Alternatives to Markup Markdown
Disable Wordpress's native Gutenberg or TinyMCE editor in favor of a Markdown editor.
Snapshot
Rating: 5.0/5 (11 reviews)
Downloads: 50,720
Active installs: 2,000
Maintenance score: 32/100
Compatibility
Requires WordPress: 6.6
Tested up to: 6.8.5
Requires PHP: 7.2.0
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WP Githuber MD – WordPress Markdown Editor(26)•Updated 935d ago
An all-in-on WordPress Markdown Plugin provides a variety of features such as Markdown editor, live-preview, image-paste, HTML-to-Markdown helper, and …
7,000 installs143,380 downloads26/100 • Possibly abandoned
Import Markdown – Versatile Markdown Importer(1)•Updated 232d ago
Import Markdown lets you easily generates posts based on Markdown files.
2,000 installs36,277 downloads40/100 • Stale
Markdown Editor (Formerly Dark Mode)(85)•Updated 205d ago
Quickly edit content in your WordPress site by getting an immersive, peaceful and natural writing experience with the coolest editor.
1,000 installs117,432 downloads44/100 • Stale
WP Editor.md – The Perfect WordPress Markdown Editor(19)•Updated 1320d ago
WP Editor.md is a beautiful and practical Markdown document editor.
1,000 installs112,505 downloads24/100 • Possibly abandoned
Ultimate Markdown – Markdown Editor, Importer, & Exporter(10)•Updated 43d ago
Generate articles from a Markdown file, bulk import and export Markdown documents, create Markdown documents from an editor, and more.
1,000 installs30,895 downloads63/100 • Actively maintained
WP Mermaid(3)•Updated 1136d ago
Generation of diagrams and flowcharts from text in a similar manner as markdown by using mermaid.js
1,000 installs7,009 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Noted!(16)•Updated 39d ago
A simple, lightweight note-taking system inside the WordPress admin. Keep general, page-level, and block-level notes all in one place.
900 installs5,055 downloads73/100 • Actively maintained
WP-Markdown(28)•Updated 3109d ago
Allows Markdown to be enabled in posts, comments and bbPress forums.
400 installs86,772 downloads26/100 • Possibly abandoned
Markdown for AI Agents(0)•Updated 115d ago
Serve clean Markdown versions of WordPress content to AI agents using HTTP content negotiation.
400 installs725 downloads50/100 • Maintained
Markdown Editor(6)•Updated 3009d ago
Replaces the default WordPress editor with a Markdown editor for your posts and pages.
200 installs21,383 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Simple Export to Markdown(3)•Updated 211d ago
Adds a Gutenberg editor panel to export any post or page content to Markdown format (.md file or clipboard).
200 installs1,043 downloads40/100 • Stale
Git it Write – Write posts from GitHub(7)•Updated 698d ago
Publish markdown files present in a GitHub repository as posts to WordPress automatically
100 installs7,522 downloads28/100 • Possibly abandoned
20 installs8,666 downloads24/100 • Possibly abandoned
MarkItUp!(0)•Updated 4788d ago
MarkitUp (beta) is a wordpress plugin which allows you to use Markdown on your site without breaking existing content
20 installs2,371 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
20 installs1,120 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
Typewriter(8)•Updated 4662d ago
Typewriter replaces the Visual Editor with a simple Markdown editor for your posts and pages.
10 installs3,698 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Averroes(4)•Updated 2883d ago
A Gutenberg compatible markdown editor. Write in Markdown, edit in Markdown and preview in HTML.
10 installs2,971 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
10 installs4,517 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
WP-Parsedown(0)•Updated 3817d ago
Parse the_content with Parsedown Extra to display Markdown Extra content in HTML parser.
10 installs1,265 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
0 installs1,988 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned