Markdown Extra

Markdown Extra is a lightweight markup language based on Markdown implemented in PHP (originally), Python and Ruby. It adds features not available with plain Markdown syntax. Markdown Extra is supported in content management systems, for example Drupal,^[1] TYPO3^[2] and MediaWiki.^[3]

It adds the following features to Markdown:

• Markdown inside HTML blocks
• Elements with id/class attribute
• Fenced code blocks
• Tables^[4]
• Definition lists
• Footnotes
• Abbreviations

See also

• Markdown extensions

References

1. ↑ Markdown editor for BUEditor
2. ↑ Markdown for TYPO3
3. ↑ MarkdownExtraParser for MediaWiki
4. ↑ PHP Markdown Extra - Tables

External links

• PHP Markdown Extra official site, featuring PHP implementation and syntax reference.
• Maruku is a Ruby implementation of Markdown Extra.
• Python Markdown has many of the features of Markdown Extra available as extensions.
• js-markdown-extra is an experimental JavaScript port of PHP Markdown Extra.
• Parsedown Extra is an alternative PHP implementation.