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nichestudio/acf-markdown
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Markdown-enhanced ACF textarea

1.1.1(8y ago)12.6k1MITPHPPHP >=5.4

Since May 21Pushed 8y agoCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/nichestudio/ACF-Markdown)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/nichestudio/acf-markdown)[ Docs](https://github.com/nichestudio/ACF-Markdown)[ RSS](/packages/nichestudio-acf-markdown/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 4w ago

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ACF Markdown Field
==================

[](#acf-markdown-field)

Markdown-enhanced ACF textarea.

Works with repeaters and even frontend forms using [Advanced Forms](https://github.com/advancedforms/advanced-forms).

Uses
----

[](#uses)

- [Inscryb/inscryb-markdown-editor](https://github.com/Inscryb/inscryb-markdown-editor) for the editor
- [cebe/markdown](https://github.com/cebe/markdown) to render the output

Requires:
---------

[](#requires)

- PHP >=5.4
- Composer
- ACF v5

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require nichestudio/acf-markdown

```

Customise Editor
----------------

[](#customise-editor)

Override the [Inscryb editor options](https://github.com/Inscryb/inscryb-markdown-editor#configuration):

```
acf.add_filter( 'niche_markdown/inscrybmde_args', function ( args, field ) {

	if ( field.o.id === 'field_xxxx' ) {
		args[ 'placeholder' ] = 'Enter your content using Markdown';
	}

	return args;
} );
```

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 65% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity21

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

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 ~0 days

Total

4

Last Release

3001d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1870204?v=4)[Lachlan Arthur](/maintainers/LachlanArthur)[@LachlanArthur](https://github.com/LachlanArthur)

---

Top Contributors

[![LachlanArthur](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1870204?v=4)](https://github.com/LachlanArthur "LachlanArthur (1 commits)")

---

Tags

acf-fieldmarkdownwordpress-plugin

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