What is Markdown ?
Markdown is a way of writing that allows everyone to write HTML without even realizing it. Created in 2004 by John Gruber, the latter wanted to provide non-programmers a way to write easy to read text that would be translated into HTML.
What are the advantages?
The goal is to Markdown format easily and efficiently text using only the keyboard. It’s easy, fast and accessible to all. Write this way is useful on some forums as Stack Overflow, Reddit, Github, or to write articles with Jekyll! WordPress also allows you to write with some Markdown since version 4.3.
MarkDown in WordPress
You can also create and edit or .markdown .md files, which are the proper extension to the files written in markdown.
Test the result of your markdown files
There are several sites to test your knowledge in Markdown.
How does it works ?
Formatting
Italics
This is *italics* This is _italics_
Result:
This is italics
Bold
This is **bold** This is __bold__
Résultat:
This is bold
Title H1, H2…
I am an H1 title ========= I am an H2 title --------- # H1 title ## H2 title ### H3 title
Result:
<h1>I am an H1 title</h1> <h2>I am an H2 title</h2>
Lists
Unordered
* Hello
* How are you?
* Good
* Bad
* All of the above
* And you ?
Ordered
1. I am number one 2. And number two 3. and one more
Quotes
> Girl Knows Tech > The best tech blog
becomes
<blockquote> <p>Girl Knows Tech</p> <p>The best tech blog</p> </blockquote>
or
Girl Knows Tech
The best tech blog
Code snippets
1 line
Just surround the line of code with a grave accent.
`String girlKnowsTech = "best tech blog";`
Multiline
To put bits of code, you just have to indent each line 4 spaces.
Hypertext links
Visit [Girl Knows Tech](https://girlknowstech.com) everyday
Visit Girl Knows Tech everyday
Pictures
This is about the same as the structure for a link, except that there is an exclamation point at the beginning (!). The bracketed text is the alt attribute of the image. This information is used for the blind individuals or when a problem occurs and the image can not be displayed.
Separation
------------- *************
Result:
You need to write at least 3 or 4 dashes or starts to have to make that line appear.
