diff --git a/_vendor/modules.txt b/_vendor/modules.txt
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@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 # github.com/gohugoio/gohugoioTheme v0.0.0-20241119115653-b92d27ede3e1
+
diff --git a/content/en/functions/hugo/Store.md b/content/en/functions/hugo/Store.md
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+---
+title: Store
+linktitle: hugo.Store
+description: Returns a global, persistent "scratch pad" to store and manipulate data.
+categories: []
+keywords: []
+action:
+  related:
+  - methods/page/store
+  - methods/site/store
+  - functions/collections/NewScratch
+  returnType: maps.Scratch
+  signatures: [site.Store]
+toc: true
+---
+
+The global `hugo.Store` function creates a persistent [scratch pad] to store and manipulate data. To create a locally scoped, use the [`newScratch`] function.
+
+[`Scratch`]: /functions/hugo/scratch/
+[`newScratch`]: /functions/collections/newscratch/
+[scratch pad]: /getting-started/glossary/#scratch-pad
+
+## Methods
+
+###### Set
+
+Sets the value of a given key.
+
+```go-html-template
+{{ hugo.Store.Set "greeting" "Hello" }}
+```
+
+###### Get
+
+Gets the value of a given key.
+
+```go-html-template
+{{ hugo.Store.Set "greeting" "Hello" }}
+{{ hugo.Store.Get "greeting" }} → Hello
+```
+
+###### Add
+
+Adds a given value to existing value(s) of the given key.
+
+For single values, `Add` accepts values that support Go's `+` operator. If the first `Add` for a key is an array or slice, the following adds will be appended to that list.
+
+```go-html-template
+{{ hugo.Store.Set "greeting" "Hello" }}
+{{ hugo.Store.Add "greeting" "Welcome" }}
+{{ hugo.Store.Get "greeting" }} → HelloWelcome
+```
+
+```go-html-template
+{{ hugo.Store.Set "total" 3 }}
+{{ hugo.Store.Add "total" 7 }}
+{{ hugo.Store.Get "total" }} → 10
+```
+
+```go-html-template
+{{ hugo.Store.Set "greetings" (slice "Hello") }}
+{{ hugo.Store.Add "greetings" (slice "Welcome" "Cheers") }}
+{{ hugo.Store.Get "greetings" }} → [Hello Welcome Cheers]
+```
+
+###### SetInMap
+
+Takes a `key`, `mapKey` and `value` and adds a map of `mapKey` and `value` to the given `key`.
+
+```go-html-template
+{{ hugo.Store.SetInMap "greetings" "english" "Hello" }}
+{{ hugo.Store.SetInMap "greetings" "french" "Bonjour" }}
+{{ hugo.Store.Get "greetings" }} → map[english:Hello french:Bonjour]
+```
+
+###### DeleteInMap
+
+Takes a `key` and `mapKey` and removes the map of `mapKey` from the given `key`.
+
+```go-html-template
+{{ hugo.Store.SetInMap "greetings" "english" "Hello" }}
+{{ hugo.Store.SetInMap "greetings" "french" "Bonjour" }}
+{{ hugo.Store.DeleteInMap "greetings" "english" }}
+{{ hugo.Store.Get "greetings" }} → map[french:Bonjour]
+```
+
+###### GetSortedMapValues
+
+Returns an array of values from `key` sorted by `mapKey`.
+
+```go-html-template
+{{ hugo.Store.SetInMap "greetings" "english" "Hello" }}
+{{ hugo.Store.SetInMap "greetings" "french" "Bonjour" }}
+{{ hugo.Store.GetSortedMapValues "greetings" }} → [Hello Bonjour]
+```
+
+###### Delete
+
+Removes the given key.
+
+```go-html-template
+{{ hugo.Store.Set "greeting" "Hello" }}
+{{ hugo.Store.Delete "greeting" }}
+```
+
+## Determinate values
+
+The `Store` method is often used to set scratch pad values within a shortcode, a partial template called by a shortcode, or by a Markdown render hook. In all three cases, the scratch pad values are indeterminate until Hugo renders the page content.
