Mark It Down WordPress!
Helping you write posts/pages in plain-text Markdown syntax, while switching-off Visual Editor. It sits on the shoulders of a giant, namely Jetpack.
5(2 reviews)
·0 active installs·Updated 8 years agoAs of April 2026, Mark It Down WordPress! is a WordPress markup plugin with 0 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 1.3K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.7.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2017. Last updated 8 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Preserved HTML Editor Markup Plus.
5/52 reviews
0active installs
1.3K+total downloads
9 yearssince 2017
Overview
This is a simple plugin to help you write posts or pages in plain-text Markdown syntax. And even allowing plaint-text Markdown for comments as well. It will also switch-off the Visual Editor, as you don’t need distractions. This plugin sits on top of a giant’s shoulder, namely Jetpack.
This plugin is also installable via composer, see: https://github.com/7php/MarkItDownWordpress
Roadmap
- By default, toggle the checkbox to true for Settings > Writing > ‘Use Markdown for posts and pages’
- By default, toggle the checkbox to true for Settings > Discussion > ‘Use Markdown for comments’
- In plain-tex editor mode, remove the short-formatting buttons, e.g [b, i, link, b-quote, del].. etc. Make the editor, distraction free.
- Make an effort to provide Ma…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.7.0+ requiredTested up to 4.7.33 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
2.0.1
- Remove dependencies to class.jetpack-options.php and trigger E_USER_WARNING if Jetpack plugin is also installed (instead of E_USER_ERROR)
- Allows user to install this plugin even though Jetpack is enabled.
- Not backward compatible to v1.0.0
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