
: 'Blog',
      include
: ['**/*.md'], // Include all .md files
      exclude
: ['**/*.snippet.md'] // Exclude snippet files
    }
  ]
})

Page Generation Configuration

Pages are generated based on the dir configuration by default, with full customization support:

.vuepress/config.ts

import { defineUserConfig
 } from 'vuepress'
import { plumeTheme
 } from 'vuepress-theme-plume'

export default defineUserConfig
({
  theme
: plumeTheme
({
    collections
: [
      {
        type
: 'post',
        dir
: 'blog',
        title
: 'Blog',
        postList
: true, // Enable article list page
        link
: '/blog/', // List page link
        linkPrefix
: '/blog/', // Article link prefix
        tags
: true, // Enable tag page
        tagsLink
: '/blog/tags/', // Tag page link
        tagsTheme
: 'colored', // Tag theme colored|gray|brand
        tagsText
: 'Tags', // Tag page title
        archives
: true, // Enable archive page
        archivesLink
: '/blog/archives/', // Archive page link
        archivesText
: 'Archives', // Archive page title
        categories
: true, // Enable category page
        categoriesLink
: '/blog/categories/', // Category page link
        categoriesText
: 'Categories', // Category page title
        categoriesExpand
: 'deep', // Category expansion level number|'deep'
        categoriesTransform
: categories
 => categories
, // Category transformation function
      }
    ]
  })
})

.vuepress/plume.config.ts

import { defineThemeConfig
 } from 'vuepress-theme-plume'

export default defineThemeConfig
({
  collections
: [
    {
      type
: 'post',
      dir
: 'blog',
      title
: 'Blog',
      postList
: true, // Enable article list page
      link
: '/blog/', // List page link
      linkPrefix
: '/blog/', // Article link prefix
      tags
: true, // Enable tag page
      tagsLink
: '/blog/tags/', // Tag page link
      tagsTheme
: 'colored', // Tag theme colored|gray|brand
      tagsText
: 'Tags', // Tag page title
      archives
: true, // Enable archive page
      archivesLink
: '/blog/archives/', // Archive page link
      archivesText
: 'Archives', // Archive page title
      categories
: true, // Enable category page
      categoriesLink
: '/blog/categories/', // Category page link
      categoriesText
: 'Categories', // Category page title
      categoriesExpand
: 'deep', // Category expansion level number|'deep'
      categoriesTransform
: categories
 => categories
, // Category transformation function
    }
  ]
})

Auto Frontmatter Generation

Only takes effect after executing vuepress dev or vuepress build

Supports collection-level frontmatter auto-generation with customizable transformation logic:

.vuepress/config.ts

import { defineUserConfig } from 'vuepress'
import { plumeTheme } from 'vuepress-theme-plume'

export default defineUserConfig({
  theme: plumeTheme({
    collections: [
      {
        type: 'post',
        dir: 'blog',
        title: 'Blog',
        autoFrontmatter: {
          title: true, // Auto-generate title
          createTime: true, // Auto-generate creation time
          permalink: true, // Auto-generate permanent link
          transform: (data, context, locale) => { // Custom transformation
            data.foo ??= 'foo'
            return data
          }
        }
      }
    ]
  })
})

.vuepress/plume.config.ts

import { defineThemeConfig } from 'vuepress-theme-plume'

export default defineThemeConfig({
  collections: [
    {
      type: 'post',
      dir: 'blog',
      title: 'Blog',
      autoFrontmatter: {
        title: true, // Auto-generate title
        createTime: true, // Auto-generate creation time
        permalink: true, // Auto-generate permanent link
        transform: (data, context, locale) => { // Custom transformation
          data.foo ??= 'foo'
          return data
        }
      }
    }
  ]
})

Generation example:

docs/blog/post-1.md
---
title: post-1
createTime: 2025/03/24 20:15:12
permalink: /blog/a1b2c3d4/
---

Profile Configuration

Each post collection supports independent profile display area configuration. When not configured, it inherits from the theme default profile settings.

