A simple documentation plugin for the October CMS backend
Using markdown files in a folder of your choice i in the storage folder you can easily create simple documentation in the backend. A simple yaml-section at the beginning of your markdown file contains the file metadata, and sets options for the sidebar display.
License
The plugin is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license same as OctoberCMS platform.
Installation via Command Line
php artisan plugin:install EgerStudios.MarkdownDocs
Sample config in .md-file
--- title: Suppliers icon: icon-book position: 2 category: Basics --- # Header Continue with md-content in the file here
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Voilaah
Found the plugin useful on 20 Aug, 2025
very cool, useful and easy to put in place. thank you for the idea and implementation
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| 1.0.6 |
Norwegian (nb) and English translations, search fix Oct 15, 2026 |
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| 1.0.5 |
Submenus, per-page permissions, search, table of contents, relative link/image rewriting, code highlighting, caching, permission-gated editing, security fixes Oct 15, 2026 |
| 1.0.4 |
Use the October markdown parser instead of Parsedown Oct 15, 2026 |
| 1.0.3 |
Small fixes Apr 04, 2025 |
| 1.0.2 |
Added support for custom storage path Feb 05, 2025 |
| 1.0.1 |
First version of MarkdownDocs Feb 05, 2025 |