diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fe498e7..0c731df 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -128,5 +128,9 @@ dmypy.json
 # Pyre type checker
 .pyre/
 
+# branch feature_ha_append_page_metadata
+tmp
+appTest.py
+
 # End of https://www.gitignore.io/api/code,python
 
diff --git a/confluence_markdown_exporter/confluence.py b/confluence_markdown_exporter/confluence.py
index 0993815..9df9a97 100644
--- a/confluence_markdown_exporter/confluence.py
+++ b/confluence_markdown_exporter/confluence.py
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
 from typing import TypeAlias
 from typing import cast
 
+import json 
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+
 import jmespath
 import yaml
 from atlassian.errors import ApiError
@@ -324,6 +327,30 @@ class Page(Document):
     editor2: str
     labels: list["Label"]
     attachments: list["Attachment"]
+    page_metadata: str
+
+    @staticmethod 
+    def get_custom_metadata(response: dict | None) -> dict:
+        if response is None:
+            return {}
+        custom_metadata = {
+            'id' : response.get('id',''),
+            'title' : response.get('title',''),
+            'type' : response.get('type',''),
+            'created' : response.get('history', {}).get('createdDate',''),
+            'author' : response.get('history', {}).get('createdBy', {}).get('displayName',''),
+            'version' : response.get('version', {}).get('number','1'),
+            'lastModified' : response.get('version', {}).get('when',''),
+            'lastModifiedBy' : response.get('version', {}).get('by', {}).get('displayName',''),
+            'lastModifiedWithin365Days': response.get('version', {}).get('when','')[10] >= (datetime.now()-timedelta(days=365)).strftime('%Y-%m-%d') if response.get('version', {}).get('when','') else False,
+            'pageURL' : f"""{response.get('_links', {}).get('base','')}/{response.get('_links', {}).get('webui','')}""",
+            # 'pageURL' : f"""{response.get('_links', {}).get('base','')}/pages/viewpage.action?pageId={response.get('id','')}""",
+        }
+        custom_metadata_html = "<table>\n"
+        custom_metadata_html += "".join(f"<tr><td>{key}</td><td>{value}</td></tr>\n" for key, value in custom_metadata.items())
+        custom_metadata_html += "</table>\n"
+        response['page_metadata'] = custom_metadata_html
+        return response
 
     @property
     def descendants(self) -> list[int]:
@@ -382,9 +409,12 @@ def export_path(self) -> Path:
 
     @property
     def html(self) -> str:
+        body = self.body
         if settings.export.include_document_title:
-            return f"<h1>{self.title}</h1>{self.body}"
-        return self.body
+            body = f"<h1>{self.title}</h1>{self.body}"
+        if settings.export.include_document_metadata:
+            body = f"{body}<br><br><br><h3>Metadata:</h3><br>{self.page_metadata}"
+        return body
 
     @property
     def markdown(self) -> str:
@@ -486,20 +516,23 @@ def from_json(cls, data: JsonResponse) -> "Page":
             ],
             attachments=Attachment.from_page_id(data.get("id", 0)),
             ancestors=[ancestor.get("id") for ancestor in data.get("ancestors", [])][1:],
+            page_metadata=data.get("page_metadata", ""),
         )
 
     @classmethod
     @functools.lru_cache(maxsize=1000)
     def from_id(cls, page_id: int) -> "Page":
         try:
+            response = confluence.get_page_by_id(
+                        page_id,
+                        expand="body.view,body.export_view,body.editor2,metadata.labels,"
+                        "metadata.properties,ancestors,history,version",
+                    )
+            response = cls.get_custom_metadata(response)
             return cls.from_json(
                 cast(
                     JsonResponse,
-                    confluence.get_page_by_id(
-                        page_id,
-                        expand="body.view,body.export_view,body.editor2,metadata.labels,"
-                        "metadata.properties,ancestors",
-                    ),
+                    response,
                 )
             )
         except (ApiError, HTTPError) as e:
@@ -515,6 +548,7 @@ def from_id(cls, page_id: int) -> "Page":
                 labels=[],
                 attachments=[],
                 ancestors=[],
+                page_metadata="",
             )
 
     @classmethod
diff --git a/confluence_markdown_exporter/utils/app_data_store.py b/confluence_markdown_exporter/utils/app_data_store.py
index bd2ec4f..ebc6e2b 100644
--- a/confluence_markdown_exporter/utils/app_data_store.py
+++ b/confluence_markdown_exporter/utils/app_data_store.py
@@ -221,6 +221,14 @@ class ExportConfig(BaseModel):
             "If enabled, the title will be added as a top-level heading."
         ),
     )
+    include_document_metadata: bool = Field(
+        default=False,
+        title="Include Document Metadata",
+        description=(
+            "Whether to include document metadata (like author, last modified date) "
+            "at the bottom of the exported markdown file."
+        ),
+    )
 
 
 class ConfigModel(BaseModel):