Publishing to a CMS
Writing the article in Markdown and pasting the resulting HTML into the editor avoids wrestling with formatting toolbars.
Markdown to HTML
Convert Markdown to HTML with a live preview.
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What it is for
Markdown is a way of writing formatted text using only ordinary characters: asterisks for bold, hashes for headings, hyphens for lists. It reads fine as it stands and converts into HTML when you need to publish it.
Its strength is separating content from presentation without making you handle tags. Writing in Markdown is almost as fast as writing in a notebook, and at the same time produces correct semantic structure, with properly formed headings and lists, which is exactly what search engines need to understand.
Conversion here runs one way, with a live preview as you type, and the resulting HTML copies out ready to paste wherever it is needed.
How it works
- Write or paste your Markdown text in the editor.
- The HTML preview updates automatically as you type.
- Copy the resulting HTML to paste it wherever you need.
When to use it
Technical documentation
Markdown is the de facto standard in code repositories and wikis; converting lets you reuse that text on a website.
Newsletters and email
Drafting in Markdown and converting gives clean HTML, without the tangle of tags visual editors produce.
Practical tips
- Leave a blank line between paragraphs: without it, Markdown merges them into one.
- Use a single top-level heading per document and structure the rest with lower levels.
- For a list, the hyphen or asterisk must be followed by a space before the text.
- Conversion runs only from Markdown to HTML. Keep the original Markdown, which is what you can comfortably keep editing.
Frequently asked questions
Which Markdown elements does it support?
The most common ones: headings, bold, italics, lists, links, images, quotes and code blocks.
Can I edit the HTML directly?
No, this tool converts in one direction (Markdown → HTML); the generated HTML is copied as text for you to use wherever you like.