Markdown to MediaWiki converter

Q: How do I make a table in MediaWiki?

Tables start with {| class="wikitable", rows are separated by |-, header cells start with ! and the table ends with |}.

Convert Markdown to wikitext for MediaWiki, Fandom and other Wikipedia-style wikis.

Markdown

## Release 2.4

This release adds **dark mode**, fixes *two* bugs and drops ~~IE11~~.
See the [changelog](https://example.com/changelog) for details.

- Faster startup
- New `--watch` flag
  - Works on Windows

1. Update the package
2. Restart the server

> Back up your config first.

| Area | Status | Owner |
| :--- | :----: | ----: |
| API | Done | Ana |
| Docs | Review | Kofi |

```bash
npm install forge@2.4
```

MediaWiki

=== Release 2.4 ===

This release adds '''dark mode''', fixes ''two'' bugs and drops <s>IE11</s>. See the [https://example.com/changelog changelog] for details.

* Faster startup
* New <code>--watch</code> flag
** Works on Windows

# Update the package
# Restart the server

<blockquote>Back up your config first.</blockquote>

{| class="wikitable"
! Area !! Status !! Owner
|-
| API || Done || Ana
|-
| Docs || Review || Kofi
|}

<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
npm install forge@2.4
</syntaxhighlight>

Markdown to MediaWiki cheat sheet

Markdown	MediaWiki
`## Heading`	`=== Heading ===`
`bold`	`'''bold'''`
`italic`	`''italic''`
`[text](url)`	`[url text]`
`- item`	`* item`
`1. item`	`# item`
`table`	`{\| class="wikitable"`

Notes on the output

Markdown # becomes ==, because MediaWiki reserves the single = level for the page title. Code blocks with a language use <syntaxhighlight>, which needs the SyntaxHighlight extension (installed on Wikipedia and most large wikis); blocks without a language use <pre>. Links to other sites are written as external links; turn them into [[internal links]] by hand where needed.

Other formats

Markdown converts to: Confluence, Jira, Slack, LaTeX, BBCode, AsciiDoc, reStructuredText, plus HTML, PDF, Word and Excel.

Questions people ask

Does MediaWiki support Markdown?

Not natively. Some wikis install a Markdown extension, but standard MediaWiki and Wikipedia use wikitext.

How do I make a table in MediaWiki?

Tables start with {| class="wikitable", rows are separated by |-, header cells start with ! and the table ends with |}.

Markdown to MediaWiki cheat sheet

Notes on the output

Other formats

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