https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/shortcode-templates-with-subreferences/37657

in-whatever-content-file.md

Product 1 with named param

Product 1 ({{< product type="prod1" >}}) is really great.

Product 2 with named param

{{< product type="prod2" >}}

Product 3 with named param

prod3 is unknown in shortcode product.html (see dict there).

{{< product type="prod3" >}}

Product 1

{{< product "prod1" >}}

Product 2

{{< product "prod2" >}}

product.html

{{- $product := "" -}}

{{- if .IsNamedParams -}}
	{{- $product = .Get "type" -}}
{{- else -}}
	{{- $product = .Get 0 -}}
{{- end -}}

{{- $products := dict
	"prod1" "Orange"
	"prod2" "Apple"
	"NO_PRODUCT_MATCHES" "No product found for key \"%s\"!"
-}}

{{- $output := index $products $product -}}

{{- if not $output -}}
	{{- $output = printf (index $products "NO_PRODUCT_MATCHES") $product -}}
{{- end -}}

{{- $output -}}

rendered-HTML.html

<h2>Product 1 with named param</h2>
<p>Product 1 (Orange) is really great.</p>

<h2>Product 2 with named param</h2>
Apple

<h2>Product 3 with named param</h2>
<p><code>prod3</code> is unknown in shortcode (see <code>dict</code> there).</p>
No product found for key "prod3"!

<h2>Product 1</h2>
Orange

<h2>Product 2</h2>
Apple

awesome! thank you