Title: Morick Markdown Layer for AI Author: moricktokyo Published: Ògún 28, 2026 Last modified: Ògún 30, 2026 --- Ṣàwárí àwọn plugin ![](https://ps.w.org/morick-markdown-layer-ai/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=3670841) ![](https://ps.w.org/morick-markdown-layer-ai/assets/icon.svg?rev=3670841) # Morick Markdown Layer for AI Láti ọwọ́ [moricktokyo](https://profiles.wordpress.org/moricktokyo/) [Ṣe ìgbàsílẹ̀](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/morick-markdown-layer-ai.1.4.2.zip) * [Àwọn àlàyé](https://yor.wordpress.org/plugins/morick-markdown-layer-ai/#description) * [Àwọn àgbéyẹ̀wò](https://yor.wordpress.org/plugins/morick-markdown-layer-ai/#reviews) * [Ìgbéwọlẹ̀](https://yor.wordpress.org/plugins/morick-markdown-layer-ai/#installation) * [Ìdàgbàsókè](https://yor.wordpress.org/plugins/morick-markdown-layer-ai/#developers) [Ìrànlọ́wọ́](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/morick-markdown-layer-ai/) ## Àpèjúwe AI assistants and crawlers (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Perplexity, and others) increasingly read the web to answer users’ questions. HTML pages built for humans are heavy and noisy for them: navigation, scripts, and styling bury the actual content. Morick Markdown Layer for AI adds a lightweight, machine-friendly **Markdown layer** on top of your existing site Ìtumọ̀ Yorùbá: – without changing your theme, your URLs, or anything your human visitors see. #### What it does * **Markdown version of every page.** Append `?ai=1` to any post, page, or archive URL and the plugin returns clean Markdown (with YAML frontmatter: title, description, canonical URL, dates, categories) instead of HTML. * **Content negotiation.** Clients that send an `Accept: text/markdown` header receive Markdown at the normal URL Ìtumọ̀ Yorùbá: – no query parameter needed. * **/llms.txt generation.** The plugin dynamically serves an `llms.txt` index: your site name, description, and a link list of all Markdown-enabled pages, so AI agents can discover your content in one request. * **Alternate link tags.** Each HTML page advertises its Markdown version via ` ` in the head, which is how AI crawlers actually discover and follow the Markdown layer. * **Admin checklist.** A dashboard screen lists every target page with its status( Auto / Manual / Excluded), body length, sortable columns, status filters, and title search. * **Manual Markdown override.** For template-driven landing pages whose HTML converts poorly, write Markdown by hand per page. Manual Markdown always wins over auto conversion. * **Automatic exclusion.** Pages whose converted body falls below a configurable length threshold are excluded automatically (thin content is worse than no content for AI consumption). * **Blog home index.** The posts index is served as Markdown too: a linked list of recent posts, so an agent can enter at the front door and walk the whole site. * **No dependencies.** The HTML-to-Markdown converter is a self-contained DOM walker. No Composer packages, no external services, no API calls, no data leaves your server. #### How conversion is resolved For each Markdown request the plugin resolves in this order: 1. Manual Markdown exists for the page Ìtumọ̀ Yorùbá: – serve it (threshold ignored). 2. Otherwise, if the auto-converted body meets the length threshold Ìtumọ̀ Yorùbá:– serve the auto conversion. 3. Otherwise the page is excluded: no Markdown is served and no alternate link is printed. #### SEO safety The Markdown response sends a `Link: ; rel="canonical"` HTTP header pointing back to the HTML page, plus `Cache-Control: no-store`, so the Markdown layer does not compete with your HTML pages in search engines. #### Performance Converted Markdown is cached per page in transients and invalidated automatically when the post is saved. The archive (`llms.txt`) and page lists are capped and filterable via the `mdlai_post_types` and `mdlai_list_limit` hooks. ## Ìgbéwọlẹ̀ 1. Upload the `morick-markdown-layer-ai` folder to `/wp-content/plugins/`, or install through the WordPress Plugins screen. 2. Activate the plugin. 3. Open the **Markdown Layer** menu in your dashboard. 