Title: markdown not working, never worked
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# markdown not working, never worked

 *  [Steph](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steph/)
 * (@steph)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/markdown-not-working-never-worked/)
 * I have dozens of old posts written in markdown, from the days of the first markdown
   plugins many many years ago.
 * I have had jetpack for quite some time too, and was happy when the markdown module
   showed up, but it has never been bothered to parse the markdown in my posts.
 * See one example: [http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/09/08/comment-se-faire-connaitre-comme-independant/](http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2007/09/08/comment-se-faire-connaitre-comme-independant/)
 * I think I’ve contacted support once before about this but, well, I obviously 
   still have the problem.
 * Any help/ideas?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/jetpack/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/jetpack/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Jeremy Herve](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeherve/)
 * (@jeherve)
 * Jetpack Mechanic 🚀
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/markdown-not-working-never-worked/#post-7249174)
 * > I think I’ve contacted support once before about this but, well, I obviously
   > still have the problem.
 * Yes, we’ve talked about [this](https://twitter.com/stephtara/status/676492807406804992)
   [before](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/markdown-not-working-2?replies=2&view=all).
 * This could be a plugin compatibility issue. Jetpack’s Markdown module doesn’t
   store any markdown content in the `post_content` row of your database. That row
   is used by WordPress to store your post content, and by your theme when accessing
   your post content to display it on the site.
    Instead, Jetpack saves all your
   Markdown in a `post_content_filtered` row, and then converts that markdown to
   HTML and saves that HTML into `post_content`.
 * This way, if you ever decide to deactivate Jetpack, you don’t end up with raw
   Markdown code displayed in your posts. Jetpack never saved raw markdown in `post_content`,
   and your site can consequently continue to get its post content from that row,
   knowing it’s going to be HTML only.
 * Your previous plugin apparently didn’t follow the same rules. And if it didn’t
   save any content in `post_content_filtered`, Jetpack wouldn’t know to convert
   content into HTML.
 * However, if you were to edit an existing post and save it, Jetpack should start
   saving Markdown and converting it. Could you give that a try, and let me know
   how it goes?
 * Could you also let me know what happens when you write a brand new post? Does
   the Markdown module work there?
 *  [etrigan63](https://wordpress.org/support/users/etrigan63/)
 * (@etrigan63)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/markdown-not-working-never-worked/#post-8541508)
 * I too am having this problem. I activated Markdown via Jetpack and it reports
   all is hunky-dory. I go to Settings -> Writing and there is no “Use Markdown 
   to post” checkbox. There is a “Use Markdown to comment” checkbox under Settings-
   > Discussion. If I create a new post and click on Text and paste some Markdown
   from Typora, my post looks like Markdown source code when I click on Visual. 
   No rendering at all. I have disconnected/reconnected Jetpack numerous times. 
   I have uninstalled and reinstalled it three times.
 * Markdown no workee.
 * My site is [http://www.echenique.com](http://www.echenique.com)
 * Any clues?
 *  Plugin Author [Jeremy Herve](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeherve/)
 * (@jeherve)
 * Jetpack Mechanic 🚀
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/markdown-not-working-never-worked/#post-8543427)
 * [@etrigan63](https://wordpress.org/support/users/etrigan63/) Could you please
   start your own thread, as per the [Forum Welcome](http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome)?
   
   [https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/jetpack#new-post](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/jetpack#new-post)
 * Thank you!

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/markdown-not-working-never-worked/#post-8543427)
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