Markus Echterhoff

This is the Markdown plugin for bbPress that I needed, but could not find. It replaces the standard editor with a responsive Markdown form that includes a preview and formatting help. The Markdown is parsed using PHP Markdown(Extra) and saved as a regular HTML bbPress post. The Markdown is saved separately for later editing. The plugin can be activated and deactivated without affecting your bbPress data, it uninstalls cleanly (deleting any saved Markdown code) and is multisite compatible.
Tip: You can give the plugin a slight performance boost if your forum is Markdown only or you don’t care that some non-Markdown posts are displayed slightly different than before (e.g. not turning newlines into paragraphs or no longer making URLs automatically clickable), by adding the following to your theme’s functions.php: <code>add_filter( 'bbpmd_remove_output_filters_for_all_posts', '__return_true' );</code>

bbP Markdown

Thank you for this well-designed plugin, it works seamlessly with existing bbPress setup.

I appreciate the effort and thought put into it, for example, how it integrates techniques from several other related plugins, and how it uninstalls cleanly.

One thing I wish it had is a way to apply the same Markdown editor to normal comments as well.

Works wonders

Elegant Markdown support for your bbPress forums.

seothemes

Markdown Editor replaces the default WordPress editor with a Markdown editor for your posts and pages. This plugin uses the Jetpack Markdown module for converting Markdown into HTML and plays nicely with Jetpack if both plugins are installed.
There are 4 editor layouts to choose from when writing posts: default, preview, full-screen and split screen. Changes are updated automatically allowing you to preview your content as you write.
By default Markdown Editor is only enabled on Posts, but you can enable it on pages and custom post types by adding post type support. For example to add Markdown support to Pages, add the following line of code to your theme’s functions.php file:
<pre><code>add_post_type_support( 'page', 'wpcom-markdown' );
</code></pre>
To add Markdown support to a ‘Product’ custom post type, add this to your theme’s functions.php file:
<pre><code>add_post_type_support( 'product', 'wpcom-markdown' );
</code></pre>
<h3>Syntax Highlighting</h3>
By default, Markdown Editor enables syntax highlighting for code blocks. This can be removed by adding the following line of code to your theme’s functions.php file:
<pre><code>add_filter( 'markdown_editor_highlight', '__return_false' );
</code></pre>
The click to copy button can be removed with the following line:
<pre><code>add_filter( 'markdown_editor_clipboard', '__return_false' );
</code></pre>

Markdown Editor

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Kills WordPress

Replaces the default WordPress editor with a Markdown editor for your posts and pages.

bbP Markdown vs Markdown Editor