Developers · Liquid

Filters: Standard

Last updated 2 November 2026

Use this document to guide you in using standard Liquid filters.

abs

Returns the absolute value of a number.

Input

{{ -17 | abs }}

Output

Input

{{ 4 | abs }}

Output

will also work on a string if the string only contains a number.

Input

{{ '-19.86' | abs }}

Output

19.86

append

Concatenates two strings and returns the concatenated value.

Input

{{ '/my/fancy/url' | append: '.html' }}

Output

/my/fancy/url.html

can also be used with variables:

Input

{% assign filename = '/index.html' %}
{{ 'website.com' | append: filename }}

Output

website.com/index.html

can be used with a number, it will return a string:

Input

{{ 3 | append: ' stooges' }}

Output

3 stooges

at_least

Limits a number to a minimum value.

Input

{{ 4 | at_least: 5 }}

Output

Input

{{ 4 | at_least: 3 }}

Output

at_most

Limits a number to a maximum value.

Input

{{ 4 | at_most: 5 }}

Output

Input

{{ 4 | at_most: 3 }}

Output

capitalize

Makes the first character of a string capitalized.

Input

{{ 'title' | capitalize }}

Output

Title

only capitalizes the first character of the string, so later words are not affected:

Input

{{ 'my great title' | capitalize }}

Output

My great title

ceil

Rounds the input up to the nearest whole number. Liquid tries to convert the input to a number before the filter is applied.

Input

{{ 1.2 | ceil }}

Output

Input

{{ 2.0 | ceil }}

Output

Input

{{ 183.357 | ceil }}

Output

Here the input value is a string:

Input

{{ '3.5' | ceil }}

Output

concat

Concatenates (joins together) multiple arrays. The resulting array contains all the items from the input arrays.

Input

{% assign fruits = 'apples, oranges, peaches' | split: ', ' %}
{% assign vegetables = 'carrots, turnips, potatoes' | split: ', ' %}

{% assign everything = fruits | concat: vegetables %}

{% for item in everything %}
- {{ item }}
{% endfor %}

Output

- apples
- oranges
- peaches
- carrots
- turnips
- potatoes

You can string together filters to join more than two arrays:

Input

{% assign furniture = 'chairs, tables, shelves' | split: ', ' %}

{% assign everything = fruits | concat: vegetables | concat: furniture %}

{% for item in everything %}
- {{ item }}
{% endfor %}

Output

- apples
- oranges
- peaches
- carrots
- turnips
- potatoes
- chairs
- tables
- shelves

date

Converts a timestamp into another date format. The format for this syntax is the same as . You can use the standard date formatting for UNIX. Available directives for time and date are listed in the strftime cheat sheet.

Input

{{ article.published_at | date: '%a, %b %d, %y' }}

Output

Fri, Jul 17, 15

Input

{{ article.published_at | date: '%Y' }}

Output

works on strings if they contain well-formatted dates:

Input

{{ 'March 14, 2016' | date: '%b %d, %y' }}

Output

Mar 14, 16

To get the current time, pass the special word (or ) to date:

Input

This page was last updated at {{ 'now' | date: '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M' }}.

Output

This page was last updated at 2022-08-09 04:04.

Note that the value will be the current time of when the page was last generated from the template, not when the page is presented to a user if caching or static site generation is involved.

default

Allows you to specify a fallback in case a value doesn’t exist. will show its value if the left side is , , or .

Input

{{ product_price | default: 2.99 }}

Output

2.99

In this example, is defined, so the default value is not used.

Input

{% assign product_price = 4.99 %}
{{ product_price | default: 2.99 }}

Output

4.99

In this example, is empty, so the default value is used.

Input

{% assign product_price = '' %}
{{ product_price | default: 2.99 }}

Output

2.99

To allow variables to return instead of the default value, you can use the parameter.

Input

{{ settings.flag | default: true, allow_false: true }}

Output

<!-- If settings.flag is false -->
false

divided_by

Divides a number by the specified number. The result is rounded down to the nearest integer (that is, the floor) if the divisor is an integer.

Input

{{ 16 | divided_by: 4 }}

Output

Input

{{ 5 | divided_by: 3 }}

Output

Controlling rounding

produces a result of the same type as the divisor — that is, if you divide by an integer, the result will be an integer. If you divide by a float (a number with a decimal in it), the result will be a float.

