Suppress Logs Plugin for MkDocs

MkDocs and its plugins often produce many informational log messages that, while helpful, can clutter your terminal during site builds and make real issues harder to spot.

This plugin allows you to silence specific log messages using customizable wildcard patterns. It's especially useful for suppressing known, non-critical log lines such as:

INFO    -  Doc file 'some.md' contains an absolute link '/path', it was left as is.
INFO    -  Doc file 'other.md' contains an unrecognized relative link '../foo', it was left as is.

💡 Use Case

If you're using plugins like mkdocs-webcontext-plugin to rewrite links or your site intentionally contains absolute or unresolved relative links, this plugin can filter those benign warnings.

✅ Features

• Pattern-based filtering of log messages.
• Wildcard support using {*} for variable sections.
• Supports multiple loggers (like mkdocs.structure.pages, etc.).
• Keeps your terminal output clean and focused.

📦 Installation

Install from PyPI:

pip install mkdocs-suppress-logs-plugin

Or with Poetry:

poetry add mkdocs-suppress-logs-plugin

⚙️ Configuration

Add the plugin to your mkdocs.yml:

plugins:
  - suppress_logs:
      patterns:
        - "Doc file '{*}' contains an absolute link '{*}', it was left as is."
        - "Doc file '{*}' contains an unrecognized relative link '{*}', it was left as is. Did you mean '{*}'?"
      loggers:
        - mkdocs.structure.pages

🔧 Pattern Matching

Use {*} as a wildcard in messages you want to suppress.

Example log line:

INFO    -  Doc file 'guide.md' contains an absolute link '/img.png', it was left as is.

Matching pattern:

Doc file '{*}' contains an absolute link '{*}', it was left as is.

This will suppress any message with that general structure, regardless of the exact file or link.

🧪 Tips

• To find the logger emitting a message, run MkDocs with --verbose.
• You can add multiple patterns and logger names.
• Regex is used under the hood, so avoid overly broad wildcards.

🙏 Thanks

This plugin was inspired by the need for clean terminal outputs during large MkDocs builds and complements:

• mkdocs-webcontext-plugin

🗪 License

MIT License – use freely, contribute generously.