diff --git a/src/frontmatter/author.js b/src/frontmatter/author.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6a9c4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/frontmatter/author.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// get author, without decoding
+// WordPress doesn't allow funky characters in usernames anyway
+module.exports = (post) => {
+	return post.data.creator[0];
+}
diff --git a/src/frontmatter/categories.js b/src/frontmatter/categories.js
index 4408ba6..0328e0f 100644
--- a/src/frontmatter/categories.js
+++ b/src/frontmatter/categories.js
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@ module.exports = (post) => {
 		.filter(category => category.$.domain === 'category')
 		.map(({ $: attributes }) => decodeURIComponent(attributes.nicename));
 
-  return categories.filter(category => !settings.filter_categories.includes(category));
+	return categories.filter(category => !settings.filter_categories.includes(category));
 };
diff --git a/src/frontmatter/excerpt.js b/src/frontmatter/excerpt.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc6310d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/frontmatter/excerpt.js
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+// get excerpt, not decoded, newlines collapsed
+module.exports = (post) => {
+	return post.data.encoded[1].replace(/[\r\n]+/gm, ' ');
+};
diff --git a/src/frontmatter/id.js b/src/frontmatter/id.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5403fc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/frontmatter/id.js
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+// get ID
+module.exports = (post) => {
+	return post.data.post_id[0];
+}
diff --git a/src/frontmatter/tags.js b/src/frontmatter/tags.js
index 2781145..0b53fd8 100644
--- a/src/frontmatter/tags.js
+++ b/src/frontmatter/tags.js
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ module.exports = (post) => {
 		.filter(category => category.$.domain === 'post_tag')
 		.map(({ $: attributes }) => decodeURIComponent(attributes.nicename));
 
-  return categories;
+	return categories;
 };
diff --git a/src/frontmatter/type.js b/src/frontmatter/type.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..25bfab4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/frontmatter/type.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// get type, often this will always be "post"
+// but can also be "page" or other custom types
+module.exports = (post) => {
+	return post.data.post_type[0];
+}