With the Markdown block you can create formatted content using only regular characters and some punctuation marks. Markdown is used by writers and bloggers who want a quick and easy way to write formatted text, but without having to take their hands off the keyboard, and without learning a lot of complicated codes and shortcuts.
The Markdown block is enabled by default when you set up Jetpack.
Since it is a block only, it remains available even if you disable the Markdown feature in Jetpack → Settings → Writing → Composing.
Adding a Markdown block
You can add a Markdown Block to any post or page, by selecting it from the Jetpack section of the block picker:
Learning Markdown
It’s easy to get started writing in Markdown! You can see the basics on this page. If you need a more detailed guide, there’s also a 10-minute tutorial.
Markdown Implementation
Our Markdown block uses the markdown-it parser, which supports the CommonMark spec. If you need full details of the syntax that our Markdown block supports, see the markdown-itdemo page.
Markdown Block
With the Markdown block you can create formatted content using only regular characters and some punctuation marks. Markdown is used by writers and bloggers who want a quick and easy way to write formatted text, but without having to take their hands off the keyboard, and without learning a lot of complicated codes and shortcuts.
If you have Jetpack enabled but are not using the WordPress block editor, take a look at our Markdown support document for more information.
Requirements
The Markdown block is enabled by default when you set up Jetpack.
Since it is a block only, it remains available even if you disable the Markdown feature in Jetpack → Settings → Writing → Composing.
Adding a Markdown block
You can add a Markdown Block to any post or page, by selecting it from the Jetpack section of the block picker:
Learning Markdown
It’s easy to get started writing in Markdown! You can see the basics on this page. If you need a more detailed guide, there’s also a 10-minute tutorial.
Markdown Implementation
Our Markdown block uses the
markdown-it
parser, which supports the CommonMark spec. If you need full details of the syntax that our Markdown block supports, see themarkdown-it
demo page.Related