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.

mitchmac

<p>The plugin creates zip files containing posts converted to Markdown. A WP-CLI command exists to handle exporting sites with a large amount of content.</p>
<ul>
<li>Move WordPress content to Gatsby-friendly Markdown.</li>
<li>Customize the export! Remap and restructure exported fields.</li>
<li>CLI: Avoid PHP timeouts by using the command line with WP-CLI.</li>
<li>CLI: Export progress bar (great for large sites)!</li>
</ul>
<blockquote>
<p>Reminder: always keep a backup of the WordPress database and files in case your export doesn’t work as expected!</p>
</blockquote>
<h3>Working with Gatsby</h3>
<p>If you’re just getting started with Gatsby, we recommend experimenting with a Markdown based Gatsby starter like <a href="https://github.com/tinacms/tina-starter-grande" rel="nofollow ugc">Tina Grande</a>. Installation is as easy as:</p>
<pre><code>git clone https://github.com/tinacms/tina-starter-grande.git

cd tina-starter-grande

yarn install && gatsby develop
</code></pre>
<p>Then copy your exported WordPress Markdown into the <code>content</code> directory or point the wp gatsby-markdown-export command at the content directory.</p>
<p>Want to port your WordPress or HTML theme to Gatsby? Checkout <a href="https://www.gatsbyjs.org/docs/porting-an-html-site-to-gatsby/" rel="nofollow ugc">Porting an HTML Site to Gatsby</a> for tips.</p>
<h3>Command Line Usage</h3>
<p>The command line functionality uses WP-CLI to interact with WordPress. <a href="https://wp-cli.org/#installing" rel="nofollow ugc">WP-CLI is easy to install</a> if you haven’t already.</p>
<p>Once it’s installed, you can export content to a directory like this:</p>
<pre><code>wp gatsby-markdown-export --directory=/example/gatsby-starter/src/content
</code></pre>
<p>All CLI arguments are optional.</p>
<p>  Option<br />
  Description<br />
  Default value</p>
<p>  <code>--help</code><br />
  get help</p>
<p>  <code>--directory=</code><br />
  export output directory<br />
  random temp directory</p>
<p>  <code>--post_types=</code><br />
  post types to export, see: https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/#post-type-parameters<br />
  page,post</p>
<p>  <code>--post_status=</code><br />
  post status to export, see: https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/#status-parameters<br />
  any</p>
<p>  <code>--fields_to_markdown=</code><br />
  fields to convert to Markdown<br />
  excerpt</p>
<p>  <code>--excluded_front_matter=</code><br />
  fields to exclude from front matter</p>
<p>  <code>--post_date_format=</code><br />
  format for post publish date, see: https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php<br />
  c</p>
<p>  <code>--upload_dir=</code><br />
  directory in the export to copy WordPress uploads<br />
  uploads</p>
<p>  <code>--remap_fields=</code><br />
  remap front matter field names, example: find1,replace1;find2,replace2</p>
<p>  <code>--fields_to_array=</code><br />
  convert single value front matter fields to arrays</p>
<p>  <code>--include_private_fields=</code><br />
  private post meta fields to include (they start with _)</p>
<p>  <code>--skip_copy_uploads</code><br />
  flag, skips copying WordPress uploads to the export</p>
<p>  <code>--skip_original_images</code><br />
  flag, skips the use of original dimension images</p>
<p>  <code>--skip_enforce_charset</code><br />
  flag, skips use of blog_charset for the XML charset</p>
<p>  <code>--create_type_directory</code><br />
  flag, creates directories based on post type</p>


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