Obsidian<\/a> and other Markdown-based note-taking apps.<\/p>\n\nKey features:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n- YAML frontmatter<\/strong> \u2014 title, source URL, author, published date, description, tags, and full hierarchical categories<\/li>\n
- Extended metadata<\/strong> (optional, on by default) \u2014 adds
word_count<\/code>, outline<\/code> (ordered H2\u2013H4 heading list), and internal_links<\/code> (structured list of links to other exported posts) to each file's frontmatter \u2014 ideal for AI\/SEO tooling<\/li>\n- Clean content<\/strong> \u2014 strips sidebars, widgets, navigation, related-posts blocks, social-share plugins, and other injected noise<\/li>\n
- GFM tables<\/strong> \u2014 converts HTML tables to GitHub-Flavored Markdown pipe tables<\/li>\n
- Bulk export<\/strong> \u2014 export your entire site at once or filter by post type, status, and date range<\/li>\n
- Large-site support<\/strong> \u2014 chunked AJAX export with live progress bar handles sites with thousands of posts<\/li>\n
- Sitemap export<\/strong> \u2014 optional
sitemap.json<\/code> bundled in the ZIP: hierarchical pages tree, posts grouped by category, and custom post types \u2014 ready for AI\/LLM ingestion<\/li>\n- No dependencies<\/strong> \u2014 pure PHP with no external libraries required<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
Output format:<\/strong><\/p>\n\nEach post becomes a .md<\/code> file named YYYY-MM-DD_Post Title.md<\/code> containing:<\/p>\n\n `\n\ntitle: \"Post Title\"\nsource: \"https:\/\/yoursite.com\/post-slug\/\"\nauthor:\n - \"[[Author Name]]\"\npublished: 2024-01-15\ncreated: 2024-06-01\ndescription: \"Post excerpt or auto-generated summary...\"\ntags:\n - tag-name\ncategories:\n - \"Parent > Child\"\nword_count: 1250\noutline:\n - \"## What This Post Covers\"\n - \"### Step One\"\n - \"## Conclusion\"\ninternal_links:\n - slug: \"related-post-slug\"\n anchor: \"related post title\"<\/p>\n\n url: \"https:\/\/yoursite.com\/related-post-slug\/\"\n\nPost Title\n\n
Post body in Markdown...\n `<\/p>\n\n
The word_count<\/code>, outline<\/code>, and internal_links<\/code> fields are added when Include extended metadata<\/strong> is ticked (default: on). internal_links<\/code> only lists links to other posts included in the current export \u2014 external links and links to non-exported content are excluded.<\/p>\n\nAll files are bundled into a single ZIP archive named {sitename}_md_export_YYYY-MM-DD.zip<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n- Upload the
qh-markdown-exporter<\/code> folder to the \/wp-content\/plugins\/<\/code> directory, or install directly through the WordPress plugin screen.<\/li>\n- Activate the plugin through the Plugins<\/strong> screen in WordPress.<\/li>\n
- Go to Tools \u2192 MD Exporter<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
- Select the post types and statuses you want to export, optionally set a date range, and click Export & Download ZIP<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n
\nWhich post types are supported?<\/h3><\/dt>\nAll public post types registered on your site are available. The attachment<\/code> post type is excluded by default.<\/p><\/dd>\nHow does it handle large sites?<\/h3><\/dt>\nFor exports above 100 posts the plugin automatically switches to a chunked AJAX export. You will see a live progress bar. Each batch of 100 posts is processed separately to avoid server timeouts.<\/p><\/dd>\n
Does it export images?<\/h3><\/dt>\nImage tags are converted to Markdown <\/code> format pointing to the original URLs on your site. The image files themselves are not downloaded or included in the ZIP.<\/p><\/dd>\nWhat capability is required to use the exporter?<\/h3><\/dt>\nUsers must have the export<\/code> capability (Editor role and above by default).<\/p><\/dd>\nWill it conflict with page-builder plugins?<\/h3><\/dt>\nThe exporter reads raw post_content<\/code> and processes it through do_blocks()<\/code> (Gutenberg) then converts HTML to Markdown. It intentionally bypasses the_content<\/code> filters to avoid injected content from page builders and other plugins.<\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\n1.6.0<\/h4>\n\n\n- Added Include extended metadata<\/strong> option (enabled by default) \u2014 appends three new fields to each file's YAML frontmatter:\n\n
