Comprehensive Markdown Syntax Test

This article demonstrates nearly all Markdown syntax elements to test how your theme renders them.

1. Headings

Markdown supports six levels of headings:

Heading Level 1

Heading Level 2

Heading Level 3

Heading Level 4

Heading Level 5

Heading Level 6

2. Paragraphs and Line Breaks

This is the first paragraph.

This is the second paragraph.

This line ends with a forced line break
This is the next line.

3. Emphasis and Highlighting

This text is italicized This text is also italicized

This text is bold This text is also bold

This text is bold and italic This is also bold and italic

~~This text has a strikethrough~~

This is inline code

4. Blockquotes

This is a blockquote

This is the second paragraph in the blockquote

This is a nested blockquote

5. Lists

Unordered Lists

Item 1
Item 2
- Subitem 2.1
- Subitem 2.2
Item 3
Another unordered list symbol
Item 2
- Subitem
Item 3
A third unordered list symbol
Item 2
Item 3

Ordered Lists

First item
Second item
1. Subitem 2.1
2. Subitem 2.2
Third item

Task Lists

Completed task
Incomplete task
Another completed task

6. Links

Inline link

Link with title

Reference-style link

Relative reference to a repository file

Numbered reference-style link

URLs and URLs in angle brackets will automatically get turned into links: https://www.example.com or https://www.example.com

7. Images

Markdown Logo

Image with title

8. Tables

Header 1	Header 2	Header 3
Cell 1	Cell 2	Cell 3
Cell 4	Cell 5	Cell 6

Alignment

Left-aligned	Center-aligned	Right-aligned
Text	Text	Text
Longer text	Longer text	Longer text

9. Code Blocks

Inline code: var example = "hello";

// JavaScript code block with syntax highlighting
function hello() {
  console.log("Hello, world!");
}
# Python code block
def hello():
    print("Hello, world!")
/* CSS code block */
body {
  background-color: #f0f0f0;
  font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
}

Code block with no specified language:

This is a code block with no specified language
It can be used for plain text

10. Horizontal Rules

Three ways to create horizontal rules:

11. Escaped Characters

* Asterisks don’t make italic text * ` Backticks don’t make code ` # Hash doesn’t make a heading [Brackets don’t make links]

12. HTML Tags

This is blue text using HTML tags. </div>

13. Footnotes

Here’s a footnote reference¹.

14. Definition Lists

Term 1 : Definition 1

Term 2 : Definition 2a : Definition 2b

15. Math Expressions (if supported by theme)

Inline math: $E = mc^2$

Block math:

\[\frac{n!}{k!(n-k)!} = \binom{n}{k}\]

16. Emojis (if supported by theme)

:smile: :heart: :thumbsup:

17. Diagrams (if supported by theme)

graph TD;
    A-->B;
    A-->C;
    B-->D;
    C-->D;

18. Table of Contents (if supported by theme)

[TOC]

19. Theme-specific Callouts

[!NOTE] This is a note callout (GitHub-style)

[!WARNING] This is a warning callout (GitHub-style)

[!TIP] This is a tip callout (GitHub-style)

20. Keyboard Keys

Ctrl+Alt+Delete

This is the footnote content. ↩

Hello World!