.vuepress/config.ts

import { defineUserConfig } from 'vuepress'
import { plumeTheme } from 'vuepress-theme-plume'

export default defineUserConfig({
  theme: plumeTheme({
    collections: [
      {
        type: 'post',
        dir: 'blog',
        title: 'Blog',
        profile: {
          avatar: '/avatar.jpg', // Avatar path
          name: 'John Doe', // Display name
          description: 'Personal profile', // Profile text
          circle: true, // Circular avatar
          location: 'Guangzhou', // Location
          organization: 'Organization Name', // Organization
          layout: 'right', // Layout position left|right
        }
      }
    ]
  })
})

.vuepress/plume.config.ts

import { defineThemeConfig } from 'vuepress-theme-plume'

export default defineThemeConfig({
  collections: [
    {
      type: 'post',
      dir: 'blog',
      title: 'Blog',
      profile: {
        avatar: '/avatar.jpg', // Avatar path
        name: 'John Doe', // Display name
        description: 'Personal profile', // Profile text
        circle: true, // Circular avatar
        location: 'Guangzhou', // Location
        organization: 'Organization Name', // Organization
        layout: 'right', // Layout position left|right
      }
    }
  ]
})

The profile area supports social link configuration. When not configured, it inherits from the theme default social settings.

.vuepress/config.ts

import { defineUserConfig } from 'vuepress'
import { plumeTheme } from 'vuepress-theme-plume'

export default defineUserConfig({
  theme: plumeTheme({
    collections: [
      {
        type: 'post',
        dir: 'blog',
        title: 'Blog',
        social: [
          { icon: 'github', link: 'https://github.com/pengzhanbo' },
        ],
      }
    ]
  })
})

.vuepress/plume.config.ts

import { defineThemeConfig } from 'vuepress-theme-plume'

export default defineThemeConfig({
  collections: [
    {
      type: 'post',
      dir: 'blog',
      title: 'Blog',
      social: [
        { icon: 'github', link: 'https://github.com/pengzhanbo' },
      ],
    }
  ]
})

Built-in Icon Library

discord
telegram
facebook
github
instagram
linkedin
mastodon
npm
slack
twitter
x
youtube

qq
weibo
bilibili
gitlab
docker
juejin
zhihu
douban
steam
stackoverflow
xbox

Article Cover Configuration

The article list page supports cover image display with various layout and size options.

Basic Configuration

Define cover image path in frontmatter:

---
title: Article Title
cover: /images/cover.jpg
---

Path Specification: Only absolute paths or remote URLs are supported. Local images must be placed in the .vuepress/public directory:

docs

.vuepress

public

images

cover.jpg

config.ts

article.md

Default display effect:

Article Title

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Advanced Layout

Adjust cover image position and size:

---
title: Article Title
cover: /images/cover.jpg
coverStyle:
  layout: left
  ratio: 16:9
  width: 300
---

Display effect:

Article Title

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Compact Mode

Enable compact layout when no excerpt is present:

---
title: Article Title
cover: /images/cover.jpg
coverStyle:
  layout: left
  ratio: 16:9
  width: 300
  compact: true
---

Display effect:

Article Title

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compact: true only takes effect when no excerpt is present

---
title: Article Title
cover: /images/cover.jpg
coverStyle:
  layout: top
  ratio: 16:9
  width: 300
---

Display effect:

Article Title

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Preset Configuration

For visual consistency, collection-level cover image presets are supported:

.vuepress/config.ts
import { defineUserConfig
 } from 'vuepress'
import { plumeTheme
 } from 'vuepress-theme-plume'

export default defineUserConfig
({
  theme
: plumeTheme
({
    collections
: [
      {
        type
: 'post',
        dir
: 'blog',
        title
: 'Blog',
        postCover
: {
          layout
: 'left',
          ratio
: '16:9',
          width
: 300,
          compact
: true
        }
      }
    ],
  })
})

