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Total downloads: 2,619
Active installs: 50
Total reviews: 3
Average rating: 5
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 1
Last updated: 9/21/2025 (101 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 9/10/2015 (10 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: f
Tested up to WordPress version: 6.7.4
Minimum PHP version: f

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Maintained • Last updated 101 days ago • 3 reviews

52/100

Is Markdown Shortcode abandoned?

Likely maintained (last update 101 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: f
Tested up to: 6.7.4
Requires PHP: f

Ratings

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Developers

JHoppe (Owner)1

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Description

Damn simple [markdown]#via shortcode[/markdown] for wordpress.
This plugin uses parsedown and highlight.js. Zero configuration.

Write this into the editor:

[markdown]  
#h1

h2

text  
____source code (two ore more underscores will be replaced by empty spaces)  
____source code (two ore more underscores will be replaced by empty spaces)  

    `javascript
source code
    `
[/markdown]

and the shortcode content will be parsed with parsedown. Syntax highlighting will appear for the source codes.

This plugin is available at github, too.
Please report issues at github, pull requests are welcome, too!

Installation

  1. Upload the markdown-shortcode directory to the /wp-content/plugins directory.
  2. Activate the plugin through the plugins menu in WordPress.
  3. Use it by wrapping text in the shortcode

Frequently Asked Questions

Will it work in the Visual Editor?

Yes. You can switch between Visual and Text(HTML) mode. The plugin converts html entities back to the original characters.

The WYSIWYG editor (TinyMCE) is removing empty spaces!

Indeed, TinyMCE is well-known for destroying markup. Replace empty spaces with underscores __ .
Underscores will be converted to empty spaces right before markdown conversion.

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Screenshots

  1. Blog post written in markdown.

    Blog post written in markdown.

  2. Same blog post on front end.

    Same blog post on front end.

Changelog

0.2.3

  • Security fix: Added wp_kses_post() sanitization to prevent XSS vulnerability (CVE-2025-10180)
  • Fixed stored XSS vulnerability where contributors could inject malicious scripts through markdown content

0.1

  • see https://github.com/JohannesHoppe/markdown-shortcode/releases for a list of all releases
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