WordPress is not embracing the Markdown revolution very well. It only natively supports Markdown with non-self-hosted WordPress. Outside of that it requires you to use Jetpack to get something close to native support, but Jetpack is invasive and raises serious privacy concerns.
There are third-party plugins to support Markdown but all of them I’ve tried so far are glitchy and annoying. None have worked flawlessly so far.
While WordPress is a great framework for self-publishing in many ways, it’s continuing unwillingness to fully embrace Markdown natively is a serious concern.
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