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+title: .Param
+description: Calls page or site variables into your template.
+godocref:
+date: 2017-02-01
+publishdate: 2017-02-01
+lastmod: 2017-04-30
+keywords: ["front matter"]
+categories: [functions]
+menu:
+  docs:
+    parent: "functions"
+toc:
+signature: [".Param KEY"]
+workson: []
+hugoversion:
+relatedfuncs: [default]
+deprecated: false
+draft: false
+aliases: []
+---
+
+In Hugo, you can declare [site-wide params][sitevars] (i.e. in your [configuration][]), as well as params for [individual pages][pagevars].
+
+A common use case is to have a general value for the site and a more specific value for some of the pages (e.g., an image).
+
+You can use the `.Param` method to call these values into your template. The following will first look for an `image` param in a specific content's [front matter][]. If not found, Hugo will look for an `image` param in your site's configuration:
+
+```
+$.Param "image"
+```
+
+{{% note %}}
+The `Param` method may not consider empty strings in a content's front matter as "not found." If you are setting preconfigured front matter fields to empty strings using Hugo's archetypes, it may be best to use the [`default` function](/functions/default/) instead of `Param`. See the [related issue on GitHub](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/3366).
+{{% /note %}}
+
+
+[configuration]: /getting-started/configuration/
+[front matter]: /content-management/front-matter/
+[pagevars]: /variables/page/
+[sitevars]: /variables/site/