Typewriter
Typewriter replaces the Visual Editor with a simple Markdown editor for your posts and pages.
4.5(8 reviews)
·10 active installs·Updated 12 years agoAs of April 2026, Typewriter is a WordPress pages plugin with 10 active installations and a 4.5/5 rating from 8 reviews. It has been downloaded 3.6K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.5+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Last updated 12 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: WP-PageNavi.
4.5/58 reviews
10active installs
3.6K+total downloads
13 yearssince 2013
Overview
Typewriter completely removes the “Visual Editor” feature in WordPress and replaces it
with a simple Markdown editor so that you can join sites like StackOverflow and Github in writing in the
simple and growingly popular Markdown format.
For the more technical among you, Typewriter removes the TinyMCE editor and defaults to a Markdown specific “Text” editor
and parses the output using MarkdownExtra.
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Ratings & Reviews
4.58 reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.5+ requiredTested up to 3.6.1 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
1.0 (2013.09.25)
- Initial release
Contributors
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