Hi all,

We are pleased to announce Native Markdown, a new MediaWiki extension that provides a deeply integrated Markdown content model.

In contrast to some earlier Markdown extensions, the entire page is stored as Markdown rather than embedding Markdown within wikitext via a tag or similar.

You get functioning links, categories, search, image embeds, table of contents, WhatLinksHere, etc. You can even embed templates and parser functions, though wiki admins can disable this for a full Markdown-only experience.

The extension can be added to existing wikis with wikitext pages without breaking anything, since those pages will remain wikitext. By default, all new wiki pages will be in Markdown, with configuration options that let you control how fully you switch to Markdown (e.g., only in certain namespaces).

Find the release blog with demo video at https://professional.wiki/en/news/native-markdown-released

Read the docs at https://professional.wiki/en/extension/native-markdown

Explore the source or file issues at https://github.com/ProfessionalWiki/NativeMarkdown

Best