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Hugo uses Markdown as its content format. However, there are a lot of things that Markdown doesn't support well.
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You could use pure HTML to expand your possibilities. But this happens to be a bad idea. Everyone uses Markdown because it's pure and simple to read. You should avoid HTML to keep it as simple and portable as possible.
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To avoid Markdown's limitations, Hugo created [shortcodes](https://gohugo.io/content-management/shortcodes/). A shortcode is a simple snippet inside of a page.
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The Relearn theme provides many shortcodes on top of [Hugo's existing ones](https://gohugo.io/content-management/shortcodes/#embedded-shortcodes).
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