diff --git a/src/transform/frontmatter/transformValues.ts b/src/transform/frontmatter/transformValues.ts
index 59a4d2fe..0185d951 100644
--- a/src/transform/frontmatter/transformValues.ts
+++ b/src/transform/frontmatter/transformValues.ts
@@ -5,14 +5,18 @@ export const transformFrontMatterValues = (
     valueMapper: (v: unknown) => unknown,
 ): FrontMatter => {
     const transformInner = (something: unknown): unknown => {
+        if (Array.isArray(something)) {
+            return something.map((el) => transformInner(el));
+        }
+
         if (typeof something === 'object' && something !== null) {
             return Object.fromEntries(
                 Object.entries(something).map(([k, v]) => [k, transformInner(v)]),
             );
         }
 
-        if (Array.isArray(something)) {
-            return something.map((el) => transformInner(el));
+        if (typeof something === 'function') {
+            return something;
         }
 
         return valueMapper(something);
diff --git a/test/liquid/transformValues.test.ts b/test/liquid/transformValues.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..20b11af6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/liquid/transformValues.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+import {transformFrontMatterValues} from '../../src/transform/frontmatter';
+
+describe('transformFrontMatterValues utility function', () => {
+    it.each([
+        {desc: 'strings', value: 'test'},
+        {desc: 'numbers', value: 420.69},
+        {desc: 'boolean', value: true},
+        {desc: 'bigint', value: BigInt('0x1fffffffffffff')},
+        {desc: 'symbol', value: Symbol('$$Test')},
+        {desc: 'undefined', value: undefined},
+        {desc: 'null', value: 'null'},
+    ])('calls value mapper on primitive values inside the object ($desc)', ({value}) => {
+        const mapper = jest.fn((v: unknown) => v);
+        const noop = jest.fn();
+        const obj = {};
+        const arr = [] as [];
+        const inst = new (class {})();
+        const fm = {prop: value, noop, obj, arr, inst};
+
+        transformFrontMatterValues(fm, mapper);
+
+        expect(mapper).toBeCalledWith(value);
+        expect(mapper).not.toBeCalledWith(noop);
+        expect(mapper).not.toBeCalledWith(obj);
+        expect(mapper).not.toBeCalledWith(arr);
+        expect(mapper).not.toBeCalledWith(inst);
+    });
+
+    it('recursively traverses the object', () => {
+        const fm = {
+            prop: {
+                a: 7,
+                b: {
+                    c: 9,
+                    d: {
+                        e: {f: 11},
+                    },
+                },
+            },
+        };
+
+        const transformed = transformFrontMatterValues(fm, (v) =>
+            typeof v === 'number' ? v + 2 : v,
+        );
+
+        expect(transformed).toEqual({prop: {a: 9, b: {c: 11, d: {e: {f: 13}}}}});
+    });
+
+    it('recursively traverses arrays inside the object', () => {
+        const fm = {
+            arr: [1, 2, 3, {prop: 7, moreDepth: [5, {a: 11}]}],
+        };
+
+        const transformed = transformFrontMatterValues(fm, (v) =>
+            typeof v === 'number' ? v + 2 : v,
+        );
+
+        expect(transformed).toEqual({arr: [3, 4, 5, {prop: 9, moreDepth: [7, {a: 13}]}]});
+    });
+
+    it('can handle arrays as an entrypoint if need be', () => {
+        const fm = [1, 2, 3, {prop: 7, moreDepth: [5, {a: 11}]}];
+
+        const transformed = transformFrontMatterValues(fm as {}, (v) =>
+            typeof v === 'number' ? v + 2 : v,
+        );
+
+        expect(transformed).toEqual([3, 4, 5, {prop: 9, moreDepth: [7, {a: 13}]}]);
+    });
+});