內容簡介
Serve Markdown 外掛為您的 WordPress 網站提供直接的 Markdown 內容服務，讓 AI 爬蟲能夠快速獲取結構化的內容，無需解析 HTML。透過簡化的 Markdown 格式，提升網站的可讀性與效率。
【主要功能】
• 內容協商：支援 Accept: text/markdown 標頭回傳 Markdown
• .md URL 後綴：可直接在網址後加 .md 獲取 Markdown 版本
• Markdown 自動發現：自動在 HTML 頁面中加入標籤
• YAML 前置資料：包含標題、作者、日期等結構化元資料
• 訪問控制：可選擇性排除特定文章或分類
• 爬蟲洞察：記錄每次 Markdown 請求的詳細資訊
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原文外掛簡介
AI agents from ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and others read your content to generate answers — but they parse through HTML, JavaScript, and navigation just to reach it. Serve Markdown gives them a direct path: clean Markdown with structured metadata. When a crawler requests it — via an Accept: text/markdown header or a .md URL — your site responds instantly. No noise, no guesswork.
How It Works
Serve Markdown adds three capabilities to your WordPress site:
1. Content Negotiation
When an AI crawler sends Accept: text/markdown, your site returns Markdown instead of HTML — no URL changes needed.
2. .md URL Suffix
Append .md to any post or page URL (e.g. example.com/my-article.md) to get the Markdown version directly.
3. Markdown Auto-Discovery
Every page includes a tag in the HTML head so crawlers can find your Markdown automatically.
What the Markdown Output Looks Like
Every Markdown response includes YAML frontmatter with structured metadata followed by your post content. Here is a real example:
---
url: 'https://akumarjain.com/textexpander-year-in-review-2025/'
title: TextExpander Year in Review 2025
author:
name: Ajay
url: 'https://akumarjain.com/author/akumarjain/'
date: '2026-01-05T09:05:00+05:30'
modified: '2026-01-10T14:30:06+05:30'
type: post
categories:
- 2025
- Year in Review
tags:
- '#ToolsIUse'
- Productivity
- Remote Work
image: 'https://akumarjain.com/wp-content/uploads/text-expander-year-in-review-2025.webp'
published: true
---
# TextExpander Year in Review 2025
In my daily work, I need to type the same words and phrases repeatedly...
Features
Content Serving
Content negotiation via Accept: text/markdown header
.md URL suffix on any post or page
Auto-discovery tag in page head
Each feature can be toggled independently
Choose which post types are exposed (posts, pages, custom post types)
Frontmatter and Metadata
YAML frontmatter with title, author, date, categories, tags, featured image, and more
Toggle individual metadata fields on or off
Add custom static key-value pairs (e.g., license, language)
Map WordPress custom fields (post meta) into the frontmatter
Access Control
Per-post opt-out via a sidebar checkbox in the editor
Exclude entire categories from Markdown serving
Exclude entire tags from Markdown serving
Only published posts are served — drafts and private posts are never exposed
Crawler Insights
Request log showing every Markdown request with timestamp, URL, bot name, and method
Automatic bot detection: ClaudeBot, GPTBot, ChatGPT, OAI-SearchBot, PerplexityBot, Googlebot, Bingbot, Cohere, Meta AI, Bytespider, Applebot, and more
Stats dashboard: total requests, requests today, unique bots
Filter log by individual bot
Configurable retention period with automatic pruning
One-click log clearing
Editor Integration
“Preview Markdown” button in the post editor sidebar
“View Markdown” link in the Posts and Pages list table
Meta box shows on all enabled post types
Performance
Markdown conversion only runs when specifically requested — regular visitors see the same HTML pages they always have. The crawler log uses a lightweight custom table with three safeguards against unbounded growth: time-based retention, a row count cap, and a table size cap.
Privacy
The crawler log stores IP addresses and user-agent strings from Markdown requests. This data stays in your WordPress database and is never sent to external services. You can disable logging entirely, configure a retention period, or clear the log at any time from the settings page.
