Meta Generator Shortcode

[zachleat]

As we move toward making the Leaderboards opt-in via <meta name="generator"> to solve the issue of folks changing their tech stack to another generator (and tanking their scores 😅), we should provide a shortcode to easily automate this.

Name TBD, but here’s how it might work:

<!-- Not real code yet, so don’t use this -->
{% metaGenerator %}

<meta name="generator" content="Eleventy v2.0.0">

or:

<!-- Not real code yet, so don’t use this -->
<meta name="generator" content="{% eleventy.version %}">

<meta name="generator" content="Eleventy v2.0.0">

https://www.11ty.dev/speedlify/

Features:

• Should strip off canary release suffixes

[pdehaan]

Big +1 to having both solutions.

1. I can never remember the exact syntax for <meta> tags since they can sometimes be inconsistent, so a shortcode would be awesome.
2. There are plenty of times I want to know/display which version of Eleventy I'm running, and using something like eleventy.version is easier than require("@11ty/eleventy/package.json").version and then putting that version in a global data file or using eleventyConfig.addGlobalData("eleventyVersion", require("@11ty/eleventy/package.json").version).

[coelmay]

I feel {% metaGenerator %} as a shortcode fits perfectly for the intended usage/output.

[nhoizey]

I think {% metaGenerator %} is not specific enough, there might be an issue with existing shortcodes.

What about {% eleventyVersionMeta %}?

I also agree with @pdehaan that {% eleventy.version %} (or {% eleventyVersion %}) would be useful.

[zachleat]

Going with eleventy.version and eleventy.generator Eleventy supplied global data for this one to keep the spirit of full control of markup.

Usage: <meta name="generator" content="{{ eleventy.generator }}">

Docs pending on https://www.11ty.dev/docs/data-eleventy-supplied/#eleventy-variable

[zachleat]

Shipping with 1.0.1 and 2.0.0-canary.5