diff --git a/vendor/class-parser.php b/vendor/class-parser.php
index d1fdd51..dece4d7 100644
--- a/vendor/class-parser.php
+++ b/vendor/class-parser.php
@@ -165,7 +165,17 @@ class Parser {
 	 * @return bool
 	 */
 	protected function parse_readme( $file ) {
-		$contents = file_get_contents( $file );
+		/**
+		 * Filter $contents to allow for use outside of wp.org.
+		 *
+		 * @since x.x.x
+		 *
+		 * @param string $file
+		 * @return bool|string $contents Default is false.
+		 */
+		$contents = apply_filters( 'pre_parser_parse_readme', false, $file );
+
+		$contents = $contents ?: file_get_contents( $file );
 		if ( preg_match( '!!u', $contents ) ) {
 			$contents = preg_split( '!\R!u', $contents );
 		} else {
@@ -416,6 +426,13 @@ class Parser {
 			}
 		}
 
+		/**
+		* Action to allow post-processing of readme parsing for usage outside of wp.org.
+		*
+		* @since x.x.x
+		*/
+		do_action( 'post_parser_parse_readme' );
+
 		// Filter the HTML.
 		$this->sections = array_map( array( $this, 'filter_text' ), $this->sections );