Writing with Markdown in an external editor

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  motibenari · Member · Aug 27, 2017 at 6:10 am

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  I use an external editor to write a post with Markdown formatting. When I paste the text into the WP editor, the Markdown is ignored. How can I do this?

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  kokkieh · Staff · Aug 27, 2017 at 9:15 am

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  Hi there,

  It looks like Markdown is currently disabled on your site:

  https://motibenari.wordpress.com/wp-admin/options-writing.php

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  motibenari · Member · Aug 27, 2017 at 9:34 am

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  Sorry. I didn’t even recall that I once set up that site.
  The site I am actually using is:
  https://edulitsite.wordpress.com/

  But I think I figured out the problem: I expected the formatting to be applied in the editor and it is only applied in the post itself. Correct?

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  kokkieh · Staff · Aug 27, 2017 at 3:12 pm

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  Ah, okay :)

  If you’re pasting in the markdown it will only render on publication, yes, instead of instantly like when you type it directly in the editor. You might also be able to trigger it by switching to the HTML editor and then back to text, but it might not work for all types of markdown.