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Headings Headings
# Heading h1 ## Heading h2 ### Heading h3 #### Heading h4 ##### Heading h5 ###### Heading h6
Note: h1 – h4 items will be automatically added to the Table of Contents.
Emphasis Emphasis
Italics Italics
Wrap text with a single _ for Italic text:
This is _italic text_.
Bold Bold
Wrap text with double ** for Bold text:
This is **bold text**.
Strikethrough Strikethrough
Wrap text with double ~~ for ~~strikethrough~~ text:
This is ~~strikethrough~~ text.
Links Links
Wrap the title in square brackets [title] immediately followed by the URL in (https://example.com):
[WordPress](https://wordpress.org/)
Blockquotes Blockquotes
Use > for blockquotes, double >> to further indent:
> Blockquote >> Indented Blockquote
Lists Lists
Unordered Lists Unordered Lists
Use - for unordereed lists, and intent two spaces for list subitems:
- List - List - List - List
Ordered Lists Ordered Lists
Use numbered items followed by a `.:
1. One 2. Two 3. Three
Horizontal Rules Horizontal Rules
Use --- for a horizontal rules:
---
Tables Tables
| A | B | | ----- | ----- | | Alpha | Bravo |
Example Code Example Code
Inline Code Inline Code
Wrap inline code with ``` backticks:
This is `inline code` wrapped with backticks
When documenting an example, use the markdown \`\ code block to demarcate the beginning and end of the code sample:
Note: Full support for fenced code blocks is not yet implemented for the handbooks, to workaround this see the shortcodes section below:
Fenced Code Blocks Fenced Code Blocks
Javascript Javascript
var foo = function (bar) {
return bar++;
};
console.log(foo(5));
CSS & SCSS CSS & SCSS
foo {
padding: 5px;
margin-right: 3px;
}
.bar {
background-color: #f00;
}
PHP PHP
$array = array(
\"foo\" => \"bar\",
\"bar\" => \"foo\",
);
This is _italic text_. This is **bold text**.
Shortcodes Shortcodes
Javascript Javascript
Wrap multiline Javascript code in [javascript] and [/javascript] each on their own line.
CSS & SCSS CSS & SCSS
Wrap multiline CSS & SCSS code in [css] and [/css] each on their own line.
PHP PHP
Wrap multiline PHP code in [php] and [/php] each on their own line.
Markdown Markdown
Wrap multiline Markdown code in [md] and [/md] each on their own line.
Note: The [md] shortcode is also not currently supported.