+
+If you need to access a scratch pad value from a parent template, and the parent template has not yet rendered the page content, you can trigger content rendering by assigning the returned value to a [noop] variable:
+
+[noop]: /getting-started/glossary/#noop
+
+```go-html-template
+{{ $noop := .Content }}
+{{ hugo.Store.Get "mykey" }}
+```
+
+You can also trigger content rendering with the `ContentWithoutSummary`, `FuzzyWordCount`, `Len`, `Plain`, `PlainWords`, `ReadingTime`, `Summary`, `Truncated`, and `WordCount` methods. For example:
+
+```go-html-template
+{{ $noop := .WordCount }}
+{{ hugo.Store.Get "mykey" }}
+```
diff --git a/content/en/methods/page/Store.md b/content/en/methods/page/Store.md
index a81fa71a38..484c27fd5c 100644
--- a/content/en/methods/page/Store.md
+++ b/content/en/methods/page/Store.md
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 ---
 title: Store
+linktitle: PAGE.Store
 description: Returns a persistent "scratch pad" on the given page to store and manipulate data.
 categories: []
 keywords: []
 action:
   related:
   - methods/page/scratch
+  - methods/site/store
+  - functions/hugo/store
   - functions/collections/NewScratch
   returnType: maps.Scratch
   signatures: [PAGE.Store]
diff --git a/content/en/methods/shortcode/Scratch.md b/content/en/methods/shortcode/Scratch.md
index fcfc99d538..811d9f9eeb 100644
--- a/content/en/methods/shortcode/Scratch.md
+++ b/content/en/methods/shortcode/Scratch.md
@@ -10,7 +10,17 @@ action:
   signatures: [SHORTCODE.Scratch]
 ---
 
-The `Scratch` method within a shortcode creates a [scratch pad] to store and manipulate data. The scratch pad is scoped to the shortcode, and is reset on server rebuilds.
+{{% deprecated-in 0.139.0 %}}
+Use the [`SHORTCODE.Store`] method instead.
+
+This is a soft deprecation. This method will be removed in a future release, but the removal date has not been established. Although Hugo will not emit a warning if you continue to use this method, you should begin using `SHORTCODE.Store` as soon as possible.
+
+Beginning with v0.139.0 the `SHORTCODE.Scratch` method is aliased to `SHORTCODE.Store`.
+
+[`SHORTCODE.Store`]: /methods/shortcode/store/
+{{% /deprecated-in %}}
+
+The `Scratch` method within a shortcode creates a [scratch pad] to store and manipulate data. The scratch pad is scoped to the shortcode.
 
 {{% note %}}
 With the introduction of the [`newScratch`] function, and the ability to [assign values to template variables] after initialization, the `Scratch` method within a shortcode is obsolete.
diff --git a/content/en/methods/shortcode/Store.md b/content/en/methods/shortcode/Store.md
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+++ b/content/en/methods/shortcode/Store.md
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+---
+title: Store
+description: Returns a "Store pad" scoped to the shortcode to store and manipulate data. 
+categories: []
+keywords: []
+action:
+  related:
+    - functions/collections/NewScratch
+    - methods/page/Store
+    - methods/site/Store
+    - functions/hugo/Store
+  returnType: maps.Store
+  signatures: [SHORTCODE.Store]
+---
+
+{{< new-in 0.139.0 >}}
+
+The `Store` method within a shortcode creates a [scratch pad] to store and manipulate data. The scratch pad is scoped to the shortcode.
+
+{{% note %}}
+With the introduction of the [`newScratch`] function, and the ability to [assign values to template variables] after initialization, the `Store` method within a shortcode is mostly obsolete.
+
+[assign values to template variables]: https://go.dev/doc/go1.11#text/template
+[`newScratch`]: /functions/collections/newScratch/
+{{% /note %}}
+
+[Store pad]: /getting-started/glossary/#scratch-pad
+
+{{% include "methods/page/_common/scratch-methods.md" %}}
diff --git a/content/en/methods/site/Store.md b/content/en/methods/site/Store.md
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+---
+title: Store
+linktitle: site.Store
+description: Returns a persistent "scratch pad" on the given site to store and manipulate data.
+categories: []
+keywords: []
+action:
+  related:
+  - methods/page/store
+  - functions/hugo/store
+  - functions/collections/NewScratch
+  returnType: maps.Scratch
+  signatures: [site.Store]
+toc: true
+---
+
+The `Store` method on a `Site` object creates a persistent [scratch pad] to store and manipulate data. To create a locally scoped scratch pad that is not attached to a `Site` object, use the [`newScratch`] function.
