foresthoffman

This plugin allows users to import Markdown files into posts. Prior to importing, settings for post status, post type, and post author can be set.
Post status settings:
<ol>
<li>Draft (default)</li>
<li>Publish</li>
<li>Private</li>
</ol>
Post type settings:
<ol>
<li>Post (default)</li>
<li>Page</li>
</ol>
Post author settings:
<ol>
<li>Current user (default)</li>
<li>All other users with the ability to edit posts</li>
</ol>
This plugin utilizes the <a href="http://parsedown.org" rel="nofollow ugc">Parsedown</a> PHP library by <a href="http://erusev.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Emanuil Rusev</a>, which is mostly compliant with the <a href="http://spec.commonmark.org/0.27/" rel="nofollow ugc">CommonMark</a> spec. It also extends up the Parsedown library, by allowing:
<ul>
<li>checkboxes; ‘[ ]’, ‘[]’, and ‘[x]’ are translated into unchecked/checked checkbox inputs</li>
</ul>

Parsedown Importer

An unofficial Parsedown importer for translating Markdown files into WordPress posts/pages.

Alley

Matthew Boynes

WordPress can presently export all of its content via WXR, and then import that 
through the WordPress Importer plugin. That process includes all posts, terms, 
menus, comments, and users, but it doesn’t touch options. In addition to 
general settings, options can include widget configurations, plugin settings, 
theme settings, and lots more. This can be very time-consuming to migrate 
manually. WP Options Importer aims to fill that void and save us all a lot of 
time.
WP Options Importer allows you to export all options to a JSON file, and then 
you can selectively import them into another WordPress installation. The import 
process is very transparent, and it even shows you what data you’ll be 
importing. Lastly, it gives you the option to override existing settings or to 
skip options that already exist.

Parsedown Importer vs WP Options Importer