4. Choose the target post types and taxonomies, set the body length threshold, and save. 5. Verify: open any page with `?ai=1` appended, and open `/llms.txt`. ## FAQ ### Does this change what human visitors see? No. Regular visitors receive your normal HTML. Markdown is only served when a client explicitly asks for it (`?ai=1` or an `Accept: text/markdown` header). ### Will the Markdown pages hurt my SEO? The Markdown response carries a canonical HTTP header pointing to the original HTML URL and a no-store cache policy. Search engines are directed to treat the HTML page as the canonical version. ### Do AI crawlers actually use this? In our production measurements, AI crawlers discovered the Markdown layer through the alternate link tags within days of release and began fetching Markdown versions directly Ìtumọ̀ Yorùbá: – in some cases skipping the HTML entirely. Adoption varies by vendor and grows over time. ### What happens to pages with very little content? Pages whose converted body is shorter than the threshold (default 20 characters) are excluded: no Markdown version, no alternate link. You can still serve them by writing manual Markdown on the checklist screen. ### Where is manual Markdown stored? In post meta / term meta on your own database (`_mdlai_manual`). Uninstalling the plugin removes its settings and caches but intentionally preserves your manual Markdown, so you do not lose hand-written content if you reinstall. Delete the meta keys manually if you want a complete wipe. ### Does the plugin call any external service? No. Everything runs locally. Nothing is sent anywhere. ## Àwọn àgbéyẹ̀wò Kò sí àwọn àgbéyẹ̀wò fún plugin yìí. ## Àwọn Olùkópa & Olùgbéejáde “Morick Markdown Layer for AI” jẹ́ ètò ìṣàmúlò orísun ṣíṣí sílẹ̀. Àwọn ènìyàn wọ̀nyí ti ṣe ìkópa sí plugin yìí. Àwọn Olùkópa * [ moricktokyo ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/moricktokyo/) [Túmọ̀ “Morick Markdown Layer for AI” sí èdè rẹ.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/morick-markdown-layer-ai) ### Ṣe o nífẹ̀ẹ́ sí ìdàgbàsókè? [Ṣàwárí koodu](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/morick-markdown-layer-ai/), ṣàyẹ̀wò [ibi ìpamọ́ SVN](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/morick-markdown-layer-ai/), tàbí ṣe àgbékalẹ̀ sí [àkọsílẹ̀ ìdàgbàsókè](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/morick-markdown-layer-ai/) nípasẹ̀ [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/morick-markdown-layer-ai/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Àkọsílẹ̀ àwọn àyípadà #### 1.4.2 * Blog home is now served as Markdown: an index of recent posts, each linking to its Markdown version. Can be turned off in Settings. * Fixed HTML entities (& and friends) appearing literally in llms.txt and in page titles. #### 1.4.1 * Renamed to “Morick Markdown Layer for AI” (distinctive branding). Text domain updated. * Removed bundled translation files (translations will be served via translate. wordpress.org). #### 1.4.0 * First public release on WordPress.org. * Internationalization: all admin strings are translatable; Japanese translation bundled. * Hardened input sanitization (`REQUEST_URI`, `HTTP_ACCEPT`, list table parameters). * llms.txt intro line is now translatable. #### 1.3.0 * Manual Markdown save date is reflected in the frontmatter `modified` field. * Editor textarea now pre-fills with the auto-converted draft when no manual Markdown exists. * Images are normalized to one per line. #### 1.2.0 * Admin checklist rebuilt on WP_List_Table: sortable columns, status filter views, title search, pagination. #### 1.1.0 * Accept header negotiation, llms.txt generation, alternate link output. #### 1.0.0 * Initial internal release: ?ai=1 Markdown serving with automatic HTML-to-Markdown conversion. ## Àkójọpọ̀ Meta * Ẹ̀yà **1.4.2** * Ìgbàgbọ́hùn tó kẹ́yìn **oṣù 1 sẹ́yìn** * Àwọn ìgbéwọlẹ̀ tó ṣiṣẹ́ **Tó kéré sí 10** * Ẹ̀yà WordPress ** 5.3 tàbí ju bẹ́ẹ̀ lọ ** * Dánwò dé **7.1.3** * Ẹ̀yà PHP ** 7.2 tàbí ju bẹ́ẹ̀ lọ ** * Èdè * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/morick-markdown-layer-ai/) * Àwọn àmì * [Agents](https://yor.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/agents/)[AI](https://yor.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/ai/) [LLM](https://yor.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/llm/)[llms.txt](https://yor.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/llms-txt/) [markdown](https://yor.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/markdown/) * [Ìwòye Tó Péye](https://yor.wordpress.org/plugins/morick-markdown-layer-ai/advanced/) ## Àwọn ìbò Kò sí ìwádìí tí a tíì fi ránṣẹ́. 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