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<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.

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<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>


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