Blogger - Document Frontmatter

Frontmatter lets you set post metadata — title, labels, publish status, schedule date — directly inside a Google Doc, without filling in any forms. Add a small table at the top of your document, fill in what you need, and Tenwrite reads it automatically at export time.

This is especially useful with Drive Automation and Sheet Automation, where there’s no export form at all. Frontmatter is how you control individual posts when publishing is fully automated.

A Google Doc with a frontmatter table and article content below it

Insert the Table

You don’t need to create the table by hand. Open your Google Doc, go to Extensions > Tenwrite > Frontmatter > Insert Blogger Frontmatter, and a ready-to-use table is inserted at the top of your document.

Extensions menu in Google Docs showing Tenwrite > Frontmatter > Insert Blogger Frontmatter

The table has two columns: field name on the left, value on the right. Fill in what you need and leave the rest blank — empty rows are ignored.

When Tenwrite processes the document, it reads the table, applies the values to the post, and removes the table from the published content. Your readers never see it.

Post Settings

Status

Set status to one of:

Value	What it does
`publish`	Publishes the post immediately
`draft`	Saves as a draft
`schedule`	Schedules for the date in `publish_date`

To save a post as a draft while you’re still working on the content:

Frontmatter table with status set to draft

To schedule a post for a future date, set status to schedule and add a publish_date:

Frontmatter table with status set to schedule and a future publish date

All Available Fields

Field	Description	Example
`tenwrite_frontmatter`	Version marker — do not change this	`v1`
`title`	Post title	`My Amazing Blog Post`
`labels`	Comma-separated labels	`technology, tutorial`
`status`	Publish state (see above)	`draft`
`publish_date`	Scheduled publish time	`2026-04-15 14:30`
`reader_comments`	Comment visibility	`Allow`

Reader comments accepts exactly one of these values:

Allow
Do not allow; show existing
Do not allow; hide existing

Formatting Fields

You can optionally control how Tenwrite processes the document’s HTML on export. For most users, setting preset to balanced is all you need — it applies a sensible set of cleanup rules automatically.

Field	Values	What it does
`preset`	`balanced`, or a saved preset name	Applies a preset group of formatting rules
`demote_headings`	`true` / `false`	Shifts H1→H2, H2→H3, etc.
`responsive_images`	`true` / `false`	Adds `max-width: 100%` to images
`strip_empty_elements`	`true` / `false`	Removes empty paragraphs and spans
`embed_youtube`	`true` / `false`	Converts YouTube links to embeds
`embed_twitter`	`true` / `false`	Converts Twitter/X links to embeds
`add_rel_nofollow_to_links`	`true` / `false`	Adds `rel="nofollow"` to all links
`add_target_blank_to_links`	`true` / `false`	Opens all links in a new tab
`increase_line_height`	`true` / `false`	Increases line spacing for readability
`convert_pt_to_px`	`true` / `false`	Converts `pt` font sizes to `px`

CSS cleanup fields (all accept true / false):

remove_inline_styles, remove_font_family, remove_font_size, remove_color, remove_text_decoration, remove_background, remove_padding, remove_margin, remove_width, remove_height, remove_line_height, remove_border, remove_letter_spacing, remove_text_transform, remove_max_width, remove_max_height

Troubleshooting

Frontmatter isn’t being applied

The table must be the very first element in the document. Even a blank paragraph above it will cause the table to be ignored.
Don’t rename or change the first row (tenwrite_frontmatter / v1) — it’s how Tenwrite identifies the table.
Re-insert using Extensions > Tenwrite > Frontmatter if you’re not sure the structure is correct.

Post isn’t publishing at the scheduled time

status must be exactly schedule (not scheduled).
publish_date must be a future date in YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM format.

Labels or reader comments aren’t applying

Labels are comma-separated: label1, label2, label3.
Reader comments values must match exactly — spacing and semicolons included.

Need help? Contact support@tenwrite.com.

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