For example, here the divisor is an integer:

Input

{{ 20 | divided_by: 7 }}

Output

Here it is a float:

Input

{{ 20 | divided_by: 7.0 }}

Output

2.857142857142857

Changing variable types

You might want to use a variable as a divisor, in which case you can’t simply add .0 to convert it to a float. In these cases, you can assign a version of your variable converted to a float using the filter.

In this example, you’re dividing by a variable that contains an integer, so you get an integer:

Input

{% assign my_integer = 7 %}
{{ 20 | divided_by: my_integer }}

Output

Here, you multiply the variable by to get a , then divide by the instead:

Input

{% assign my_integer = 7 %}
{% assign my_float = my_integer | times: 1.0 %}
{{ 20 | divided_by: my_float }}

Output

2.857142857142857

downcase

Makes each character in a string lowercase. It has no effect on strings that are already all lowercase.

Input

{{ 'Parker Moore' | downcase }}

Output

parker moore

Input

{{ 'apple' | downcase }}

Output

apple

escape

Escapes a string for HTML. It replaces characters such as <, >, & and quotes with HTML entities. It does not change strings that have nothing to escape. To encode a value for a URL, use url_encode.

Input

{{ '<p>Have you read James & the Giant Peach?</p>' | escape }}

Output

&lt;p&gt;Have you read James &amp; the Giant Peach?&lt;/p&gt;

Input

{{ 'Nikola Tesla' | escape }}

Output

Nikola Tesla

first

returns the first item of an array.

Input

{% assign my_array = 'apples, oranges, peaches, plums' | split: ', ' %} {{ my_array.first }}

Output

apples

Input

{% assign my_array = 'zebra, octopus, giraffe, tiger' | split: ', ' %}
{{ my_array.first }}

Output

zebra

floor

Rounds a number down to the nearest whole number. Liquid tries to convert the input to a number before the filter is applied.

Input

{{ 1.2 | floor }}

Output

Input

{{ 2.0 | floor }}

Output

Input

{{ 183.357 | floor }}

Output

Here the input value is a string:

Input

{{ '3.5' | floor }}

Output

join

Combines the items in an array into a single string using the argument as a separator.

Input

{% assign beatles = 'John, Paul, George, Ringo' | split: ', ' %}

{{ beatles | join: ' and ' }}

Output

John and Paul and George and Ringo

last

Returns the last item of an array.

Input

{% assign my_array = 'apples, oranges, peaches, plums' | split: ', ' %}
{{ my_array.last }}

Output

plums

Input

{% assign my_array = 'zebra, octopus, giraffe, tiger' | split: ', ' %}
{{ my_array.last }}

Output

tiger

lstrip

Removes all whitespaces (tabs, spaces, and newlines) from the beginning of a string. The filter does not affect spaces between words.

Input

A sentence before. {{ '          So much room for activities!          ' | lstrip }} A sentence after.

Output

A sentence before. So much room for activities!           A sentence after.

map

Important

Insites overrides the map filter, so it does not work in the standard way. Visit the reference for the Insites map filter to learn more.

minus

Subtracts a number from another number.

Input

{{ 4 | minus: 2 }}

Output

Input

{{ 16 | minus: 4 }}

Output

Input

{{ 183.357 | minus: 12 }}

Output

171.357

modulo

Returns the remainder of a division operation.

Input

{{ 3 | modulo: 2 }}

Output

Input

{{ 24 | modulo: 7 }}

Output

Input

{{ 183.357 | modulo: 12 }}

Output

3.357

newline_to_br

Replaces every newline with an HTML line break .

Input

{% capture string_with_newlines %}
Hello
there
{% endcapture %}
{{ string_with_newlines | newline_to_br }}

Output

Hello
there

plus

Adds a number to another number.

Input

{{ 4 | plus: 2 }}

Output

Input

{{ 16 | plus: 4 }}

Output

Input

{{ 183.357 | plus: 12 }}

Output

195.357

prepend

Adds the specified string to the beginning of another string.

Input

{{ 'apples, oranges, and bananas' | prepend: 'Some fruit: ' }}

Output

Some fruit: apples, oranges, and bananas

You can also prepend variables:

Input

{% assign url = 'example.com' %}
{{ '/index.html' | prepend: url }}

Output

example.com/index.html

remove

Removes every occurrence of the specified substring from a string.

