Markdown to Confluence cheat sheet
| Markdown | Confluence |
|---|---|
## Heading | h2. Heading |
**bold** | *bold* |
*italic* | _italic_ |
[text](url) | [text|url] |
- item | * item |
1. item | # item |
```js | {code:js} |
| a | b | | ||a||b|| (header) |
How to paste into Confluence
Confluence Cloud’s editor no longer accepts typed wiki markup directly, but it still converts it: open the page, press + (Insert) → Markup, choose Confluence wiki, paste the output and press Insert. Confluence Data Center also offers Markdown in the same dialog, but it handles fewer elements (tables and code languages are often lost), which is why converting to wiki markup first is more reliable.
What converts
Headings, bold, italic, strikethrough, inline code, links, images, nested bullet and numbered lists, block quotes, fenced code with language, horizontal rules and tables. Task lists become ☐ / ☑ characters, since wiki markup has no checkbox syntax.
Other formats
Markdown converts to: Jira, Slack, LaTeX, BBCode, MediaWiki, AsciiDoc, reStructuredText, plus HTML, PDF, Word and Excel.