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Markdown Alternate

Provides markdown versions of posts and pages via .md URLs

by Joost de Valk · github.com/progressplanner/markdown-alternate · website

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Install

No release zip yet. The repository archive installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow:

wp plugin install https://github.com/progressplanner/markdown-alternate/archive/refs/heads/main.zip

From the readme

Markdown Alternate Expose WordPress posts and pages as clean Markdown via predictable .md URLs, content negotiation, and a simple query parameter fallback. Markdown Alternate helps publishers, developers, and AI-facing sites offer a lightweight alternative to HTML without maintaining a second copy of their content. Why this plugin exists HTML is great for browsers, but not always ideal for: - LLM and agent retrieval pipelines - developer tools that want structured, readable content - documentation workflows built around Markdown - users who prefer clean text over theme-heavy HTML Markdown Alternate turns your existing WordPress content into Markdown on demand, using the same canonical content you already publish. What it does - Serves posts and pages at .md URLs - Supports nested pages and date-based permalinks - Supports content negotiation via Accept: text/markdown - Supports ?format=markdown when headers are not practical - Adds alternate discovery links for supported content - Caches generated Markdown for better performance - Lets developers enable support for custom post types - Integrates with Yoast SEO llms.txt generation when Yoast SEO is active Example URLs Or r

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