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Last modified: August 22, 2025
The following is a list of HubL filters and functions that are deprecated. While these filters and functions still operate as intended, they’ve been replaced by newer ones that are more streamlined and optimized. For all new and future projects we encourage using our current HubL functions instead of deprecated ones.

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Deprecated filters

The following filters have been deprecated:

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datetimeformat (filter)

This function has been replaced by format_datetime.
  • HubL
  • Output
{{ content.updated|datetimeformat("%B %e, %Y") }}
{{ content.publish_date|datetimeformat("%B %e, %Y %l %p") }}
{{ content.publish_date|datetimeformat("%B %e, %Y %l %p", "America/Los_Angeles") }}
{{ content.publish_date|datetimeformat("%B %e, %Y %l %p", "America/Los_Angeles", "es-US") }}

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format_currency

This function has been replaced by format_currency_value.
  • HubL
  • Output
{% set price = 100 %}
{{ price|format_currency("en-US") }}
{{ price|format_currency("fr-FR") }}
{{ price|format_currency("jp-JP", "JPY", true) }}

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Deprecated functions

The following functions have been deprecated:

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blog_post_by_id

This function has been replaced by content_by_id().
  • HubL
  • Output
{% set my_post = blog_post_by_id(4715624297) %}
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://developers.hubspot.com/docs{{ my_post.absolute_url }}">{{my_post.title}}</a>
</li>
</ul>

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blog_topics

This function has been renamed to blog_tags().
  • HubL
  • Output
{{ blog_topics("default", 250) }}

{% set my_tags = blog_topics("default", 250) %}
<ul>
{% for item in my_tags %}
<li><a href="https://developers.hubspot.com/docs{{ blog_tag_url(group.id, item.slug) }}">{{ item }}</a></li>
{% endfor %}
</ul>

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blog_recent_topic_posts

This function has been renamed to blog_recent_tag_posts().
{{ blog_recent_topic_posts("default", "culture", 5) }}

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datetimeformat (function)

This function has been replaced by format_datetime().
  • HubL
  • Output
{{ datetimeformat(content.publish_date_local_time, "%B %e, %Y") }}

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get_public_template_url

This function has been replaced by get_asset_url().
  • HubL
  • Output
{{ get_public_template_url("custom/page/Designers_2015/designer-doc-2105.js") }}

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include_css

This function has been replaced by require_css().
  • HubL
  • Output
{{ include_css("custom/page/Designers_2015/designers-doc-2015.css")  }}

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include_javascript

This function has been replaced by require_js().
  • HubL
  • Output
{{ include_javascript("custom/page/Designers_2015/designer-doc-2105.js") }}

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page_by_id

This function has been replaced by content_by_id().
  • HubL
  • Output
{% set my_page = page_by_id(4715624297) %}
  <ul>
    <li>
      <a href="https://developers.hubspot.com/docs{{ my_page.absolute_url }}">{{ my_page.title }}</a>
    </li>
  </ul>