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Markdown Renderer for GitHub

Transform your WordPress content with beautiful GitHub Flavored Markdown rendering, syntax highlighting, and interactive diagrams.

Overview

Markdown Renderer for GitHub is a powerful WordPress plugin that brings the familiar GitHub markdown experience to your WordPress site. Perfect for technical blogs, documentation sites, and any content that needs professional code presentation.

Key Features

🎨 Beautiful Syntax Highlighting

  • Powered by Shiki - the same syntax highlighter used by VS Code
  • Support for 100+ programming languages
  • Multiple beautiful themes (GitHub Light/Dark, VS Code themes, and more)
  • Automatic language detection

📊 Mermaid Diagram Support

  • Create flowcharts, sequence diagrams, and more
  • Professional diagram rendering
  • Interactive zoom functionality
  • Error handling with user-friendly messages

✨ GitHub Flavored Markdown

  • Tables, task lists, strikethrough
  • Automatic URL linking
  • Footnotes support
  • 100% compatible with GitHub markdown

📋 Copy Button Feature

  • One-click code copying
  • GitHub-style user experience
  • Full accessibility support
  • Mobile-friendly design

⚡ Performance Optimized

  • Asset lazy loading
  • Minimal performance impact
  • CDN-friendly architecture
  • Optimized for WordPress

Use Cases

  • Technical Blogs: Share code snippets with professional syntax highlighting
  • Documentation Sites: Create beautiful technical documentation
  • Developer Portfolios: Showcase your code with style
  • Educational Content: Teach programming with clear, readable code examples
  • API Documentation: Document your APIs with interactive examples

Pricing

Free Version

  • Basic markdown rendering
  • Limited syntax highlighting themes
  • Standard support via WordPress.org

Premium Version

  • All syntax highlighting themes
  • Advanced customization options
  • Lifetime updates
  • Commercial use license

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Requirements

  • WordPress 6.0 or higher
  • PHP 8.1 or higher
  • Modern browser with JavaScript enabled

Installation

  1. Download the plugin from WordPress.org or purchase the premium version
  2. Upload to your WordPress plugins directory
  3. Activate the plugin
  4. Configure settings in WordPress admin

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