Markdown quick reference
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| Emphasis |
*Emphasize* _emphasize_ **Strong** __Strong__ |
Emphasize Strong Some WordPress.com themes may have different formatting for these styles |
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| Inline Links |
A [link](http://example.com "Title"). Most browsers show the title text when hovering over a link. or , will take priority over Markdown links and shouldn’t be used for link text. |
A link. | ||||
| Referenced Links |
Some text with [a link][1] and another [link][2]. [1]: http://example.com/ "Title" [2]: http://example.org/ "Title" The reference section can be anywhere in the document |
Some text with a link and another link. | ||||
| Inline Images |
Logo:  The “Alt” text (alternative text) makes images accessible to visually impaired |
Logo:  |
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| Referenced Images |
Smaller logo: ![Alt][1] [1]: /wp-smaller.png "Title" |
Smaller logo:  |
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| Linked Images |
Linked logo: [] (http://wordpress.com/ "Title") |
Linked logo: |
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| Footnotes |
I have more [^1] to say up here. [^1]: To say down here. Footnotes will be added to the bottom of the document, with a link back to the original reference |
I have more 1 to say up here.
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| Line breaks | We do not support Markdown’s typical double-space to generate a line break due to our built-in auto-linebreaking function. A regular line break will generate a line break on output. | |||||
| Bullet Lists |
* Item * Item - Item - Item |
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| Numbered Lists |
1. Item 2. Item |
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| Mixed Lists |
1. Item 2. Item * Mixed * Mixed 3. Item |
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| Blockquotes |
> Quoted text. > > Quoted quote. > * Quoted > * List |
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| Preformatted |
Begin each line with two spaces or more to make text look e x a c t l y like you type i t. |
Begin each line with two spaces or more to make text look e x a c t l y like you type i t. |
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| Code |
`This is code` |
This is code |
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| Code block |
~~~~ This is a piece of code in a block ~~~~ ``` This too ``` |
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| Syntax highlighting |
```css
#button {
border: none;
}
```
See Posting Source Code for supported languages |
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| Headers |
# Header 1 ## Header 2 ### Header 3 #### Header 4 #### ##### Header 5 ##### ###### Header 6 ###### Closing hash marks are optional on all levels |
Header 1 Header 2 Header 3 Header 4 Header 5 Header 6 |
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| Definition Lists |
WordPress : A semantic personal publishing platform Markdown : Text-to-HTML conversion tool |
Formatting for definition lists may vary between themes |
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| Abbreviations |
Markdown converts text to HTML. *[HTML]: HyperText Markup Language Definitions can be anywhere in the document |
Markdown converts text toHTML. |
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