Useful Plugins for Hexo

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Useful plugins for Hexo

  • hexo-deployer-git
  • hexo-generator-json-feed
  • hexo-generator-seo-friendly-sitemap
  • hexo-generator-searchdb

hexo-deployer-git

Git deployer plugin for Hexo.

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npm install hexo-deployer-git --save

in _config.yml

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# Deployment
## Docs: https://hexo.io/docs/deployment.html
deploy:
  type: git
  repo: https://github.com/<username>/<username>.github.io.git
  branch: master

hexo-generator-json-feed

Hexo plugin to generate a JSON file similar to RSS feed channel structure with posts contents for generic use or consumption.

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npm i -S hexo-generator-json-feed

in _config.yml

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# Json feed
jsonFeed:
  limit: 25

hexo-generator-seo-friendly-sitemap

Generate SEO-friendly sitemap.

Inspired by XML Sitemap in Yoast Wordpress SEO Plugin (https://yoast.com).

It will generate separated sitemap files for pages, posts, categories, tags and a XSL stylesheet.

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npm install hexo-generator-seo-friendly-sitemap --save

in _config.yml

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sitemap:
  path: sitemap.xml
  tag: true
  category: true

hexo-generator-searchdb

Generate search data for Hexo 3.0. This plugin is used for generating a search index file, which contains all the neccessary data of your articles that you can use to write a local search engine for your blog. Supports both XML and JSON format output.

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npm install hexo-generator-searchdb --save

in _config.yml

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search:
  path: search.xml
  field: post
  format: html
  limit: 10000

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