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Markdown Shortcode

by JHoppe

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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!

  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
  1. Blog post written in markdown.

    Blog post written in markdown.

  2. Same blog post on front end.

    Same blog post on front end.

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.

Simple and useful

By shouldsee on June 30, 2017

It parses pasted text perfectly. Remember to edit the post in "plain text" and not in "visual" mode!! Best of best! Thanks so much for creating it.

best markdown plugin

By xXZ3R0x on September 3, 2016

Does what it says and does it cleanly.
Had an issue with conflicting plugins dev fixed it very quickly.

Just do what it says

By nyl_auster on September 3, 2016

Work as expected , thank you, simple and efficient. (just write "[markdown] blabla [/markdown] with your wysiwyg as "text" )

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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