Title: Morick Markdown Layer for AI
Author: moricktokyo
Published: 28. awgusta 2026
Last modified: 28. awgusta 2026
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# Morick Markdown Layer for AI
Wót [moricktokyo](https://profiles.wordpress.org/moricktokyo/)
[Ześěgnuś](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/morick-markdown-layer-ai.1.4.1.zip)
* [Drobnostki](https://dsb.wordpress.org/plugins/morick-markdown-layer-ai/#description)
* [Pógódnośenja](https://dsb.wordpress.org/plugins/morick-markdown-layer-ai/#reviews)
* [Instalacija](https://dsb.wordpress.org/plugins/morick-markdown-layer-ai/#installation)
* [Wuwiśe](https://dsb.wordpress.org/plugins/morick-markdown-layer-ai/#developers)
[Pódpěra](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/morick-markdown-layer-ai/)
## Wopisanje
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 – 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 – 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).
* **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 – serve it (threshold ignored).
2. Otherwise, if the auto-converted body meets the length threshold – 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.
## Instalacija
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 – 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.
## Reviews
There are no reviews for this plugin.
## Sobustatkujuce a wuwijarje
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Sobustatkujuce
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### Interested in development?
[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/morick-markdown-layer-ai/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/morick-markdown-layer-ai/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/morick-markdown-layer-ai/)
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## Changelog
#### 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.
## Meta
* Version **1.4.1**
* Last updated **1 źeń**
* Active installations **Fewer than 10**
* WordPress version ** 5.3 abo nowša **
* Tested up to **7.1**
* PHP version ** 7.2 abo nowša **
* Language
* [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/morick-markdown-layer-ai/)
* Tags
* [Agents](https://dsb.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/agents/)[AI](https://dsb.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/ai/)
[LLM](https://dsb.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/llm/)[llms.txt](https://dsb.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/llms-txt/)
[markdown](https://dsb.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/markdown/)
* [Rozšyrjony naglěd](https://dsb.wordpress.org/plugins/morick-markdown-layer-ai/advanced/)
## Pógódnośenja
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## Sobustatkujuce
* [ moricktokyo ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/moricktokyo/)
## Pódpěra
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