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Marklane - Publish Markdown without the post editor.

Name: Marklane - Publish Markdown without the post editor.
Author: Kodo

Turn Markdown drafts into WordPress posts with titles, categories, images, and publish status set in one workflow—without opening the post editor.

Marklane ranks #30,756 among WordPress.org plugins with 10+ active installations, is #2,295 of 5,310 in the Utilities & Tools category, a 1/5 rating from 0 reviews, and was last updated Oct 11, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v1.9.0 Current Version v1.9.0

Updated 3 weeks ago Last Update on 11 Oct, 2026

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#2,295 of 5,310 in Utilities & Tools Top 50% by installs Actively maintained

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.9.0
Last Updated: Oct 11, 2026
Requires WP: 5.6+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: 8.0 or higher
Author: Kodo

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Marklane - Publish Markdown without the post editor.

You can set values such as: title slug postType excerpt status date category tags featuredImage lang translations postType defaults to post. Public registered post types are allowed by default, except attachments. Site-specific overrides can be applied with the marklane_whitelist filter. If title is omitted, Marklane uses the first H1 and then the filename. If slug is omitted, Marklane derives it from the filename.

Yes. The plugin matches an existing post by slug + post_type, or by slug + post_type + lang when Polylang is in use.

Dry Run shows the planned action before saving anything, including: whether the import will create a new post or update an existing one

taxonomy assignment results relative image and featuredImage resolution warnings and errors raised during the import

For a Markdown file selected from Media Library, relative image paths first look for Media Library images in that attachment's directory. Local Markdown imports have no saved Markdown attachment: image resolution uses the expected WordPress uploads location and falls back to matching basenames across uploads and the Media Library.

The featuredImage frontmatter field follows the same rule and sets the post thumbnail when the target image is already registered in the Media Library. If FIFU is active, featuredImage can also point to an external URL. For more predictable results, use fully unique filenames and, if possible, disable WordPress's year/month based upload folders before uploading the Markdown file and related images. This is recommended, not required; basename fallback can still resolve images when year/month folders are enabled.

Yes. Marklane keeps league/commonmark as the Markdown converter and uses strict CommonMark behavior by default. If your Japanese writing workflow needs text such as **「text」**続き to render as strong text, enable the CJK compatibility pass: add_filter('marklane_enable_markdown_compatibility_preprocessing', '__return_true'); Advanced sites can replace the matching pattern with the marklane_markdown_compatibility_strong_boundary_pattern filter. For example, use a custom pattern for Japanese quoted text followed by a letter or number.

Yes, optionally. Enable Mermaid rendering from Tools > Marklane, and Marklane will load the bundled Mermaid renderer only on front-end pages that contain language-mermaid code blocks. The renderer uses the locally bundled official Mermaid ESM runtime and loads diagram chunks on demand. The post content is still stored as a normal fenced code block, so disabling the option simply returns the front end to plain code blocks.

Yes, optionally. Enable Extended Markdown from Tools > Marklane, and Marklane will render common callout syntax such as GitHub / Obsidian / GitLab blockquote alerts. Zenn / Docusaurus / Quarto ::: callouts are normalized during import, then enhanced on the front end. :::details is rendered as a native collapsible details element without JavaScript. External embed syntax such as tweets, cards, or videos is not expanded. Advanced sites can limit enabled normalization profiles with the marklane_extended_markdown_profiles filter.

Yes, optionally. Enable Math rendering from Tools > Marklane, and Marklane will render display formulas written as $$...$$ only on front-end pages that contain math blocks. Inline math is not expanded. Under the hood, Marklane converts formulas to browser-native MathML with a bundled local renderer.