Title: Parse Markdown
Author: Ben Marshall
Published: <strong>Dawout 18, 2020</strong>
Last modified: Dawout 19, 2020

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# Parse Markdown

 By [Ben Marshall](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bmarshall511/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/parse-markdown.1.0.1.zip)

 * [Details](https://hat.wordpress.org/plugins/parse-markdown/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://hat.wordpress.org/plugins/parse-markdown/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://hat.wordpress.org/plugins/parse-markdown/#installation)
 * [Development](https://hat.wordpress.org/plugins/parse-markdown/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/parse-markdown/)

## Description

Integrate [Markdown](https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/) into WordPress
comments with the Parse Markdown plugin. A simple, no configuration-required, standards-
driven plugin that allows commenters to use Markdown markup in their comments.

For more information on how it works and how to integrate in other plugins or themes,
see the [Parse Markdown documentation](https://www.benmarshall.me/parse-markdown-wordpress-plugin/).

## Installation

 1. Upload the entire `markdown-markup` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory.
 2. Activate the plugin through the Plugins screen (Plugins > Installed Plugins).

For more information, see the [plugin’s website](https://benmarshall.me/parse-markdown-wordpress-plugin).

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Parse Markdown” is open source software. The following people have contributed 
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Ben Marshall ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bmarshall511/)

“Parse Markdown” has been translated into 4 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/parse-markdown/contributors)
for their contributions.

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### Interested in development?

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## Changelog

#### 1.0.1

 * [Enhancement] Added the `parse_markdown` helper function.

#### 1.0.0

 * Initial release.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.1**
 *  Last updated **6 years ago**
 *  Active installations **20+**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.2 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **5.5.18**
 *  PHP version ** 7.1 or higher **
 *  Languages
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/parse-markdown/), [Spanish (Chile)](https://cl.wordpress.org/plugins/parse-markdown/),
   [Spanish (Mexico)](https://es-mx.wordpress.org/plugins/parse-markdown/), [Spanish (Spain)](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/parse-markdown/),
   and [Spanish (Venezuela)](https://ve.wordpress.org/plugins/parse-markdown/).
 *  [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/parse-markdown)
 * Tags
 * [code](https://hat.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/code/)[markdown](https://hat.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/markdown/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://hat.wordpress.org/plugins/parse-markdown/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Ben Marshall ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bmarshall511/)

## Support

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