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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

Optional: Compile/Render Options {% addedin "0.3.0" %}

See “Options” on the EJS home page.

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

Optional: Set your own Library instance {% addedin "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);
};

Supported Features

Feature	Syntax
✅ Include (Preprocessor Directive)	<% include /user/show %> looks for _includes/user/show.ejs (the leading slash is important). Does not process front matter in the include file.
✅ Includes (Relative Path, Preprocessor Directive)	Relative paths in ejs can leave off the leading slash / or use ./ to use the template’s directory or ../ for the template’s parent directory: <% include 'user/show' %> or <% include './user/show' %> looks for ./user/show.ejs from the template’s current directory. Does not process front matter in the include file.
✅ Include (pass in Data)	<%- include('/user/show', {user: 'Ava'}) %> looks for _includes/user/show.ejs. Does not process front matter in the include file.
✅ Include (Relative Path, pass in Data)	Relative paths in ejs can leave off the leading slash / or use ./ to use the template’s directory or ../ for the template’s parent directory: <%- include('user/show', {user: 'Ava'}) %> or <%- include('./user/show', {user: 'Ava'}) %> looks for ./user/show.ejs from the template’s current directory. Does not process front matter in the include file.