Input

{{ 'I strained to see the train through the rain' | remove: 'rain' }}

Output

I sted to see the t through the

remove_first

Removes only the first occurrence of the specified substring from a string.

Input

{{ 'I strained to see the train through the rain' | remove_first: 'rain' }}

Output

I sted to see the train through the rain

replace

Replaces every occurrence of an argument in a string with the second argument.

Input

{{ 'Take my protein pills and put my helmet on' | replace: 'my', 'your' }}

Output

Take your protein pills and put your helmet on

replace_first

Replaces only the first occurrence of the first argument in a string with the second argument.

Input

{% assign my_string = 'Take my protein pills and put my helmet on' %}
{{ my_string | replace_first: 'my', 'your' }}

Output

Take your protein pills and put my helmet on

reverse

Reverses the order of the items in an array. cannot reverse a string.

Input

{% assign my_array = 'apples, oranges, peaches, plums' | split: ', ' %}
{{ my_array | reverse | join: ', ' }}

Output

plums, peaches, oranges, apples

cannot be used directly on a string, but you can split a string into an array, the array and rejoin it by chaining together filters:

Input

{{ 'Ground control to Major Tom.' | split: '' | reverse | join: '' }}

Output

.moT rojaM ot lortnoc dnuorG

round

Rounds an input number to the nearest or, if a number is specified as an argument, to that number of decimal places.

Input

{{ 1.2 | round }}

Output

Input

{{ 2.7 | round }}

Output

Input

{{ 183.357 | round: 2 }}

Output

183.36

rstrip

Removes all whitespace (tabs, spaces, and newlines) from the right side of a string.

Input

A sentence before. {{ '          So much room for activities!          ' | rstrip }} A sentence after.

Output

A sentence before.           So much room for activities! A sentence after.

size

Returns the number of characters in a string, the number of items in an array, or the number of bytes needed to store the integer in memory. You can also use with dot notation, for example . This allows you to use size inside tags such as conditionals.

Input

{{ 'Ground control to Major Tom.' | size }}

Output

Input

{% assign my_array = 'apples, oranges, peaches, plums' | split: ', ' %}
{{ my_array | size }}

Output

Using dot notation:

{% if my_array.size > 10 %}
  This array has more than 10 items.
{% endif %}

slice

Returns a substring of 1 character beginning at the index specified by the argument passed in. An optional second argument specifies the length of the substring to be returned.

String indices are numbered starting from 0.

Input

{{ 'Liquid' | slice: 0 }}

Output

Input

{{ 'Liquid' | slice: 2 }}

Output

Input

{{ 'Liquid' | slice: 2, 5 }}

Output

quid

If the first parameter is a negative number, the indices are counted from the end of the string:

Input

{{ 'Liquid' | slice: -3, 2 }}

Output

ui

sort

Sorts items in an array by a property of an item in the array. The order of the sorted array is case-sensitive, meaning all capitalized strings will come before any lowercase strings.

Input

{% assign my_array = 'zebra, octopus, giraffe, Sally Snake' | split: ', ' %}
{{ my_array | sort | join: ', ' }}

Output

Sally Snake, giraffe, octopus, zebra

sort_natural

Sorts items in an array by a property of an item in the array. The order of the sorted array is case-insensitive.

Input

{% assign my_array = 'zebra, octopus, giraffe, Sally Snake' | split: ', ' %}
{{ my_array | sort_natural | join: ', ' }}

Output

giraffe, octopus, Sally Snake, zebra

split

Divides an input string into an array using the argument as a separator. is commonly used to convert comma-separated items from a string to an array.

Input

{% assign beatles = 'John, Paul, George, Ringo' | split: ', ' %}
{% for member in beatles %}
  {{ member }}
{% endfor %}

Output

John

Paul

George

Ringo

strip

Removes all whitespace (tabs, spaces, and newlines) from both the left and right sides of a string. It does not affect spaces between words.

Input

A sentence before. {{ '          So much room for activities!          ' | strip }} A sentence after.

Output

A sentence before. So much room for activities! A sentence after.

strip_html

Removes any HTML tags from a string.

Input

{{ 'Have <em>you</em> read <strong>Ulysses</strong>?' | strip_html }}

Output

Have you read Ulysses?

strip_newlines

Removes any newline characters (line breaks) from a string.

Input

{% capture string_with_newlines %}
Hello
there
{% endcapture %}
{{ string_with_newlines | strip_newlines }}

Output

Hellothere

times

Multiplies a number by another number.

