diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3502b179..f0e8bb3c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 
 - French translation ([#18](https://github.com/jpanther/congo/pull/18))
 
+### Changed
+
+- Site name, author and menus will now render Markdown and Emoji
+
 ## [1.4.0] - 2021-10-20
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/layouts/partials/article-pagination.html b/layouts/partials/article-pagination.html
index ffab5614..622aaf4a 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/article-pagination.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/article-pagination.html
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
             <a class="flex" href="{{ .NextInSection.RelPermalink }}">
               <span class="mr-3 article-pagination-direction">&larr;</span>
               <span class="flex flex-col">
-                <span class="article-pagination-title">{{ .NextInSection.Title }}</span>
+                <span class="article-pagination-title">{{ .NextInSection.Title | emojify }}</span>
                 <span class="-mt-1 text-xs text-neutral-400 dark:text-neutral-500">
                   {{ if .Params.showDate | default (.Site.Params.article.showDate | default true) }}
                     {{ partial "meta/date.html" . }}
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
           {{ if .PrevInSection }}
             <a class="flex text-right" href="{{ .PrevInSection.RelPermalink }}">
               <span class="flex flex-col">
-                <span class="article-pagination-title">{{ .PrevInSection.Title }}</span>
+                <span class="article-pagination-title">{{ .PrevInSection.Title | emojify }}</span>
                 <span class="-mt-1 text-xs text-neutral-400 dark:text-neutral-500">
                   {{ if .Params.showDate | default (.Site.Params.article.showDate | default true) }}
                     {{ partial "meta/date.html" . }}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/author.html b/layouts/partials/author.html
index 9dd7a56c..5d8ef426 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/author.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/author.html
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
       <img class="w-24 h-24 !mt-0 !mb-0 mr-4 rounded-full" src="{{ . | relURL }}" />
     {{ end }}
     <div>
-      {{ with .Site.Author.name }}
+      {{ with .Site.Author.name | markdownify | emojify }}
         <div class="text-[0.6rem] leading-3 text-neutral-400 dark:text-neutral-500 uppercase">
-          {{ i18n "author.byline_title" | emojify }}
+          {{ i18n "author.byline_title" | markdownify | emojify }}
         </div>
         <div class="font-semibold leading-6 text-neutral-800 dark:text-neutral-300">
           {{ . }}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/footer.html b/layouts/partials/footer.html
index 05b91696..27e1d923 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/footer.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/footer.html
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
               class="hover:underline hover:underline-primary-500 hover:underline-thickness-bold hover:underline-offset-small"
               href="{{ .URL }}"
               title="{{ .Title }}"
-              >{{ .Name }}</a
+              >{{ .Name | markdownify | emojify }}</a
             >
           </li>
         {{ end }}
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     {{- else }}
       &copy;
       {{ now.Format "2006" }}
-      {{ .Site.Author.name }}
+      {{ .Site.Author.name | markdownify | emojify }}
     {{- end }}
   </p>
   {{/* Theme attribution */}}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/header.html b/layouts/partials/header.html
index d0b195ba..0a6a6778 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/header.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/header.html
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
         class="hover:underline hover:underline-primary-500 hover:underline-thickness-bold hover:underline-offset-small"
         rel="me"
         href="{{ "/" | relURL }}"
-        >{{ .Site.Title }}</a
+        >{{ .Site.Title | markdownify | emojify }}</a
       >
     {{- end }}
   </div>
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
               class="hover:underline hover:underline-primary-500 hover:underline-thickness-bold hover:underline-offset-small"
               href="{{ .URL }}"
               title="{{ .Title }}"
-              >{{ .Name }}</a
+              >{{ .Name | markdownify | emojify }}</a
             >
           </li>
         {{ end }}