Markdown Importer

A ProcessWire module that converts uploaded .md files to HTML and stores each as a Repeater item with a richtext field.

✨ Features

• Upload one or more .md files via a file field
• Each file is converted to HTML using ProcessWire's core TextformatterMarkdownExtra (Parsedown)
• Each result is stored as a separate Repeater item with a richtext body field
• Auto-detects your richtext editor – uses TinyMCE if installed, falls back to CKEditor
• Source filename is preserved in the standard PW title field
• Processed .md files are automatically removed from the upload field
• Configurable HTML tag mappings – remap any HTML element to another (e.g. h1 → h2)

Why this exists

We needed a fast way to get a lots of Markdown content onto a ProcessWire website – as actual HTML, not just runtime-formatted text. Upload the .md files, hit save, done.

Installation

1. Copy this module into your ProcessWire site under:

   /site/modules/MarkdownImporter/

2. In the ProcessWire admin, go to Modules → Refresh, then install Markdown Importer.

3. The module creates three fields automatically:

   • md_import_files – file upload (accepts .md)
   • md_import_items – Repeater field
   • md_import_body – richtext field (converted HTML, inside Repeater – uses TinyMCE or CKEditor, auto-detected at install)

   The Repeater uses the standard PW title field for the source filename.

4. Add md_import_files and md_import_items to any template where you want to use this feature.

⚙️ Usage

1. Edit a page with the configured template
2. Upload one or more .md files to the Markdown files field
3. Save the page
4. Each .md file appears as a new Repeater item with the converted HTML in the richtext body field

️ Template output

The Repeater items are regular PW pages – output them however you like. Basic example:

foreach ($page->md_import_items as $item) {
    echo "<section>";
    echo "<h2>{$item->title}</h2>";
    echo "<div>{$item->md_import_body}</div>";
    echo "</section>";
}

Tag mappings

Go to Modules → Configure → Markdown Importer to define HTML tag mappings. One rule per line, format: source:target. Lines starting with # are comments.

Example configuration:

# Shift headings down one level
h1:h2
h2:h3
h3:h4

# Use <b> instead of <strong>
strong:b

# Convert blockquotes to aside
blockquote:aside

# Replace horizontal rules with line breaks
hr:br

Mappings are applied after the Markdown → HTML conversion. Both opening and closing tags are replaced. Attributes (class, href, src, etc.) are preserved.

Note: Mappings perform a simple 1:1 tag replacement. This works well for standalone or equivalent elements (h1:h2, strong:b, em:i, blockquote:aside, hr:br). It does not work for nested structures like tables – writing table:ul would only replace the outer <table> tag while leaving <thead>, <tbody>, <tr>, <th>, <td> untouched, resulting in invalid HTML.

Mappable block elements

Mappable inline elements

⚙️ Requirements

• ProcessWire 3.0.0+
• Core module FieldtypeRepeater (installed by default)
• Core module TextformatterMarkdownExtra (bundled with PW, may need activation)

Feedback & Contributions

Feel free to open issues or submit pull requests.

Developed by frameless Media