Adam Alexandersson

<p>Worddown is a powerful WordPress plugin that enables you to export your pages and posts to markdown files, making them perfect for integration with AI chatbots and other markdown-based systems.</p>
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Export pages and posts to markdown files</li>
<li>Support for custom page builders (ACF Flexible Content, Elementor, etc.)</li>
<li>REST API endpoints for programmatic access</li>
<li>WP-CLI commands for automation</li>
<li>Multilingual support</li>
<li>Background export mode for large sites</li>
<li>Customizable HTML content filters</li>
</ul>
<h4>Export Methods</h4>
<ol>
<li>WordPress Admin Dashboard</li>
<li>WP-CLI Commands</li>
<li>REST API Endpoints</li>
</ol>
<h4>WP-CLI Support</h4>
<p>Export your content directly from the command line:</p>
<pre><code>wp worddown export
</code></pre>
<p>For large sites, use background mode:</p>
<pre><code>wp worddown export --background
</code></pre>
<h4>REST API</h4>
<p>Access export functionality programmatically through REST API endpoints:</p>
<ul>
<li>GET /wp-json/worddown/v1/files – List all exported markdown files</li>
<li>GET /wp-json/worddown/v1/files/{post_id} – Get specific file content</li>
<li>POST /wp-json/worddown/v1/export – Trigger export</li>
</ul>
<h4>Custom HTML Content Filters</h4>
<p>Customize your markdown output using WordPress filters:</p>
<pre><code>add_filter('worddown_custom_html_content', function($content, $post_id, $post_type) {
    if ($post_type === 'page') {
        $content .= '<div>My custom HTML for page ' . $post_id . '</div>';
    }
    return $content;
}, 10, 3);
</code></pre>
<h4>Available Translations</h4>
<ul>
<li>English</li>
<li>Swedish (sv_SE)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Development</h3>
<p>For development instructions and advanced usage, please visit the <a href="https://github.com/adamalexandersson/worddown" rel="nofollow ugc">plugin repository</a>.</p>
<h4>Build Process</h4>
<p>The plugin uses Vite for asset compilation. Development requirements:</p>
<ul>
<li>Node.js 16.0 or higher</li>
<li>npm 8.0 or higher</li>
</ul>


Worddown

Export WordPress pages and posts to markdown files for AI chatbots with support for custom page builders and multilingual content.

mtmplugins

<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>


MTM HTML to Markdown

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

Worddown vs MTM HTML to Markdown