Bunto Optional Front Matter

A Bunto plugin to make front matter optional for Markdown files

Out of the box, Bunto requires that any markdown file have YAML front matter (key/value pairs separated by two sets of three dashes) in order to be processed and converted to HTML.

While that behavior may be helpful for large, complex sites, sometimes it's easier to simply add a plain markdown file and have it render without fanfare.

This plugin does just that. Any Markdown file in your site's source will be treated as a Page and rendered as HTML, even if it doesn't have YAML front matter.

1. Add the following to your site's Gemfile:

gem 'bunto-optional-front-matter'

2. Add the following to your site's config file:

gems:
  - bunto-optional-front-matter

In order to preserve backwards compatability, the plugin does not recognize a short list of common meta files.

If you want Markdown files like your README, CONTRIBUTING file, CODE_OF_CONDUCT, or LICENSE, etc., you'll need to explicitly add YAML front matter to the file, or add it to your config's list of include files, e.g.:

include:
  - CONTRIBUTING.md
  - README.md

Even if the plugin is enabled (e.g., via the :bunto_plugins group in your Gemfile) you can disable it by adding the following to your site's config:

require_front_matter: true