Wasseem Khayrattee

<p>This is a simple plugin to help you write posts or pages in plain-text Markdown syntax. And even allowing plaint-text Markdown for comments as well. It will also switch-off the Visual Editor, as you don’t need distractions. This plugin sits on top of a giant’s shoulder, namely Jetpack.</p>
<p>This plugin is also installable via composer, see: https://github.com/7php/MarkItDownWordpress</p>
<h3>Roadmap</h3>
<ul>
<li>By default, toggle the checkbox to true for Settings > Writing > ‘Use Markdown for posts and pages’</li>
<li>By default, toggle the checkbox to true for Settings > Discussion > ‘Use Markdown for comments’</li>
<li>In plain-tex editor mode, remove the short-formatting buttons, e.g [b, i, link, b-quote, del].. etc. Make the editor, distraction free.</li>
<li>Make an effort to provide Markdown buttons for the equivalent of [b, i, link, b-quote, del], just like bbcodes.</li>
</ul>


Mark It Down WordPress!

I just replaced JP Markdown (which is abandoned by now) with this plugin. The switch was easy and painless: 


Install this plugin and activate it
Deactivate JP Markdown
Set the flags under "Settings => Writing" and "Settings => Comments"
Done!


The posts written in Markdown are still written in markdown and still rendered as HTML as before, so a smooth transition from my POV.

Thanks!

Works as replacement for the abandoned JP Markdown

Helping you write posts/pages in plain-text Markdown syntax, while switching-off Visual Editor. It sits on the shoulders of a giant, namely Jetpack.

MarcusPope

J-Ro

Azragh

<p>This plugin preserves the user-generated HTML markup in the TinyMCE editor.  Unlike other plugins this one allows developers to work in the HTML tab AND end-users to work in the WYSIWYG Visual tab at the same time!  No longer will your HTML markup be completely munged into an unrecognizable form when you switch between those tabs.  And you don’t have to hang your users/editors out to dry when you hand off the project with a disabled Visual tab.</p>
<h4>IMPORTANT: Please read the installation instructions carefully.  If you have existing content it will not render properly after activating this plugin until you use the Fix It Tools.</h4>
<p>(One user didn’t read or follow these steps and panicked thinking I ruined their website.)</p>
<p>It also supports HTML5 Block Anchor tags in addition to other HTML5 elements, something that is currently not supported in WordPress via any existing plugins.</p>


Preserved HTML Editor Markup Plus

Preserves HTML and developer edits in HTML AND WYSIWYG tab.  Supports inline scripts/css, JavaScript code blocks and HTML5 content editing

Mark It Down WordPress! vs Preserved HTML Editor Markup Plus