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friartuck6000/wp-parsedown
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Disable the WYSIWYG editor and author content in Markdown, with a live preview

v1.0.8(10y ago)03031[2 issues](https://github.com/friartuck6000/wp-parsedown/issues)1MITPHP

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WP Parsedown
============

[](#wp-parsedown)

A [Parsedown](https://github.com/erusev/parsedown) wrapper for WordPress. Completely disables the visual (WYSIWYG) editor and replaces the plain text box with the [Ace](https://ace.c9.io/#nav=about) text editor, complete with Markdown syntax highlighting.

**Coming soon:** Live content previews.

Release Notes
-------------

[](#release-notes)

Check the [changelog](CHANGELOG.md).

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 66% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity69

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~8 days

Total

9

Last Release

3707d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4365821?v=4)[Kyle Tucker](/maintainers/friartuck6000)[@friartuck6000](https://github.com/friartuck6000)

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Top Contributors

[![friartuck6000](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4365821?v=4)](https://github.com/friartuck6000 "friartuck6000 (121 commits)")

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