\nword_count<\/code> \u2014 integer word count of the post body (plain text, no HTML).<\/li>\noutline<\/code> \u2014 ordered list of H2, H3, and H4 headings with Markdown prefix (##<\/code>, ###<\/code>, ####<\/code>).<\/li>\ninternal_links<\/code> \u2014 structured list of links that point to other posts included in the same export, each with slug<\/code>, anchor<\/code> text, and canonical url<\/code>. Links to pages, categories, or posts outside the export set are excluded, preventing false \"broken link\" reports in downstream tools.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/li>\n- Extended metadata can be disabled by unchecking the option \u2014 the export then produces the same output as previous versions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.5.1<\/h4>\n\n\n- Refactored sitemap.json output for cleaner AI\/LLM consumption.<\/li>\n
- Replaced
posts_by_category<\/code> object (dynamic keys) with a categories<\/code> array \u2014 each category has id<\/code> (slug), name<\/code>, and posts<\/code>.<\/li>\n- Deduplicated posts: each post now appears only once, under its primary category.<\/li>\n
- Decoded HTML entities in all titles (
&<\/code> \u2192 &<\/code>, etc.).<\/li>\n- Filtered out internal builder CPTs (Elementor library, Gutenberg reusable blocks, etc.) using the
show_in_nav_menus<\/code> flag.<\/li>\n- Converted
custom_post_types<\/code> from a slug-keyed object to a typed array { type, label, posts }<\/code>.<\/li>\n- Added
metadata<\/code> block: site URL, generation date, total_pages<\/code>, total_categories<\/code>, total_posts<\/code>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n1.5.0<\/h4>\n\n\n- Added optional sitemap.json export \u2014 tick \"Include sitemap.json\" in the export form to bundle a site structure file into the ZIP.<\/li>\n
- Sitemap includes: hierarchical pages tree (parent \u2192 child), posts grouped by category, and public custom post types.<\/li>\n
- Sitemap reflects the live site and intentionally ignores any date-range filters set on the export form.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.4.0<\/h4>\n\n\n- Renamed plugin to \"QH Markdown Exporter\" with slug
qh-markdown-exporter<\/code> for WordPress.org compliance.<\/li>\n- Renamed all internal prefixes from
pme_<\/code>\/PME_<\/code> (3 chars) to qhmaex_<\/code>\/QHMAEX_<\/code> (6 chars) to meet the 4+ character prefix requirement.<\/li>\n- Updated text domain from
post-markdown-exporter<\/code> to qh-markdown-exporter<\/code> across all files.<\/li>\n- Fixed upload directory path to use
wp_upload_dir()<\/code> instead of hardcoded WP_CONTENT_DIR . '\/uploads\/'<\/code>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n1.3.0<\/h4>\n\n\n- Renamed plugin to \"Post Markdown Exporter\" for WordPress.org compliance.<\/li>\n
- Fixed output escaping to meet WordPress coding standards.<\/li>\n
- Replaced unlink() with wp_delete_file() and file_put_contents() with WP_Filesystem.<\/li>\n
- Added wp_unslash() to all sanitized input handling.<\/li>\n
- Fixed i18n placeholder ordering in translatable strings.<\/li>\n
- Updated \"Tested up to\" to WordPress 6.9.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.2.0<\/h4>\n\n\n- Added chunked AJAX export with live progress bar for large sites.<\/li>\n
- Added date range filter.<\/li>\n
- Improved filename sanitization with Unicode support.<\/li>\n
- Added hierarchical category paths (Parent > Child).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.1.0<\/h4>\n\n\n- Added GFM pipe-table conversion.<\/li>\n
- Added junk-node removal (navigation, sidebars, social share widgets).<\/li>\n
- Added YAML frontmatter with author, tags, and categories.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
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