About this plugin
Marklane keeps your writing in Markdown and handles the WordPress publishing details for you. Select a Markdown file, preview the planned changes, then create or update the post without opening the post editor.
Use Dry Run to check taxonomy assignment, image resolution, warnings, and errors before saving. Re-import the same source as your draft evolves; Marklane matches the existing post instead of creating a duplicate.
Use YAML frontmatter when you want control over the post. Marklane can apply the title, slug, post type, status, date, categories, tags, featured image, and Polylang language links in one import. When frontmatter is omitted, it derives the title from the first H1 or filename and the slug from the filename.
For the complete workflow and examples, see the Marklane guide.
Publish faster:
- One-workflow post setup: set the title, slug, status, date, categories, tags, featured image, and language links from Markdown frontmatter
- Dry Run preview: review the planned create/update action, taxonomy assignment, image resolution, warnings, and errors before saving
- Safe re-imports: update an existing post by slug instead of creating duplicates
- Media Library image resolution: resolve relative Markdown image paths and featuredImage against existing attachments
- Polylang support: connect translated posts from lang and translations frontmatter
- Markdown-first publishing: import prepared Markdown files from the WordPress admin
Optional enhancements:
- Mermaid rendering: turn ```mermaid code blocks into front-end diagrams when enabled
- Extended Markdown: render common callout syntax such as GitHub alerts and Zenn messages when enabled
- Math rendering: render $$...$$ display formulas when enabled
- Light front-end loading: Mermaid and math assets load only on pages that contain matching content
- CommonMark + GFM conversion: parse Markdown with league/commonmark
Marklane is a good fit when:
- articles are written locally in Markdown
- WordPress is used as the publishing destination
- editors want to keep the source file manageable inside WordPress
- repeated imports and post updates are part of the workflow
Frontmatter quick reference:
Marklane reads YAML frontmatter at the top of the Markdown file. Common keys include:
- title
- slug
- postType
- excerpt
- status
- date
- category
- tags
- featuredImage
- lang
-
translations
title falls back to the first H1 and then the filename. slug falls back to the filename. postType defaults to post, and status defaults to draft.
For more frontmatter keys and examples, see the frontmatter guide.