Hamza Mairaj

BerqWP

<p>Berq Markdown makes your WordPress content instantly consumable by AI assistants, LLM crawlers (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Googlebot-AI), and Markdown-aware tools — without duplicating your content or creating separate pages.</p>
<p>Appending <code>.md</code> to any public page or post URL (e.g. <code>https://example.com/about.md</code>) returns a clean, structured Markdown file with YAML frontmatter. The plugin handles content from all common sources: Gutenberg blocks, classic editor, shortcodes, and custom PHP templates.</p>
<p><strong>How it works</strong></p>
<p>When a visitor or crawler requests <code>/about.md</code>, the plugin intercepts the request, finds the matching WordPress post, converts the HTML content to Markdown, and serves it with the correct <code>Content-Type: text/markdown</code> header — all without creating any new database entries or files.</p>
<p><strong>Key Features</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Automatic .md URLs</strong> — any public post or page URL + <code>.md</code> returns clean Markdown</li>
<li><strong>YAML frontmatter</strong> — every .md file includes <code>title</code>, <code>description</code>, <code>url</code>, <code>date_modified</code>, <code>author</code>, and <code>language</code></li>
<li><strong>Full content compatibility</strong> — works with Gutenberg blocks, classic editor, shortcodes, and custom PHP page templates</li>
<li><strong>HTML to Markdown conversion</strong> — pure PHP, no external dependencies; handles headings, paragraphs, lists, links, images, tables, code blocks, and more</li>
<li><strong>Internal link rewriting</strong> — links to internal pages are rewritten to their <code>.md</code> equivalent automatically</li>
<li><strong>URL exclusions with wildcards</strong> — exclude specific URL patterns using <code>*</code> as a wildcard (e.g. <code>/cart/*</code>, <code>*/checkout*</code>)</li>
<li><strong>Post type selection</strong> — choose which post types (posts, pages, custom post types) are served as Markdown</li>
<li><strong>Transient caching</strong> — optional cache with configurable TTL to reduce server load at scale</li>
<li><strong><code><link></code> tag injection</strong> — injects a <code><link rel="alternate" type="text/markdown"></code> tag in every page’s <code><head></code> so crawlers can discover the .md version</li>
<li><strong><code>[btrmd313_md_link]</code> shortcode</strong> — renders a link to the current page’s <code>.md</code> file, opens in a new tab</li>
<li><strong>Multilingual support</strong> — detects language via Polylang or WPML, adds <code>language</code> and <code>alternates</code> to frontmatter and emits <code>hreflang</code> link tags</li>
<li><strong>Public content rendering</strong> — always renders content as a non-logged-in visitor, so member-only sections are not exposed</li>
<li><strong>Admin settings page</strong> — all options configurable under Settings > Berq Markdown, with a Settings link on the Plugins page</li>
</ul>


Berq Markdown – Markdown Pages for AI & LLM Crawlers

Serve any WordPress page or post as a clean Markdown file optimized for AI and LLM crawlers by appending .md to the URL.

Whizz People

<p><strong>Whizz MD</strong> automatically creates a <code>.md</code> version of every published post and page on your WordPress site, served dynamically without storing any files on disk.</p>
<p>AI-powered search engines and LLM crawlers (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Googlebot) increasingly prefer clean, structured content. This plugin gives them exactly that — a Markdown file with rich YAML frontmatter containing all your SEO signals, served at a predictable URL like <code>/your-post-slug.md</code>.</p>
<h4>How It Works</h4>
<ol>
<li>Any published post or page automatically gets a <code>.md</code> endpoint</li>
<li>AI crawlers discover it via a <code><link rel="alternate"></code> tag in your page <code><head></code>, a dedicated <code>/md-sitemap.xml</code>, and crawlable anchor links in your page content</li>
<li>The Markdown is generated on the fly — no files written to disk, no database bloat</li>
<li>Full YAML frontmatter is included with all SEO metadata</li>
</ol>
<h4>What Gets Generated</h4>
<p><strong>YAML Frontmatter includes:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><code>title</code> — SEO title (from Yoast, Rank Math, AIOSEO, or post title)</li>
<li><code>slug</code> — post slug</li>
<li><code>date</code> and <code>modified</code> — publication and last modified dates</li>
<li><code>author</code> — author display name</li>
<li><code>meta_description</code> — SEO meta description (from SEO plugin or auto-generated)</li>
<li><code>focus_keyword</code> — primary keyword (from Yoast/Rank Math)</li>
<li><code>canonical_url</code> — points back to your HTML page</li>
<li><code>og_title</code> and <code>og_description</code> — Open Graph fields</li>
<li><code>og_image</code> — featured image URL</li>
<li><code>schema_type</code> — auto-detected (Article, HowTo, FAQPage, WebPage)</li>
<li><code>categories</code> and <code>tags</code></li>
<li><code>reading_time</code> and <code>word_count</code></li>
<li><code>robots</code> — respects your SEO plugin’s noindex settings</li>
<li><code>lang</code> — site language (WPML/Polylang compatible)</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Markdown Body includes:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>H1–H6 headings with anchor ID preservation</li>
<li>Bold, italic, strikethrough, inline code</li>
<li>Fenced code blocks with language detection</li>
<li>Ordered and unordered lists (nested)</li>
<li>GitHub Flavored Markdown (GFM) tables</li>
<li>Blockquotes, images with alt text, links (relative <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> absolute)</li>
<li>Gutenberg block HTML stripped cleanly</li>
</ul>
<h4>URL Patterns</h4>
<ul>
<li><code>/your-post-slug.md</code> — clean pretty permalink</li>
<li><code>/parent/child-page.md</code> — works with nested pages</li>
<li><code>/?p=123&format=md</code> — query string fallback</li>
</ul>
<h4>AI Crawler Discovery</h4>
<p>The plugin automatically:</p>
<ul>
<li>Adds <code><link rel="alternate" type="text/markdown"></code> to every page <code><head></code></li>
<li>Registers <code>/md-sitemap.xml</code> listing all <code>.md</code> URLs</li>
<li>Appends explicit <code>Allow: /*.md</code> rules to <code>robots.txt</code> for all major AI crawlers</li>
<li>Injects a crawlable <code><a></code> link on each page so robots can follow it naturally</li>
</ul>
<h4>SEO Plugin Compatibility</h4>
<ul>
<li>✅ Yoast SEO</li>
<li>✅ Rank Math</li>
<li>✅ All in One SEO (AIOSEO)</li>
<li>✅ WPML</li>
<li>✅ Polylang</li>
<li>✅ Gutenberg (Block Editor)</li>
<li>✅ Classic Editor</li>
</ul>
<h4>No Duplicate Content Risk</h4>
<p>The <code>.md</code> endpoint serves <code>Content-Type: text/markdown</code>, not <code>text/html</code>. An HTTP-level <code>Link: rel="canonical"</code> header points back to the original HTML page, and <code>X-Robots-Tag: noindex, follow</code> prevents Google from indexing the raw Markdown as a competing webpage — while still allowing AI crawlers to read it.</p>
<h4>Why This Matters</h4>
<p>LLMs and AI search engines crawl the web to build their knowledge. Clean, structured Markdown with rich YAML frontmatter is the ideal format for these systems to parse, index, and cite your content — giving you organic visibility in AI-powered search results, summaries, and citations.</p>


Whizz MD — Markdown Endpoints for AI Crawlers

Serve every WordPress post and page as a clean .md file with full SEO frontmatter — discoverable by AI crawlers and search engines on the fly.

Berq Markdown – Markdown Pages for AI & LLM Crawlers vs Whizz MD — Markdown Endpoints for AI Crawlers