Evan Solomon

<p>Comment forms allow some HTML, this plugin extends that to let users type in <a href="http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/" rel="nofollow ugc">Markdown</a> and have it automatically converted to HTML.  It also extends Markdown with a couple features made popular <a href="https://github.com/github/github-flavored-markdown" rel="nofollow ugc">by GitHub</a>.  Conversion from Markdown to HTML is completely automated and doesn’t require anything on the commenter’s part.</p>
<p>The feature additions from GitHub are:</p>
<ul>
<li>Single linebreaks are treated as new paragraphs</li>
<li>Code “fencing” with three backticks (“`)</li>
</ul>
<p>Two notable features from GitHub’s Markdown implementation are missing:</p>
<ul>
<li>To do lists: Doing these well would require some front end interaction, which I decided is outside the scope of this plugin at least for now</li>
<li>Repository autolinking (e.g. comments, issues, etc): These seemed a little <em>too</em> GitHub-specific.</li>
</ul>
<p>GitHub-Flavored Markdown Comments is developed, unsurprisingly, <a href="https://github.com/evansolomon/wp-github-flavored-markdown-comments" rel="nofollow ugc">on GitHub</a>.</p>


GitHub-Flavored Markdown Comments

WordPress plugin to let commenters use (GitHub-flavored) Markdown, and turn it into HTML.

DAEXT

<p>Import Markdown lets you easily generates posts based on Markdown files.</p>
<h4>Ultimate Markdown</h4>
<p>We also run a WordPress plugin that integrates Markdown in the block editor. For more information, check out <a href="https://daext.com/ultimate-markdown/" rel="nofollow ugc">Ultimate Markdown</a>.</p>
<h4>Video Tutorial</h4>
<p><iframe loading="lazy" title="Import Markdown - Import a Markdown File" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3EhQ4Xjzg6s?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<h4>Speed up you workflow with Markdown</h4>
<p>Markdown is a lightweight and easy-to-use syntax for creating HTML. Let’s see some of the advantages of using this emerging format with the Import Markdown plugin:</p>
<ul>
<li>Markdown is extremely easy to use, the tokens available with the Markdown syntax can be learned in less than 30 minutes.</li>
<li>Markdown translates to perfect HTML. No missing closing tags, no improperly nested tags, no blocks left without containers.</li>
<li>The Markdown files are simple text files editable with any text or code editor, on any operative system.</li>
<li>The Markdown files are extremely lightweight text files which don’t need to be compressed to be transported or sent on the internet.</li>
<li>Writing with the Markdown syntax requires and average of 25% less characters than writing HTML.</li>
<li>You can stop thinking about html and focus on what’s important, the content.</li>
<li>You can start writing your posts in your personal distraction free editor, like a simple text/code editor customized for your needs or one of the specific Markdown editors available on the market.</li>
<li>Programmers no longer need to manually convert to HTML entities the problematic characters present in code snippets. The Markdown parsers do this job for you.</li>
<li>With five included parser and three Markdown variations supported, this plugin can certainly satisfy even a Markdown expert who make use of any possibility provided by the syntax.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Five Markdown parsers and three markdown flavors</h4>
<p>At this time there isn’t a clearly defined Markdown standard and different implementations are currently used on the web. For this reason this plugin doesn’t force you to adopt a specific Markdown syntax, but instead allows you to select your favorite parser between the five available.</p>
<p>In the Import Markdown options you will be able to selected one of these five parser. In this list for each parser you have a reference to the supported syntax.</p>
<p>Parsedown (<a href="https://help.github.com/categories/writing-on-github/" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub</a>)<br />
Parsedown Extra (<a href="https://michelf.ca/projects/php-markdown/extra/" rel="nofollow ugc">Extra</a>)<br />
Cebe Markdown (<a href="http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax" rel="nofollow ugc">Traditional</a>)<br />
Cebe Markdown GitHub (<a href="https://help.github.com/categories/writing-on-github/" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub</a>)<br />
Cebe Markdown Extra (<a href="https://michelf.ca/projects/php-markdown/extra/" rel="nofollow ugc">Extra</a>)</p>
<h4>Credits</h4>
<p>This plugin make use of the following resources:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/erusev/parsedown" rel="nofollow ugc">Parsedown</a> licensed under the <a href="https://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php" rel="nofollow ugc">MIT License</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/cebe/markdown" rel="nofollow ugc">Cebe Markdown</a> licensed under the <a href="https://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php" rel="nofollow ugc">MIT License</a></li>
<li><a href="https://getcomposer.org/" rel="nofollow ugc">Composer</a> licensed under the <a href="https://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php" rel="nofollow ugc">MIT License</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/harvesthq/chosen" rel="nofollow ugc">Chosen</a> licensed under the <a href="https://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php" rel="nofollow ugc">MIT License</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Legal Note</h4>
<p>The name “Markdown” is used with the only purpose of making clear to the users the type of syntax supported by this plugin. You should not assume that the original author of the “Markdown” syntax, <a href="http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax" rel="nofollow ugc">defined in 2004 with this post</a>, endorses this plugin.</p>


Import Markdown – Versatile Markdown Importer

Import Markdown lets you easily generates posts based on Markdown files.

GitHub-Flavored Markdown Comments vs Import Markdown – Versatile Markdown Importer