Convert markdown to the text for wordpress web editor.

markdown_to_wordpress.py

import argparse
import re


def get_args():
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
    parser.add_argument('--in-path', type=str)
    return parser.parse_args()


def convert(text):
    text = re.sub(r'\\', r'\\\\', text)
    text = re.sub(r'_', r'\\_', text)        
    text = re.sub(r'\$(.+?)\$', r'[latex]\1[/latex]', text)
    text = re.sub(r'\$\$([\s\S]+?)\$\$', r'[latex display="true"]\1[/latex]', text)
    text = text.replace('\n', '')
    return text


def main(args):
    with open(args.in_path) as f:
        text = f.read()
    text = '\n\n'.join(convert(t) for t in text.split('\n\n'))
    print(text)        


if __name__ == "__main__":
    args = get_args()
    main(args)

Usage

python markdown_to_wordpress.py --in-path /path/to/markdown | pbcopy

then, paste to markdown web editor.

This script supports wp-katex plugin. Equations written in latex will be converted as follows:

• $ ~ $ => [latex] ~ [/latex]
• $$ ~ $$ => [latex display="true"] ~ [/latex]