diff --git a/src/Pretzel.Logic/Liquid/CgiEscapeFilter.cs b/src/Pretzel.Logic/Liquid/CgiEscapeFilter.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4abe0faef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Pretzel.Logic/Liquid/CgiEscapeFilter.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+using System;
+
+namespace Pretzel.Logic.Liquid
+{
+    public class CgiEscapeFilter
+    {
+        public static string cgi_escape(string input)
+        {
+            return Uri.EscapeDataString(input);
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/Pretzel.Logic/Liquid/CommentBlock.cs b/src/Pretzel.Logic/Liquid/CommentBlock.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c6466d25b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Pretzel.Logic/Liquid/CommentBlock.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+using System.IO;
+using DotLiquid;
+
+namespace Pretzel.Logic.Liquid
+{
+    public class CommentBlock : Block
+    {
+        public override void Render(Context context, TextWriter result)
+        {
+            // Do nothing (i.e. swallow the comment...)
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Pretzel.Logic/Liquid/DateToLongStringFilter.cs b/src/Pretzel.Logic/Liquid/DateToLongStringFilter.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..81d1578c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Pretzel.Logic/Liquid/DateToLongStringFilter.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+using System;
+using System.Xml;
+
+namespace Pretzel.Logic.Liquid
+{
+    public class DateToLongStringFilter
+    {
+        public static string date_to_long_string(DateTime input)
+        {
+            //return input.ToString("dd MMMM yyyy");
+            return XmlConvert.ToString(input, "dd MMMM yyyy");
+        }
+
+        public static string date_to_long_string(string input)
+        {
+            DateTime inputDate;
+
+            if (DateTime.TryParse(input, out inputDate))
+            {
+                return date_to_long_string(inputDate);
+            }
+
+            return "";
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Pretzel.Logic/Liquid/DateToRfc822FormatFilter.cs b/src/Pretzel.Logic/Liquid/DateToRfc822FormatFilter.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6987c2736
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Pretzel.Logic/Liquid/DateToRfc822FormatFilter.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+using System;
+
+namespace Pretzel.Logic.Liquid
+{
+    public class DateToRfc822FormatFilter
+    {
+        public static string date_to_rfc822(DateTime input)
+        {
+            var rfc822 = input.ToString("r");
+            var tz = TimeZone.CurrentTimeZone;
+            var offset = tz.GetUtcOffset(input).ToString();
+
+            // if local time is behind utc time, offset should start with "-".
+            // otherwise, add a plus sign to the beginning of the string.
+            if (!offset.StartsWith("-"))
+                offset = "+" + offset; // Add a (+) if it's a UTC+ timezone
+            offset = offset.Substring(0, 6); // only want the first 6 chars.
+            offset = offset.Replace(":", ""); // remove colons.
+            // offset now looks something like "-0700".
+            rfc822 = rfc822.Replace("GMT", offset);
+
+            return rfc822;
+        }
+
+        public static string date_to_rfc822(string input)
+        {
+            DateTime inputDate;
+
+            if (DateTime.TryParse(input, out inputDate))
+            {
+                return date_to_rfc822(inputDate);
+            }
+
+            return "";
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Pretzel.Logic/Liquid/DateToStringFilter.cs b/src/Pretzel.Logic/Liquid/DateToStringFilter.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..21d89d335
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Pretzel.Logic/Liquid/DateToStringFilter.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+using System;
+
+namespace Pretzel.Logic.Liquid
+{
+    public class DateToStringFilter
+    {
+        public static string date_to_string(DateTime input)
+        {
+            return input.ToString("dd MMM yyyy");
+        }
+
+        public static string date_to_string(string input)
+        {
+            DateTime inputDate;
+
+            if (DateTime.TryParse(input, out inputDate))
+            {
+                return date_to_string(inputDate);
+            }
+            
+            return "";
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Pretzel.Logic/Liquid/NumberOfWordsFilter.cs b/src/Pretzel.Logic/Liquid/NumberOfWordsFilter.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9c710f5fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Pretzel.Logic/Liquid/NumberOfWordsFilter.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+
+namespace Pretzel.Logic.Liquid
+{
+    public class NumberOfWordsFilter
+    {
+        public static string number_of_words(string input)
+        {
+            return CountWords(input).ToString();
+        }
+
+        private static int CountWords(string input)
+        {
+            var collection = Regex.Matches(input, @"[\S]+");
+            return collection.Count;
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Pretzel.Logic/Liquid/PostUrlBlock.cs b/src/Pretzel.Logic/Liquid/PostUrlBlock.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e40643966
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Pretzel.Logic/Liquid/PostUrlBlock.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using DotLiquid;
+
+namespace Pretzel.Logic.Liquid
+{
+    public class PostUrlBlock : Block
+    {
+        private string postFileName;
+
+        public override void Initialize(string tagName, string markup, List<string> tokens)
+        {
+            base.Initialize(tagName, markup, tokens);
+            postFileName = markup;
+        }
+
+        public override void Render(Context context, TextWriter result)
+        {
+            var permalink = postFileName.Replace(".md", "");
+            permalink = permalink.Replace(".mdown", "");
+            permalink = permalink.Replace("-", "/");
+            permalink += ".html";
+            
+            result.Write(permalink);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Pretzel.Logic/Liquid/UriEscapeFilter.cs b/src/Pretzel.Logic/Liquid/UriEscapeFilter.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bbc4643b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Pretzel.Logic/Liquid/UriEscapeFilter.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+using System;
