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WP-Markdown
Allows Markdown to be enabled in posts, comments and bbPress forums.
The facts
- Rating
- 4.5★ from 28
- Active installs
- 400+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 27 Dec 2017
- Added
- Mar 2012
- Downloads
- 87,023
Our analysis
AI-assistedWP-Markdown is a WordPress plugin that enables you to write posts using Markdown syntax. It converts Markdown into HTML before saving and reverts it back when editing. Additionally, it supports Markdown in comments and bbPress forums, providing a toolbar and a preview feature with syntax highlighting.
This plugin is suitable for users who prefer writing in Markdown and want to enhance their posts, comments, and forum discussions with formatted text. It is particularly useful for those involved in community and forum-based sites.
Best for: This plugin is best for bloggers and community site administrators who prefer Markdown for formatting content.
What it does well
- ✓Supports writing in Markdown syntax
- ✓Converts Markdown to HTML before saving
- ✓Enables Markdown in comments and bbPress forums
- ✓Includes a toolbar and preview feature for Markdown
- ✓Stores processed HTML, allowing safe deactivation
Where it falls short
- •Last updated in December 2017
- •Limited information on compatibility with newer WordPress versions
Verdict
WP-Markdown offers a straightforward way to use Markdown in WordPress, but its age may raise concerns about compatibility with the latest WordPress updates.
From the developer
Stephen Harris's own description of WP-Markdown, lightly tidied.
This plugin allows you to write posts (of any post type) using the Markdown syntax. The plugin converts the Markdown into HTML prior to saving the post. When editing a post, the plugin converts it back into Markdown syntax.
The plugin also allows you to enable Markdown in comments and bbPress forums. In these instances the plugin adds a toolbar, and preview of the processed Markdown with Prettify syntax highlighter applied (similiar to that used in the Stack Exchange websites such as WordPress Stack Exchange).
WP-Markdown stores the processed HTML, so deactivating the plugin will not affect your posts, comments or bbPress forums.
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