Markdown to HTML Converter

The Markdown to HTML Converter turns text written in Markdown into HTML you can paste into WordPress, a website template, a newsletter tool or any editor with an HTML view. It handles headings, bold, italics, inline code, bullet points and links, which covers most blog drafts and short documentation.

Converting the sample text

The input box starts with this example:

# Hello

This is **bold** and *italic* with a [link](https://example.com).

Press Convert to HTML and the output is:

<p><h1>Hello</h1></p><p>This is <strong>bold</strong> and <em>italic</em> with a <a href="https://example.com">link</a>.</p>

Each blank line in your Markdown starts a new paragraph, and the whole output is wrapped in paragraph tags.

Cleaning the HTML before you publish

The converter is deliberately simple, so a quick tidy-up gives better results in a CMS:

1. Unwrap headings. Remove the <p> and </p> around each heading. A heading inside a paragraph is invalid HTML, and some editors add empty paragraphs when they repair it.
2. Wrap list items. Bullet lines become <li> elements without a parent list. Put <ul> before the first item and </ul> after the last.
3. Decide on link behaviour. Links are plain <a href> tags. Add target or rel attributes yourself if your site policy needs them, for example on sponsored links.
4. Check line breaks. A single Enter inside a paragraph is not converted to <br>, so lines you meant to keep separate will join up when displayed.

Pasting into WordPress and email tools

In the WordPress block editor, add a Custom HTML block and paste the cleaned code there; in the older Classic Editor, switch to the Text tab first. Newsletter platforms typically have a "source" or "HTML" button for the same purpose. Headings use h1 to h6 exactly as marked, so if your theme already prints the post title as an h1, start your Markdown headings at ##.

Limits and a security note

Numbered lists, tables, images, blockquotes and fenced code blocks are not converted and remain plain text, so format those in your editor after pasting. Any HTML typed into the Markdown is escaped, which means you can't sneak an embed code through it; add embeds in the CMS instead.

That escaping doesn't make the converter a safe way to render text from untrusted users on your own site: link addresses are copied exactly as written, including javascript: URLs. For your own drafts, that isn't a concern. Conversion happens in your browser. If you want to review the generated HTML line by line, paste it into the HTML Formatter, which indents every nested tag.