Markdown Extended Syntax

This Markdown cheat sheet provides a quick overview of all the Markdown extended syntax elements. It can’t cover every edge case, so if you need more information about any of these elements, refer to the Markdown reference guide for extended syntax.

Table

Fenced Code Block

{
  "firstName": "John",
  "lastName": "Smith",
  "age": 25
}

Footnote

Here’s a sentence with a footnote. ¹

Heading ID

My Great Heading

Definition List

term

definition

Strikethrough

The world is flat.

Task List

• Write the press release
• Update the website
• Contact the media

Emoji

Copy the emoji shortcode from Emoji Cheat Sheet by clicking on the emoji. That is so funny! 😂

Unsupported elements

Hugo does not support the highlight, subscript, and superscript elements. Use the HTML element itself instead.

Highlight

I need to highlight these very important words.

Subscript

H₂O

Superscript

X²