Floris-Jan

<p>Simple Markdown is a lightweight WordPress plugin that adds a custom Gutenberg block for rendering Markdown content directly in your posts and pages. Perfect for developers, writers, and anyone who prefers writing in Markdown format.</p>
<p><strong>NEW in 1.3.0: Professional Code Beautification</strong><br />
* Automatic code formatting and indentation for all supported languages<br />
* Professional copy buttons positioned as elegant tabs outside code blocks<br />
* Language-aware beautification (JavaScript, PHP, CSS, JSON, Bash)<br />
* Smart preservation of ASCII art and tree structures in copy-only blocks</p>
<p><strong>Core Features:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Custom Gutenberg block for Markdown content</li>
<li>Support for common Markdown syntax:
<ul>
<li>Headers (H1-H6)</li>
<li>Bold and italic text</li>
<li>Inline code and code blocks with copy functionality</li>
<li>Links</li>
<li>Unordered and ordered lists</li>
<li>Blockquotes</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Professional code block rendering with:
<ul>
<li>Automatic beautification and proper indentation</li>
<li>One-click copy functionality with visual feedback</li>
<li>Language labels (JavaScript, PHP, CSS, JSON, Bash)</li>
<li>Tight line spacing optimized for code readability</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Clean HTML output with semantic markup</li>
<li>Theme-resistant styling with robust CSS overrides</li>
<li>Easy to use interface</li>
</ul>
<p>This is the core version with all essential markdown features plus professional code handling. A Pro version with syntax highlighting and other advanced features will be available in the future.</p>
<p><strong>Supported Markdown Syntax:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><code># Header 1</code> through <code>###### Header 6</code></li>
<li><code>**bold text**</code> and <code>*italic text*</code></li>
<li><code>`inline code`</code> and code blocks with triple backticks</li>
<li><code>[link text](URL)</code> for links</li>
<li><code>- item</code> for unordered lists</li>
<li><code>1. item</code> for ordered lists</li>
<li><code>> quote</code> for blockquotes</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Advanced Code Block Syntax:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><code>```javascript copy</code> – Beautified JavaScript with copy button</li>
<li><code>```php copy</code> – Beautified PHP with copy button</li>
<li><code>```css copy</code> – Beautified CSS with copy button</li>
<li><code>```json copy</code> – Beautified JSON with copy button</li>
<li><code>```bash copy</code> – Bash commands with copy button</li>
<li><code>```copy</code> – Copy button without beautification (preserves ASCII art)</li>
<li><code>```</code> – Plain code block (no beautification, no copy button)</li>
</ul>


Simple Markdown

Simple and fast plugin to render markdown with a custom Gutenberg block. Professional code beautification and copy functionality included.

vaakash

<p>Git it Write allows to publish the markdown files present in a GitHub repository to your WordPress site. So with this plugin, whenever the files are added, updated in the repository the WordPress post will be added, updated accordingly.</p>
<p>This plugin is inspired from static site generators like <code>Jekyll</code>, <code>Next.js</code>, <code>Gatsby.js</code> on how content is written is markdown. This is a similar idea for WordPress where markdown files are parsed from GitHub and published as posts.</p>
<p>👓 <strong>Live example:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/vaakash/aakash-web" rel="nofollow ugc">Source github repository</a> (<code>/docs/</code> folder) to <a href="https://www.aakashweb.com/docs/" rel="nofollow ugc">Posts published</a></p>
<p>⚡ <strong>Getting started:</strong> <a href="https://www.aakashweb.com/docs/git-it-write/getting-started/" rel="nofollow ugc">Get started</a> with Git it write. Learn how to write <code>.md</code> files and publish posts on WordPress.</p>
<p>This allows people to collaborate with the post, share edits and suggestions in GitHub which when pulled the WordPress post will be updated automatically.</p>
<p>If a repository has files in the below structure,</p>
<pre><code>docs/
    guide/
        introduction.md
        getting-started.md
help/
    faq.md
</code></pre>
<p>Then below posts will be created like below (if permalinks are configured and the post type supports “hierarchy” i.e creating posts level by level (example: pages))</p>
<pre><code>https://example.com/docs/guide/introduction/
https://example.com/docs/guide/getting-started/
https://example.com/help/faq/
</code></pre>
<h3>🎲 What is the use of this plugin ?</h3>
<ul>
<li>Publish posts using the files in your GitHub repository.</li>
<li>Write your posts in Markdown format.</li>
<li>Write your posts on your desktop application (Notepad++, Sublime Text, Visual studio code).</li>
<li>Collaborate, involve communities on the files in GitHub and publish them on WordPress.</li>
<li>All the advantages of Git and it’s version management system.</li>
</ul>
<h3>🚀 Some use cases</h3>
<ul>
<li>Can be used for documentation posts, FAQs, Wikis etc.</li>
<li>Write blog posts.</li>
<li>Any articles which may need community involvement.</li>
</ul>
<h3>✨ Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Markdown will be processed and post will be published as HTML.</li>
<li>Images used in the source file will be uploaded to WordPress.</li>
<li>Relative links are supported.</li>
<li>Set post properties like post status, title, order, category, tags etc, in the source file itself.</li>
<li>Webhook support (whenever repository is changed, it updates the plugin to pull the latest changes and publish the posts)</li>
<li>Add multiple repositories.</li>
<li>Publish to any post type.</li>
<li>Posts are published in hierarchial manner if they are under folders. Example: a file <code>dir1/hello.md</code> will be posted as <code>dir1/hello/</code> in WordPress if the post type supports hierarchy.</li>
<li>Support for post metadata like setting tags, categories, custom fields.</li>
</ul>
<h3>ℹ Note</h3>
<ul>
<li>Only Markdown files will be pulled and published right now</li>
<li>Posts won’t be deleted when it’s source file is deleted on GitHub.</li>
<li>It is preferred to have a permalink structure.</li>
<li>It is preferred to select a post type which supports hierarchy.</li>
<li>Images have to present only in <code>_images</code> folder in the repository root. Markdown files have to relatively use them in the file.</li>
</ul>
<h3>🥗 Recommendation</h3>
<p>It is recommended that a permalink structure is enabled in the WordPress site so that, if you have file under <code>docs/reference/my-post.md</code> then a post is published like <code>https://example.com/docs/reference/my-post/</code>. This will be the result when post type has hierarchy support. They will be posted level by level for every folder in the repository. The folder’s post will be taken from the <code>index.md</code> file if exists under that folder.</p>
<h3>🏃‍♂️ Using the plugin</h3>
<ol>
<li>Have a GitHub repository where all the source files (markdown files) are maintained (organized in folders if needed the exact structure)</li>
<li>In the plugin settings page, click add a new repository.</li>
<li>Enter the details of the repository to pull the posts from and under what post type to publish them.</li>
<li>Save the settings</li>
<li>Click “Pull the posts” and then “Pull only” changes. This will publish posts for all the markdown files.</li>
<li>To automatically update posts whenever repository is updated, configure webhook as mentioned in the settings page.</li>
</ol>
<h3>Links</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.aakashweb.com/docs/git-it-write/" rel="nofollow ugc">Documentation</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.aakashweb.com/forum/" rel="nofollow ugc">Support forum/Report bugs</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.paypal.me/vaakash/" rel="nofollow ugc">Donate</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/vaakash/git-it-write" rel="nofollow ugc">Contribute on GitHub</a></li>
</ul>


Git it Write – Write posts from GitHub

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