Berq Markdown – Markdown Pages For AI & LLM Crawlers Wordpress Plugin - Rating, Reviews, Demo & Download
Plugin Description
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.
Appending .md to any public page or post URL (e.g. https://example.com/about.md) 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.
How it works
When a visitor or crawler requests /about.md, the plugin intercepts the request, finds the matching WordPress post, converts the HTML content to Markdown, and serves it with the correct Content-Type: text/markdown header — all without creating any new database entries or files.
Key Features
- Automatic .md URLs — any public post or page URL +
.mdreturns clean Markdown - YAML frontmatter — every .md file includes
title,description,url,date_modified,author, andlanguage - Full content compatibility — works with Gutenberg blocks, classic editor, shortcodes, and custom PHP page templates
- HTML to Markdown conversion — pure PHP, no external dependencies; handles headings, paragraphs, lists, links, images, tables, code blocks, and more
- Internal link rewriting — links to internal pages are rewritten to their
.mdequivalent automatically - URL exclusions with wildcards — exclude specific URL patterns using
*as a wildcard (e.g./cart/*,*/checkout*) - Post type selection — choose which post types (posts, pages, custom post types) are served as Markdown
- Transient caching — optional cache with configurable TTL to reduce server load at scale
<link>tag injection — injects a<link rel="alternate" type="text/markdown">tag in every page’s<head>so crawlers can discover the .md version[btrmd313_md_link]shortcode — renders a link to the current page’s.mdfile, opens in a new tab- Sitemap support — integrates with Yoast SEO as a custom sitemap provider, or serves a standalone
/md-sitemap.xml - Multilingual support — detects language via Polylang or WPML, adds
languageandalternatesto frontmatter and emitshreflanglink tags - Public content rendering — always renders content as a non-logged-in visitor, so member-only sections are not exposed
- Admin settings page — all options configurable under Settings > Berq Markdown, with a Settings link on the Plugins page
Screenshots
Settings page — General, Post Types, Exclusions, Cache, Headers, Advanced