Layout mode description:

type PostCoverLayout = 'left' | 'right' | 'odd-left' | 'odd-right' | 'top'

interface PostCoverStyle {
  layout?: PostCoverLayout // Layout position
  ratio?: number | `${number}:${number}` // Aspect ratio, default '4:3'
  width?: number // Width (effective for left/right layouts), default 240
  compact?: boolean // Compact mode, default false
}

Special layout modes:

odd-left - Odd items left, even items right
odd-right - Odd items right, even items left

odd-left layout effect:

Article Title

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Article Title

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Article Title

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Mobile Adaptation

Automatically switches to top layout on narrow-screen devices to ensure display quality

Article Metadata

Configure article metadata through frontmatter:

---
title: Article Title
createTime: 2024/01/01 00:00:00
tags:
  - tag1
  - tag2
---

title and createTime are automatically generated when files are created and support manual modification.

Available Properties

Property	Type	Default	Description
title	`string`	File name	Article title
createTime	`string`	Current time	Creation time
tags	`string[]`	`[]`	Article tags
sticky	`boolean \| number`	false	Sticky flag, higher numbers sort first
draft	`boolean`	false	Draft mode, hidden after build
cover	`string`	`''`	Cover image path
coverStyle	`PostCoverStyle`	`null`	Cover style configuration
excerpt	`boolean \| string`	''	Excerpt content, supports auto-extraction

Also supports all fields from common frontmatter configuration.

Article Excerpt Configuration

Auto-extraction

Use  marker for excerpt truncation point:

---
title: Title
---

Excerpt content area

<!-- more -->

Remaining body content

Manual Definition

Custom excerpt via excerpt field:

---
title: Title
excerpt: Custom excerpt content
---

Configuration Notes:

excerpt: false - Disable excerpt (ignore )
excerpt: string - Custom content (ignore )

Recommended to use  comment to define excerpts

Configuring to Site Homepage

The theme provides two ways to set the post collection's article list page as the site homepage to meet different requirements:

Method 1: Configure homepage's pageLayout property to posts

docs/README.md
---
pageLayout: posts
---

You can also use the collection configuration item to specify which collection's article list page to read. By default, it reads the first collection's article list page.

collection needs to match the dir value of the collection configuration.

docs/README.md
---
pageLayout: posts
collection: blog
---

This configuration directly applies the posts layout to the page, displaying the blog article list.

This is the simplest way to change the homepage to a blog page, but it lacks flexibility.

Method 2: Configure homepage's pageLayout property to home, add homepage section type with type: posts

docs/README.md
---
pageLayout: home
config:
  - type: posts
    collection: blog
---

Using this method, you can not only add article lists to the homepage but also flexibly add different content in other areas of the page.

For example, configure the first screen as banner, followed by a blog article list:

docs/README.md
---
pageLayout: home
config:
  - type: banner
  - type: posts
---

For more custom configurations, please refer to Custom Homepage.

When using either of the above methods to configure the homepage as an article list page, since the theme still generates the article list page by default, this results in duplicate functional pages. Therefore, you may need to disable automatic blog article list page generation in the collection configuration:

(You can also modify the link addresses of category pages/tag pages/archive pages)

.vuepress/config.ts
import { defineUserConfig
 } from 'vuepress'
import { plumeTheme
 } from 'vuepress-theme-plume'

export default defineUserConfig
({
  theme
: plumeTheme
({
    collections
: [
      { type
: 'post', dir
: 'blog', title
: 'Blog', postList
: false }
    ],
  })
})

Contributors

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Changelog

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Post Collection

Overview

Creating a Post Collection

Multi-language Support

Collection Directory Configuration

File Filtering

Page Generation Configuration

Auto Frontmatter Generation

Profile Configuration

Built-in Icon Library

Article Cover Configuration

Basic Configuration

Article Title

Advanced Layout

Article Title

Compact Mode

Article Title

Top Banner Layout

Article Title

Preset Configuration

Article Title

Article Title

Article Title

Article Metadata

Available Properties

Article Excerpt Configuration

Auto-extraction

Manual Definition

Configuring to Site Homepage

Contributors

Changelog