Markdown endpoints for WordPress

Every page you publish. As clean Markdown.

AI assistants, LLMs and automation tools choke on theme markup, scripts and tracking code. Add .md to any permalink and they get the content — structured, readable, machine-friendly.

FROM $49/YEAR · LIFETIME OPTION · 14-DAY GUARANTEE

.md on every permalink Generated on request — no files stored Drafts & private stay 404 text/markdown with canonical link
“The article is 800 words. The page is 400 KB — nav menus, three sliders, a cookie banner, two trackers and a theme framework. Somewhere in there is the content we wanted the AI to read.”
— every system that ever tried to parse a WordPress page

Modern websites serve more than browsers. WP Markdown Endpoint gives the machines a version built for them.

What it does

Your permalinks, with a Markdown twin.

Activate, save permalinks once, done. Every published post and page now answers on its normal URL plus .md — same permalink structure, same hierarchy, no duplicate files to generate or maintain.

ENDPOINT

Just add .md

/news/company-update/ becomes /news/company-update.md. Works with your existing permalink structure, including hierarchical pages and category-based permalinks. Correct HTTP headers — text/markdown, a canonical link back to the page, proper 404s.

CONVERT

Clean conversion, not a scrape

Content runs through the normal WordPress filters — blocks and shortcodes render first — then converts to Markdown: headings, formatting, links, images, lists, blockquotes, inline code and fenced code blocks with the language preserved. Scripts, styles and comments are stripped.

METADATA

Metadata you control

Title, publication date, author, categories, tags and the original URL — every line individually toggleable from a settings screen with a live preview. Override the author with a house byline across every document if you prefer.

PRIVATE

Publish-only, by design

Drafts, pending, private and password-protected content answer 404, always. The endpoint serves exactly what your site already shows the public — nothing more.

PRO

Pro, for the heavy users

Custom post types, per-post disable, YAML front matter, excerpt and featured-image metadata, Markdown tables, an automatic cache, a /markdown-sitemap.md index and an llms.txt manifest that hand crawlers and AI agents your whole library in one file.

Who it's for

One endpoint, a lot of jobs.

AI & LLM accessibility

Give assistants and language models content they can actually parse, quote and cite — without burning tokens on your theme's div soup.

Content syndication

Publishing platforms, internal systems and automation tools retrieve structured article content from a predictable URL.

</>Developer integrations

External applications get a stable Markdown endpoint on the existing permalink — no REST wrangling, no HTML parsing, no API keys.

Documentation sites

Technical guides and knowledge bases become developer-friendly Markdown — code blocks intact, language hints preserved.

Agency fleets

Enable Markdown access across client sites in minutes — no separate content files to create or keep in sync.

Research & archival

Simplified text representations that external systems can index, analyse and store — generated fresh on every request.

The document

Anatomy of a generated .md.

AThe URL

The page's own permalink plus .md — nothing to configure per post, nothing to remember. The whole site follows one rule.

BThe metadata block

Date, author, categories, tags — each line toggleable, the author overridable. Pro adds YAML front matter above it for pipeline tooling.

CThe converted body

Headings, emphasis, links, lists, quotes and code — the article's structure in portable Markdown, with the theme's wrapping stripped away.

DThe canonical trail

Every document links back to the original URL, and the HTTP response carries a canonical Link header — machines always know where the source lives.

Honest comparison

How we compare to the alternatives.

The usual options: let machines parse your rendered HTML, hand-maintain exported .md files, or point integrators at the REST API. Here's what changes.

WP Markdown Endpoint (us)Raw HTML / DIY exports
Machine-readable content✓ Clean Markdown✗ Theme markup + trackers
Works on existing permalinks✓ Just add .md✗ Separate files or endpoints
Always current✓ Generated on request✗ Stale the day after export
Drafts & private protected✓ 404, always◐ Depends who exported
Code blocks survive✓ Fenced, language kept✗ Mangled or lost
Setup time✓ Minutes✗ Ongoing maintenance
Index for crawlers✓ llms.txt + markdown-sitemap.md (Pro)✗ None

The converter is deliberately lightweight — for deeply bespoke page-builder layouts it captures the readable content, not the visual design. Full comparison →

Pricing

Simple prices. One is forever.

Every plan includes every Pro feature — custom post types, front matter, tables, cache, sitemap and per-post controls. You're only choosing how many sites.

10 Sites
$49/yr

Up to 10 sites

  • All features included
  • Updates & support for a year
  • 14-day guarantee
Choose 10 Sites
Agency
$99/yr

25 sites · for agencies

  • All features included
  • Updates & support for a year
  • 14-day guarantee
Choose Agency
100 Sites
$149/yr

Up to 100 sites

  • All features included
  • Updates & support for a year
  • 14-day guarantee
Choose 100 Sites
Lifetime
$599 once

Up to 100 sites, forever

  • All features, all future updates
  • Never renew, never re-buy
  • 14-day guarantee
Own it forever

Prices in USD. Licence keys are domain-based — no accounts, no phoning home. VAT invoices available.

Questions

Asked and answered.

How do the .md URLs work?

The plugin registers a rewrite rule that recognises URLs ending in .md. When one is requested, it resolves the path to the right post through your existing permalink structure, runs the content through the normal WordPress filters (blocks and shortcodes included), converts the resulting HTML to Markdown and serves it with the text/markdown content type. Nothing is written to disk — documents are generated on request.

What ends up in the Markdown?

The title, then metadata lines — publication date, author, categories, tags — then the converted body (headings, paragraphs, bold and italic, links, images, ordered and unordered lists, blockquotes, inline code and fenced code blocks with the language preserved), and a link back to the original page. Every metadata line is individually toggleable, and the author name can be overridden with a house byline.

Is private content exposed?

No. Only published, public content is served. Drafts, pending, private and password-protected posts answer with a standard HTTP 404 — the endpoint never reveals whether restricted content exists.

Why would AI systems want this?

A WordPress page arrives wrapped in navigation, theme markup, scripts, styling and tracking — most of it irrelevant to a system trying to read the article. Clean Markdown is the format AI assistants and LLMs parse best: the structure survives, the noise is gone, and it costs a fraction of the tokens.

What does Pro add?

Custom post types, per-post disable controls, YAML front matter for static-site and pipeline tooling, excerpt and featured-image metadata, HTML-table-to-Markdown conversion, an automatic output cache, a /markdown-sitemap.md index of every document, an llms.txt manifest for AI crawlers, and the option to remove the "Created by" credit line. If you also run our WP AI Visibility plugin, its llms.txt manager and the endpoint coexist cleanly — one switch decides who serves the file.

Will it slow my site down?

No. Documents are generated only when a .md URL is requested — normal visitors never trigger the converter. Pro adds a cache on top, invalidated automatically when the post or your settings change.

My .md URLs show the normal 404 page — what now?

Visit Settings → Permalinks and press Save once. That refreshes the WordPress rewrite rules, which the endpoint needs. It requires a pretty-permalink structure (almost every site already has one).

How is the licence delivered?

Order through the form and your licence key and invoice arrive by email, usually within the hour. Keys are domain-based — no account, no phoning home, no lock-in.

What if it's not for me?

14-day money-back guarantee, no questions. Email us and we refund you.

Get started

Machine-readable by this afternoon.

Order below and your licence key and invoice arrive by email — usually within the hour. Install, save permalinks once, and every page you've ever published has a Markdown twin.

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