WP-Markdown

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Directory rank vs rivals

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How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 77% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

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1. ★★★★★ tir38

   3.7y ago

   Updating site to PHP 8.1 and WordPress to 6.1.1 and this plugin is causing errors: htdocs/wp-content/plugins/wp-markdown/markdown-extra.php. Error message: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is no longer supported Luckily all of the posts that were using this plugin are still fine (since they’ve are migrated to use WP syntax at the time of writing). But I won’t be able to edit them as markdown or post new posts as markdown. Time to look for a new markdown support plugin

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2. ★★★★★ 528491

   6.2y ago

   Was amazed it even features a wysiwyg comparison preview in real time. Beautiful just beautiful piece of plugin. Too bad it seems abandoned, it will be a scary ride to update my WordPress version in the long run.

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3. ★★★★★ jamesrandom

   7.2y ago

   With WP 5.2 it generates errors of the form: Warning: “continue” targeting switch is equivalent to “break”. Did you mean to use “continue 2”? in /public_html/wp-content/plugins/wp-markdown/markdownify/markdownify.php on line 299 Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /public_html/wp-content/plugins/wp-markdown/markdownify/markdownify.php:299) in /public_html/wp-admin/includes/misc.php on line 1196

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4. ★★★★★ janwilmans

   8.5y ago

   Works great, however I would like anchors for headings like github does and tripple quotes do not survive the round-trip. This topic was modified 8 years, 5 months ago by janwilmans.

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5. ★★★★★ angeljs

   9.1y ago

   Just what I need for my not-so-technical members! Thank you!

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6. ★★★★★ Georgi Popov

   10.4y ago

   Version 1.5.1 of the plugin works almost perfectly. I’m just waiting for the upcoming 1.6 update (which is in alpha on GitHub) to be pushed, so I can use GitHub Flavor-style codeblocks specifying the exact language.

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7. ★★★★★ richardwo

   10.6y ago

   I like the simplified editor controls so you don’t need to know Markdown to use it – the basics are in there Ideal for less technical people that can get into a muddle with HTML. Entering table markup works OK in the article but doesn’t render as a table in the preview window.

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8. ★★★★★ OllieJones

   11.8y ago

   Thanks for this. If you wanted to make an improvement, you might consider integrating this with https://wordpress.org/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-01-20 500+ → 400+ down after 97 days in tier
2. 2025-10-15 600+ → 500+ down after 73 days in tier
3. 2025-08-03 700+ → 600+ down after 17 days in tier
4. 2025-07-17 800+ → 700+ down after 17 days in tier
5. 2025-06-30 900+ → 800+ down after 24 days in tier
6. 2025-06-06 1K+ → 900+ down after 727 days in tier
7. 2023-06-10 2K+ → 1K+ down

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• U Urvanov Syntax Highlighter 3K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B
• Preserve Code Formatting 400+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags C
• G Gist GitHub Shortcode 200+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
• W WP-SynHighlight 100+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
• P Prettify Code Syntax 70+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
• P Parsedown for WordPress 60+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D

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WP-Markdown: 400+ active installs, 4.5★ (28 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-markdown