Input

{{ 3 | times: 2 }}

Output

Input

{{ 24 | times: 7 }}

Output

Input

{{ 183.357 | times: 12 }}

Output

2200.284

truncate

shortens a string down to the number of characters passed as a parameter. If the number of characters specified is less than the length of the string, an ellipsis (…) is appended to the string and is included in the character count.

Input

{{ 'Ground control to Major Tom.' | truncate: 20 }}

Output

Ground control to...

Custom ellipsis

takes an optional second parameter that specifies the sequence of characters to be appended to the truncated string. By default, this is an ellipsis (…), but you can specify a different sequence.

The length of the second parameter counts against the number of characters specified by the first parameter. For example, if you want to truncate a string to exactly 10 characters, and use a 3-character ellipsis, use 13 for the first parameter of , since the ellipsis counts as 3 characters.

Input

{{ 'Ground control to Major Tom.' | truncate: 25, ', and so on' }}

Output

Ground control, and so on

No ellipsis

You can truncate to the exact number of characters specified by the first parameter and show no trailing characters by passing a blank string as the second parameter:

Input

{{ 'Ground control to Major Tom.' | truncate: 20, '' }}

Output

Ground control to Ma

truncatewords

Shortens a string down to the number of words passed as the argument. If the specified number of words is less than the number of words in the string, an ellipsis (…) is appended to the string.

Input

{{ 'Ground control to Major Tom.' | truncatewords: 3 }}

Output

Ground control to...

Custom ellipsis

takes an optional second parameter that specifies the sequence of characters to be appended to the truncated string. By default, this is an ellipsis (…), but you can specify a different sequence.

Input

{{ 'Ground control to Major Tom.' | truncatewords: 3, '--' }}

Output

Ground control to--

No ellipsis

You can avoid showing trailing characters by passing a blank string as the second parameter:

Input

{{ 'Ground control to Major Tom.' | truncatewords: 3, '' }}

Output

Ground control to

uniq

Removes any duplicate elements in an array.

Input

{% assign my_array = 'ants, bugs, bees, bugs, ants' | split: ', ' %}
{{ my_array | uniq | join: ', ' }}

Output

ants, bugs, bees

upcase

Makes each character in a string uppercase. It has no effect on strings that are already all uppercase.

Input

{{ 'Parker Moore' | upcase }}

Output

PARKER MOORE

Input

{{ 'TESLA' | upcase }}

Output

TESLA

url_decode

Decodes a string that has been encoded as a URL or by .

Input

{{ '%27Stop%21%27+said+Fred' | url_decode }}

Output

'Stop!' said Fred

url_encode

Converts any URL-unsafe characters in a string into per cent-encoded characters.

Input

{{ '[email protected]' | url_encode }}

Output

john%40liquid.com

Input

{{ 'Nikola Tesla' | url_encode }}

Output

Nikola+Tesla

where

Creates an array comprising objects with a specified property value or any value by default.

For example, suppose you have a list of products and want to display kitchen products separately. By employing , you can generate an array containing only those products under the of .

Input

All products:
{% for product in products %}
- {{ product.title }}
{% endfor %}

{% assign kitchen_products = products | where: 'type', 'kitchen' %}

Kitchen products:
{% for product in kitchen_products %}
- {{ product.title }}
{% endfor %}

Output

All products:
- Vacuum
- Spatula
- Television
- Garlic press

Kitchen products:
- Spatula
- Garlic press

Consider instead, a scenario where you have a list of products, and your objective is to display only those available for purchase. In this case, you can employ with only a property name, omitting a specific target value. This action includes all products with a truthy value.

Input

All products:
{% for product in products %}
- {{ product.title }}
{% endfor %}

{% assign available_products = products | where: 'available' %}

Available products:
{% for product in available_products %}
- {{ product.title }}
{% endfor %}

Output

All products:
- Coffee mug
- Limited edition sneakers
- Boring sneakers

Available products:
- Coffee mug
- Boring sneakers

The filter can also be used to find a single object in an array when combined with the first filter. For example, say you want to show off the shirt in your new fall collection.

Input

{% assign new_shirt = products | where: 'type', 'shirt' | first %}
Featured product: {{ new_shirt.title }}

Output

Featured product: Hawaiian print sweater vest

Try it

Edit the input and press Run. The example runs on this site, read-only.