by Stephen Harris 4.5 (28 reviews)

WP-Markdown

Name: WP-Markdown
Rating: 4.5 (28 reviews)
Author: Stephen Harris

Allows Markdown to be enabled in posts, comments and bbPress forums.

WP-Markdown ranks #10,201 among WordPress.org plugins with 300+ active installations, is #257 of 1,182 in the Editor & Writing category, a 4.5/5 rating from 28 reviews, and was last updated Dec 27, 2017. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 10.0

v1.6.1 Current Version v1.6.1

Updated 8 years ago Last Update on 27 Dec, 2017

Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on

#257 of 1,182 in Editor & Writing Top 25% by installs No update in over a year

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Review 4.5 out of 5

4.5 (28 reviews)

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.6.1
Last Updated: Dec 27, 2017
Requires WP: 0+
Tested Up To: 10.0
PHP Version: N/A
Author: Stephen Harris

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Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5
Reviews: 28
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want to write posts, comments, or bbPress forum content using Markdown instead of HTML. It solves the problem of manually writing HTML by converting Markdown to HTML on save while still letting editors view and edit the original Markdown syntax.

Markdown in posts
Markdown in comments
Markdown in bbPress forums
Converts Markdown to HTML
Converts HTML back to Markdown
Toolbar for comments and forums
Preview with Prettify syntax highlighting
Stores processed HTML permanently

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about WP-Markdown

For information on how to use Markdown syntax, please read: Markdown: syntax.

The plugin uses Markdown to generate the appropriate HTML prior to the post saving to the database. When you edit a post, it is converted back to Markdown syntax. Once the plugin is uninstalled you'll simply revert to editing the posts' HTML.

A clean install of WordPress allows you to (for example) include a YouTube url on a separate line, whereupon it will automatically embed the video. This is not possible with WP-Markdown installed (*I tried - I broke more things. But if you manage it, feel free to make a pull-request: https://github.com/stephenharris/WP-MarkDown*). You'll need to use the [embed] shortcode.

Enclose it in a div tag. It'll be ignored.

Use <div markdown="1">.