MarkitUp (beta) is a wordpress plugin which allows you to use Markdown on your site without breaking existing content
As of April 2026, MarkItUp! is a WordPress editor plugin with 20 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 2.1K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.5.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Last updated 12 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Elementor Website Builder – more than….
MarkItUp (beta) allows for you to use Markdown on your WordPress site.
It does this on a per-author basis and per-post. This means that you shouldn’t be accidently converting other people’s posts/pages into Markdown by accident!
Currently this wears the beta label because it could have little bumps which aren’t smoothed out just yet.
| WordPress | 3.5.1+ requiredTested up to 3.5.2 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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