+
+namespace Pretzel.Logic.Liquid
+{
+    public class UriEscapeFilter
+    {
+        public static string uri_escape(string input)
+        {
+            return Uri.EscapeUriString(input);
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Pretzel.Logic/Pretzel.Logic.csproj b/src/Pretzel.Logic/Pretzel.Logic.csproj
index 5505e00c2..32243d250 100644
--- a/src/Pretzel.Logic/Pretzel.Logic.csproj
+++ b/src/Pretzel.Logic/Pretzel.Logic.csproj
@@ -106,8 +106,16 @@
     <Compile Include="Import\BloggerImport.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Import\HtmlToMarkdownConverter.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Import\WordpressImport.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Liquid\CgiEscapeFilter.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Liquid\CommentBlock.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Liquid\DateToLongStringFilter.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Liquid\DateToRfc822FormatFilter.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Liquid\DateToStringFilter.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Liquid\DateToXmlSchemaFilter.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Liquid\HighlightBlock.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Liquid\NumberOfWordsFilter.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Liquid\PostUrlBlock.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Liquid\UriEscapeFilter.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Liquid\XmlEscapeFilter.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Minification\FileSystemExtensions.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Minification\LessTransform.cs" />
diff --git a/src/Pretzel.Logic/Templating/Jekyll/LiquidEngine.cs b/src/Pretzel.Logic/Templating/Jekyll/LiquidEngine.cs
index 7a96a4e29..68a2a4795 100644
--- a/src/Pretzel.Logic/Templating/Jekyll/LiquidEngine.cs
+++ b/src/Pretzel.Logic/Templating/Jekyll/LiquidEngine.cs
@@ -71,7 +71,13 @@ public override void Initialize()
         {
             Template.RegisterFilter(typeof(XmlEscapeFilter));
             Template.RegisterFilter(typeof(DateToXmlSchemaFilter));
+            Template.RegisterFilter(typeof(DateToLongStringFilter));
+            Template.RegisterFilter(typeof(DateToRfc822FormatFilter));
+            Template.RegisterFilter(typeof(CgiEscapeFilter));
+            Template.RegisterFilter(typeof(UriEscapeFilter));
+            Template.RegisterFilter(typeof(NumberOfWordsFilter));
             Template.RegisterTag<HighlightBlock>("highlight");
+            Template.RegisterTag<PostUrlBlock>("post_url");
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Pretzel.Tests/Pretzel.Tests.csproj b/src/Pretzel.Tests/Pretzel.Tests.csproj
index e756314c6..1e65f5bb0 100644
--- a/src/Pretzel.Tests/Pretzel.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/Pretzel.Tests/Pretzel.Tests.csproj
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
       <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
       <HintPath>..\packages\System.IO.Abstractions.TestingHelpers.1.4.0.44\lib\net35\System.IO.Abstractions.TestingHelpers.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
+    <Reference Include="System.Web" />
     <Reference Include="System.Xml.Linq" />
     <Reference Include="System.Data.DataSetExtensions" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" />
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Templating\Jekyll\BakingEnvironment.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Templating\Jekyll\LiquidEngineTests.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Templating\Jekyll\LiquidExtensionsTests.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Templating\Jekyll\LiquidFilterTests.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Templating\Jekyll\StringTestExtensions.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Templating\Plugins\TagCloudTests.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Templating\Razor\RazorEngineTests.cs" />
diff --git a/src/Pretzel.Tests/Templating/Jekyll/LiquidFilterTests.cs b/src/Pretzel.Tests/Templating/Jekyll/LiquidFilterTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4a10ba486
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Pretzel.Tests/Templating/Jekyll/LiquidFilterTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+using System;
+using System.Web;
+using Pretzel.Logic.Liquid;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace Pretzel.Tests.Templating.Jekyll
+{
+    public class LiquidFilterTests
+    {
+        [Fact]
+        public void DateToXmlSchema_ForExpectedDate_ReturnsCorrectString()
+        {
+           Assert.Equal("2014-01-01T00:00:00-05:00", DateToXmlSchemaFilter.date_to_xmlschema(new DateTime(2014, 01, 01)));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void DateToRfc822_ForExpectedDate_ReturnsCorrectString()
+        {
+            Assert.Equal("Wed, 01 Jan 2014 00:00:00 -0500", DateToRfc822FormatFilter.date_to_rfc822(new DateTime(2014, 01, 01)));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void DateToString_ForExpectedDate_ReturnsCorrectString()
+        {
+            Assert.Equal("07 Nov 2008", DateToStringFilter.date_to_string(new DateTime(2008, 11, 07)));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void DateToString_WithNoDate_ReturnsNothing()
+        {
+            Assert.Equal("", DateToStringFilter.date_to_string(""));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void DateToLongString_ForExpectedDate_ReturnsCorrectString()
+        {
+            Assert.Equal("07 November 2008", DateToLongStringFilter.date_to_long_string(new DateTime(2008, 11, 07)));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void CgiEscape_ForGivenString_ReturnsEscapedString()
+        {
+            Assert.Equal("foo%2Cbar%3Bbaz%3F", CgiEscapeFilter.cgi_escape(@"foo,bar;baz?"));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void UriEscape_ForGivenString_ReturnsEscapedString()
+        {
+            Assert.Equal("foo,%20bar%20%5Cbaz?", UriEscapeFilter.uri_escape(@"foo, bar \baz?"));
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void NumberOfWords_ForGiveString_ReturnsCorrectCount()
+        {
+            Assert.Equal(4.ToString(), NumberOfWordsFilter.number_of_words("This is a test"));
+        }
+    }
+}