Gatsby Advanced Starter
Gatsby Advanced Starter is a blog starter kit for Gatsby.js that ships with SEO, tags, sitemaps, and share icons, built to give static-site blogs a production-ready foundation.
What is the Gatsby Advanced Starter?
The Gatsby Advanced Starter is a GitHub template created by saigowthamr that provides advanced blog features on top of the Gatsby static site generator. It takes a blog post file as input and produces a static site with a posts list, individual post pages, tag pages, prev/next navigation, and SEO metadata. The starter runs on Gatsby and can be launched locally with gatsby develop after installing dependencies. The repository metadata describes it as "gatsby-advanced-starter for creating blog" and lists topics including gatsby-blog, gatsby-starter, gatsby-starter-kit, gatsbyjs, react, and static-site-generator.
Key features
The starter bundles the most common blog features so you don't have to build them from scratch.
- SEO support — built-in handling for search engine metadata, with a tutorial section that walks through adding SEO to posts.
- Tags — blog posts can be tagged, and the starter provides tag-based organization and navigation.
- Sitemaps — the starter can generate sitemaps for your static blog, helping search engines index your pages.
- Images — posts support embedded images, with a dedicated tutorial section on adding images.
- Prev/next links — each post page shows previous and next post links, making it easy for readers to keep browsing.
- Share icons — social share icons are included so visitors can share posts on social media directly from the page.
- Best practices — the starter follows Gatsby conventions for templates, list displays, and image handling.
- Tutorial documentation — an in-depth tutorial at reactgo.com explains how to build the blog from scratch, covering introduction to Gatsby, adding posts, displaying lists, creating templates, adding images, prev/next links, tags, SEO, share icons, and a bonus section.
Who is it for?
This starter is aimed at developers and content creators who want a static blog with SEO fundamentals already in place.
- Bloggers who want a static site without wiring up SEO, tags, and sitemaps themselves — they can clone, install, and write.
- Gatsby developers who are learning the framework — the linked tutorial demonstrates how each feature is implemented.
- Developers who need a minimal but feature-complete blog base to customize for personal or project sites.
What can you do with the Gatsby Advanced Starter?
Here are concrete ways to put the starter to work.
- Publish a blog quickly: clone the repository, run
npm installandgatsby develop, then start adding posts — the starter already handles the post list, post template, and navigation. - Organize content with tags: add tags to your posts and let readers filter related content through tag pages.
- Improve search visibility: the built-in SEO and sitemap features help search engines discover your static pages.
- Add social sharing: the included share icons let readers share posts to social platforms without extra setup.
How does it work?
The install process is straightforward and documented in the repository readme. First, install the Gatsby CLI globally with npm install --global gatsby-cli. Then clone the repository from https://github.com/saigowthamr/gatsby-advanced-starter.git, run npm install to install dependencies, and start developing with gatsby develop. The linked tutorial explains the content workflow, beginning with adding blog posts and displaying them as a list.
