About this plugin
Simple Markdown is a lightweight WordPress plugin that adds a custom Gutenberg block for rendering Markdown content directly in your posts and pages. Perfect for developers, writers, and anyone who prefers writing in Markdown format.
0: Professional Code Beautification
* Automatic code formatting and indentation for all supported languages
* Professional copy buttons positioned as elegant tabs outside code blocks
* Language-aware beautification (JavaScript, PHP, CSS, JSON, Bash)
* Smart preservation of ASCII art and tree structures in copy-only blocks
Core Features:
- Custom Gutenberg block for Markdown content
- Support for common Markdown syntax:
- Headers (H1-H6)
- Bold and italic text
- Inline code and code blocks with copy functionality
- Links
- Unordered and ordered lists
- Blockquotes
- Professional code block rendering with:
- Automatic beautification and proper indentation
- One-click copy functionality with visual feedback
- Language labels (JavaScript, PHP, CSS, JSON, Bash)
- Tight line spacing optimized for code readability
- Clean HTML output with semantic markup
- Theme-resistant styling with robust CSS overrides
- Easy to use interface
This is the core version with all essential markdown features plus professional code handling. A Pro version with syntax highlighting and other advanced features will be available in the future.
Supported Markdown Syntax:
- # Header 1 through ###### Header 6
- **bold text** and *italic text*
- `inline code` and code blocks with triple backticks
- [link text](URL) for links
- - item for unordered lists
- 1. item for ordered lists
- > quote for blockquotes
Advanced Code Block Syntax:
- ```javascript copy – Beautified JavaScript with copy button
- ```php copy – Beautified PHP with copy button
- ```css copy – Beautified CSS with copy button
- ```json copy – Beautified JSON with copy button
- ```bash copy – Bash commands with copy button
- ```copy – Copy button without beautification (preserves ASCII art)
- ``` – Plain code block (no beautification, no copy button)