A content type is a way to organize your content. Hugo resolves the content type from either the type in front matter or, if not set, the first directory in the file path. For example, content/blog/my-first-event.md will be of type blog if no type is set.

A content type is used to

• Determine how the content is rendered. See Template Lookup Order and Content Views for more.
• Determine which archetype template to use for new content.

The path to this file is content/garden/hugo/content-type.md and there’s no type set in the front matter, so its type is garden.

The breadcrumbs path is Home > Garden > Hugo > Content Type.