Hugo Release 0.83.0

Hugo 0.83: WebP Support!

WebP image encoding support, some important i18n fixes, and more.

May 1, 2021

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Hugo 0.83 finally brings WebP image processing support. Note that you need the extended version of Hugo to encode to WebP. If you want to target all Hugo versions, you may use a construct such as this:

{{ $images := slice }}
{{ $images = $images | append ($img.Resize "300x") }}
{{ if hugo.IsExtended }}
  {{ $images = $images | append ($img.Resize "300x webp") }}
{{ end }}

Also worth highlighting:

• Some important language/i18n fixes (thanks to

  @jmooring

  for helping out with these):

  • Fix multiple unknown language codes 7eb80a9e @bep #7838
  • Improve plural handling of floats eebde0c2 @bep #8464
  • Revise the plural implementation 537c905e @bep #8454#7822

• You can now use slice syntax in the sections permalinks config2dc222ce @bep #8363.

This release represents 61 contributions by 9 contributors to the main Hugo code base.@bep leads the Hugo development with a significant amount of contributions, but also a big shoutout to [@dependabotbot], @jmooring, and @anthonyfok for their ongoing contributions. And a big thanks to @digitalcraftsman for his relentless work on keeping the themes site in pristine condition.