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gnowland/markdown-wordpress-docs
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Generate WordPress website documentation from Markdown Files

v1.0.0(5y ago)20[1 issues](https://github.com/gnowland/markdown-wordpress-docs/issues)[1 PRs](https://github.com/gnowland/markdown-wordpress-docs/pulls)GPL-2.0-or-laterCSS

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Markdown WordPress Docs
=======================

[](#markdown-wordpress-docs)

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A lightweight WordPress Plugin that generates admin documentation/help pages for your WordPress site from Markdown files.

Use
---

[](#use)

1. Add Markdown files to `docs/`
2. [Install](#install) & Activate plugin in WordPress Admin

### Details

[](#details)

- `/docs` should contain all your Markdown files
- Links to `../[DOCUMENT_NAME.md]`, `./[DOCUMENT_NAME.md]` or `docs/[DOCUMENT_NAME.md]` will automatically route to display the file using URL Parameters `?page=docs&doc=[DOCUMENT_NAME].md`
    - I recommend dividing files into subjects and including a Table of Contents in `docs/README.md`.
- The help page will be displayed in the Dashboard sub-menu

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

### Composer

[](#composer)

```
composer require gnowland/markdown-wordpress-documentation
```

Activate with [wp-cli](http://wp-cli.org/)

```
wp plugin activate markdown-wordpress-documentation
```

or in the WordPress Admin panel.

### Git

[](#git)

- `git clone` into your sites plugin folder
- Activate via WordPress or wp-cli (see above) or in WordPress Admin

### Manually

[](#manually)

- Download the [latest release](https://github.com/gnowland/markdown-wordpress-docs/releases) as a `.zip` file
- Unzip to your sites plugin folder
- Activate via WordPress Admin or wp-cli (see above)

###  Health Score

21

—

LowBetter than 19% of packages

Maintenance10

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity3

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity55

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

2017d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4430119?v=4)[Gifford Nowland](/maintainers/gnowland)[@gnowland](https://github.com/gnowland)

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Top Contributors

[![gnowland](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4430119?v=4)](https://github.com/gnowland "gnowland (10 commits)")

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