Feature: Simulate Meta attribute population

pelican/plugins/yaml_metadata/yaml_metadata.py

@@ -98,9 +98,23 @@ def read(self, source_path):
             )
             return super().read(source_path)
 
+        metadata = self._load_yaml_metadata(m.group("metadata"), source_path)
+
+        # Simulate markdown.extensions.meta's behavior
+        # of writing the markdown object's Meta attribiute
+        # Note this is not 1:1 (datetimes are reformatted)
+        self._md.Meta = {
+            k: (
+                [str(i) for i in v]
+                if isinstance(v, list) else
+                [str(v)]
+            )
+            for k, v in metadata.items()
+        }
+
         return (
             self._md.reset().convert(m.group("content")),
-            self._load_yaml_metadata(m.group("metadata"), source_path),
+            metadata,
         )
 
     def _load_yaml_metadata(self, text, source_path):

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "pelican-yaml-metadata"
-version = "2.1.2"
+version = "2.2.0"
 description = "Pelican plugin for YAML-formatted Markdown metadata headers"
 authors = [
     {name = "Carey Metcalfe", email = "carey@cmetcalfe.ca"},