Title: Use markdown for posts
Last modified: June 14, 2017

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# Use markdown for posts

 *  [saatomic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saatomic/)
 * (@saatomic)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/use-markdown-for-posts/)
 * _[ Moderator note: [moved to Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/before-posting-in-everything-wordpress/?view=all).]_
 * I’ve installed and set up `XAMPP` (v. 5.6.30-1) and `WordPress` (v. 4.8) for 
   some tests and I want to write posts in markdown.
 * I found this [official support document from wordpress.COM](https://en.support.wordpress.com/markdown/),
   stating that markdown support can simply be enabled in the settings, but this
   option is not available for me (see screenshot below).
 * ![No markdown option](https://i0.wp.com/i.stack.imgur.com/uNgyi.png?ssl=1)
 * Then I tried to install the [JP Markdown plugin]([https://wordpress.org/plugins/jetpack-markdown/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/jetpack-markdown/)),
   which kind of works, but only partially.
 * ![Some markdown usage](https://i0.wp.com/i.stack.imgur.com/gOQlM.png?ssl=1)
 * Most of the markdown works, but for example headings do not work.
 * Why don’t I have the options as officially stated by wordpress.com, to enable
   markdown?
 * And how do I enable a proper markdown editor for wordpress posts?
    -  This topic was modified 9 years ago by [saatomic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saatomic/).
    -  This topic was modified 9 years ago by [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/).

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 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/use-markdown-for-posts/#post-9226473)
 * WordPress.com is entirely different software than what’s on WordPress.org. It
   is expected that features available on WordPress.COM won’t all be available on
   WordPress.org unless through a plugin. Plugins here are largely developed by 
   the WordPress community and not Automattic, therefore will differ from core functionality
   at .COM.
    -  This reply was modified 9 years ago by [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/).
 *  Thread Starter [saatomic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saatomic/)
 * (@saatomic)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/use-markdown-for-posts/#post-9226488)
 * Thank you for the feedback – I understand that wordpress COM and ORG are different–
   I just assumed such a basic feature would be, well, basic. Sorry for that.
 * Is there a way to enable the usage of markdown in a wordpress(.org) installation?
 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/use-markdown-for-posts/#post-9226513)
 * Oddly it looks like the plugin you were using isn’t actually developed by Jetpack,
   but someone pretending to be Jetpack.
 * The markdown functionality has now been incorporated into Jetpack: [https://jetpack.com/support/markdown/](https://jetpack.com/support/markdown/)
 * So try that plugin isntead: [https://wordpress.org/plugins/jetpack/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/jetpack/)
 *  Thread Starter [saatomic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saatomic/)
 * (@saatomic)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/use-markdown-for-posts/#post-9226533)
 * Thank you for the suggestion, but that seems like some insane overkill, just 
   to enable markdown.
 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/use-markdown-for-posts/#post-9226550)
 * The reason it isn’t in WordPress core is down to the WordPress.org philosophy
   of designing for the majority and the majority of people using WordPress are 
   not developers.

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 * [markdown](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/markdown/)

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 * Last reply from: [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * Last activity: [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/use-markdown-for-posts/#post-9226550)
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