{% component %}

The {% component %} tag will parse the default markup content for a CMS component and display it on the page. Not all components provide default markup, the documentation for the plugin will guide in the correct usage.

{% component "blogPosts" %}

This will render the component partial with a fixed name of default.htm and is essentially an alias for the following:

{% partial "blogPosts::default" %}

# Variables

Some components support passing variables to them at render time.

{% component "blogPosts" postsPerPage="5" %}

# Customizing Components

In most cases the {% component %} tag is not needed and the markup is provided as a usage example for the component API. Components are intended to be customized, this can be done in two ways:

1. Moving the default markup to a partial
2. Overriding component partials using the theme

The CMS Components article outlines the process of customizing default markup.

# See Also