EJS

Eleventy Short Name	File Extension	NPM Package
`ejs`	`.ejs`	`ejs`

You can override a .ejs file’s template engine. Read more at Changing a Template’s Rendering Engine.

EJS Options #

Added in Eleventy 0.3.0

See “Options” on the EJS home page.

module.exports = function(eleventyConfig) {
  eleventyConfig.setEjsOptions({
    // use <? ?> instead of <% %>
    delimiter: "?"
  });
};

Added in Eleventy 0.3.0

As an escape mechanism for advanced usage, pass in your own instance of the EJS library using the Configuration API.

module.exports = function(eleventyConfig) {
  let ejs = require("ejs");
  eleventyConfig.setLibrary("ejs", ejs);
};

Feature	Syntax
✅ Include (Preprocessor Directive)	`<% include /user/show %>` looks for `_includes/user/show.ejs`
✅ Include (pass in Data)	`<%- include('/user/show', {user: 'Ava'}) %>` looks for `_includes/user/show.ejs`