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robbieaverill/silverstripe-markdowntextareafield
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Supercharged textarea with markdown preview for Silverstripe CMS

1.1.4(10y ago)61.2k6[5 issues](https://github.com/robbieaverill/silverstripe-markdowntextareafield/issues)BSD-3-ClausePHP

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Markdown capable TextareaField for Silverstripe CMS
===================================================

[](#markdown-capable-textareafield-for-silverstripe-cms)

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Features
--------

[](#features)

- Live preview (toggle)
- Extendable toolbar with common markdown functions
- Support for both regular markdown and [extra functions](http://michelf.ca/projects/php-markdown/extra)

Screenshot
----------

[](#screenshot)

[![Markdown editor screenshot](/templates/images/screenshot.png?raw=true)](/templates/images/screenshot.png?raw=true)

Credits and Authors
-------------------

[](#credits-and-authors)

- Original author - Priit Hansen (@priithansen)
- Maintainer - Robbie Averill (@robbieaverill)
- Silverstripe CMS -
- PHP Markdown -
- Rangy Text Inputs -
- Markdown syntax -
- Icons -

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- SilverStripe >= 3.1
- [PHP Markdown](https://github.com/michelf/php-markdown)

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

[](#installation)

- Use composer to install `composer require robbieaverill/silverstripe-markdowntextareafield:*`
- Run `/dev/build?flush=1`

### Instructions

[](#instructions)

You can use the `MarkdownText` data type for regular markdown or `MarkdownTextExtra` for added syntax features:

```
class Page extends SiteTree {

    private static $db = array(
        'MarkdownContent' => 'MarkdownTextExtra',
    );

    public function getCMSFields() {
        $fields = parent::getCMSFields();

        $markdownfield = MarkdownTextareaField::create('MarkdownContent');
        $markdownfield->enableExtra(); // Enables extra syntax support for fields live preview.

        $fields->addFieldToTab('Root.Main', $markdownfield);
        return $fields;
    }
}
```

### Template:

[](#template)

It is also possible to override/use markdown syntax in templates:

```

    $MarkdownContent

    $MarkdownContent.MarkdownAsHTML

    $MarkdownContent.MarkdownExtraAsHTML

        // Render JSON content
        $MarkdownContent.MarkdownAsJS
        // or
        $MarkdownContent.MarkdownExtraAsJS

```

Notes
-----

[](#notes)

- Bug reports and ideas more than welcome.

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 66% of packages

Maintenance3

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity22

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity71

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 83.3% 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 ~92 days

Recently: every ~9 days

Total

13

Last Release

3612d ago

Major Versions

0.9.2 → 1.1.02016-02-20

1.1.4 → 2.0-alpha2016-06-25

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/04057079b9a8a168a9e8c40cf7bac17f05047255c48b71b63fc610db06f096cb?d=identicon)[robbieaverill](/maintainers/robbieaverill)

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Top Contributors

[![robbieaverill](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5170590?v=4)](https://github.com/robbieaverill "robbieaverill (20 commits)")[![hdpero](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/13778690?v=4)](https://github.com/hdpero "hdpero (3 commits)")[![dmc-core](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/22206626?v=4)](https://github.com/dmc-core "dmc-core (1 commits)")

---

Tags

cmsmarkdownsilverstripesilverstripemarkdowncmsmodule

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