Converts any WordPress page or post to Markdown at a .md.txt URL with caching and YAML headers.

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<p>Serve cached Markdown versions of WordPress URLs at .md.txt with YAML frontmatter. No theme changes required.</p>
<p>When a visitor requests a URL ending in <code>.md.txt</code>, the plugin:<br />
1. loads the page HTML,<br />
2. extracts the primary content (default selector: <code>main</code>),<br />
3. converts HTML to Markdown,<br />
4. prepends YAML frontmatter (metadata),<br />
5. returns the result with short-term caching.</p>
<p>This keeps your normal site unchanged while exposing a clean Markdown output for tooling, archiving, and AI-friendly documentation workflows.</p>
<p>Key features include:</p>
<ul>
<li><code>.md.txt</code> endpoint for pages, posts, and public custom post types</li>
<li>YAML frontmatter headers for structured metadata (title, slug, canonical URL, generated time)</li>
<li>HTML <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Markdown conversion via League HTML to Markdown</li>
<li>Builder-noise cleanup for common wrappers (Divi, Elementor, block markup)</li>
<li>Configurable selector (default: <code>main</code>)</li>
<li>Cached output to reduce repeated conversions</li>
<li>Optional “Force Update” from the admin panel for refreshing the Markdown cache.</li>
</ul>
<h4>LLMs.txt / AI Documentation Workflows</h4>
<p>Many teams maintain a <code>/llms.txt</code> index file that links to “detail” Markdown pages for fast AI ingestion and navigation.<br />
This plugin can act as the “detail page generator” by making each page available as Markdown via a stable URL.</p>
<p>Typical pattern:<br />
– <code>/llms.txt</code> lists key pages (human curated)<br />
– each entry links to the corresponding <code>.md.txt</code> URL for full content</p>
<p>(If you publish <code>/llms.txt</code>, confirm it only includes URLs you intend to expose publicly.)</p>
<h4>Example Output</h4>
<p>plugin: “MTM HTML to Markdown”<br />
source_url: “https://example.com/sample-page/”<br />
generated_at: “2026-01-08T13:00:00-05:00”</p>
<p>slug: “sample-page”</p>
<p>Sample Page</p>
<p>(Body converted to Markdown…)</p>
<h3>Troubleshooting</h3>
<h4>I get a 404 on .md.txt URLs</h4>
<p>Confirm pretty permalinks are enabled, then re-save Settings <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Permalinks to flush rewrite rules.<br />
If a caching layer/CDN is in front of the site, purge cache for the <code>.md.txt</code> path.</p>
<h4>Output is missing content</h4>
<p>If your theme does not use a  element, change the selector to match the real content container (e.g., #content).</p>
<h3>Credits</h3>
<p>Developed by Moving Traffic Media & YSC.<br />
Uses <a href="https://github.com/thephpleague/html-to-markdown" rel="nofollow ugc">League HTML to Markdown</a> under MIT license.</p>
<h3>License</h3>
<p>This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the <strong>GNU General Public License v2 or later</strong>.<br />
See the full license at <a href="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html</a>.</p>


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