Jekyll Markdown Tag

markdown-tag.rb

=begin
  Jekyll tag to include Markdown text from _includes directory preprocessing with Liquid.
  Usage:
    {% markdown <filename> %}
  Dependency:
    - kramdown
=end
module Jekyll
  class MarkdownTag < Liquid::Tag
    def initialize(tag_name, text, tokens)
      super
      @text = text.strip
    end
    require "kramdown"
    def render(context)
      tmpl = File.read File.join Dir.pwd, "_includes", @text
      site = context.registers[:site]
      tmpl = (Liquid::Template.parse tmpl).render site.site_payload
      html = Kramdown::Document.new(tmpl).to_html
    end
  end
end
Liquid::Template.register_tag('markdown', Jekyll::MarkdownTag)

Even after inserting this code in _plugins directory, I am getting page build error:

The tag markdown in _posts/2015-08-26-compiling-html-templates-to-html-pages.md is not a recognized Liquid tag.

I am using kramdown markdown.

Please help.

@kamlekar I've just had the same problem. I forgot to restart my site with jekyll serve.

How would variables be passed into the included markdown ?

{% markdown query_parameters.md param="value" %}

Liquid Exception: No such file or directory - _includes/query_parameters.md param="value" in _posts/2016-01-22-user.markdown