+
+[`Scratch`]: /methods/site/scratch/
+[`newScratch`]: /functions/collections/newscratch/
+[scratch pad]: /getting-started/glossary/#scratch-pad
+
+## Methods
+
+###### Set
+
+Sets the value of a given key.
+
+```go-html-template
+{{ site.Store.Set "greeting" "Hello" }}
+```
+
+###### Get
+
+Gets the value of a given key.
+
+```go-html-template
+{{ site.Store.Set "greeting" "Hello" }}
+{{ site.Store.Get "greeting" }} → Hello
+```
+
+###### Add
+
+Adds a given value to existing value(s) of the given key.
+
+For single values, `Add` accepts values that support Go's `+` operator. If the first `Add` for a key is an array or slice, the following adds will be appended to that list.
+
+```go-html-template
+{{ site.Store.Set "greeting" "Hello" }}
+{{ site.Store.Add "greeting" "Welcome" }}
+{{ site.Store.Get "greeting" }} → HelloWelcome
+```
+
+```go-html-template
+{{ site.Store.Set "total" 3 }}
+{{ site.Store.Add "total" 7 }}
+{{ site.Store.Get "total" }} → 10
+```
+
+```go-html-template
+{{ site.Store.Set "greetings" (slice "Hello") }}
+{{ site.Store.Add "greetings" (slice "Welcome" "Cheers") }}
+{{ site.Store.Get "greetings" }} → [Hello Welcome Cheers]
+```
+
+###### SetInMap
+
+Takes a `key`, `mapKey` and `value` and adds a map of `mapKey` and `value` to the given `key`.
+
+```go-html-template
+{{ site.Store.SetInMap "greetings" "english" "Hello" }}
+{{ site.Store.SetInMap "greetings" "french" "Bonjour" }}
+{{ site.Store.Get "greetings" }} → map[english:Hello french:Bonjour]
+```
+
+###### DeleteInMap
+
+Takes a `key` and `mapKey` and removes the map of `mapKey` from the given `key`.
+
+```go-html-template
+{{ site.Store.SetInMap "greetings" "english" "Hello" }}
+{{ site.Store.SetInMap "greetings" "french" "Bonjour" }}
+{{ site.Store.DeleteInMap "greetings" "english" }}
+{{ site.Store.Get "greetings" }} → map[french:Bonjour]
+```
+
+###### GetSortedMapValues
+
+Returns an array of values from `key` sorted by `mapKey`.
+
+```go-html-template
+{{ site.Store.SetInMap "greetings" "english" "Hello" }}
+{{ site.Store.SetInMap "greetings" "french" "Bonjour" }}
+{{ site.Store.GetSortedMapValues "greetings" }} → [Hello Bonjour]
+```
+
+###### Delete
+
+Removes the given key.
+
+```go-html-template
+{{ site.Store.Set "greeting" "Hello" }}
+{{ site.Store.Delete "greeting" }}
+```
+
+## Determinate values
+
+The `Store` method is often used to set scratch pad values within a shortcode, a partial template called by a shortcode, or by a Markdown render hook. In all three cases, the scratch pad values are indeterminate until Hugo renders the page content.
+
+If you need to access a scratch pad value from a parent template, and the parent template has not yet rendered the page content, you can trigger content rendering by assigning the returned value to a [noop] variable:
+
+[noop]: /getting-started/glossary/#noop
+
+```go-html-template
+{{ $noop := .Content }}
+{{ site.Store.Get "mykey" }}
+```
+
+You can also trigger content rendering with the `ContentWithoutSummary`, `FuzzyWordCount`, `Len`, `Plain`, `PlainWords`, `ReadingTime`, `Summary`, `Truncated`, and `WordCount` methods. For example:
+
+```go-html-template
+{{ $noop := .WordCount }}
+{{ site.Store.Get "mykey" }}
+```
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
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--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ module github.com/gohugoio/hugoDocs
 go 1.23.3
 
 require github.com/gohugoio/gohugoioTheme v0.0.0-20241119115653-b92d27ede3e1 // indirect
+