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winter/wn-parsedown-plugin
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Reverts Markdown parsing back to the Parsedown library.

v1.0.0(2y ago)1351MITPHP

Since Oct 28Pushed 2y ago2 watchersCompare

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Parsedown plugin
================

[](#parsedown-plugin)

Provides backwards compatibility for older Markdown content by reverting the Markdown parser in Winter CMS back to the [Parsedown](https://github.com/erusev/parsedown) library.

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require winter/wn-parsedown-plugin

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

As long as this plugin is enabled, it should work automatically. Any usage of the `Markdown` facade or making of the `parse.markdown` app binding should use Parsedown library instead.

This plugin has been set up to be API-compatible with the CommonMark library that is now installed with Winter CMS, but using the new API to enable or disable configuration will be ignored for Parsedown.

License
-------

[](#license)

MIT.

###  Health Score

23

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LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity42

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

925d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7253840?v=4)[Luke Towers](/maintainers/LukeTowers)[@LukeTowers](https://github.com/LukeTowers)

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/15900351?v=4)[Ben Thomson](/maintainers/bennothommo)[@bennothommo](https://github.com/bennothommo)

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Top Contributors

[![bennothommo](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/15900351?v=4)](https://github.com/bennothommo "bennothommo (4 commits)")

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