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Ultimate Markdown · Version history

Ultimate Markdown changelog and version history

Latest version
1.26
Sep 9, 2026 (2 months ago)
Releases
19
since 2021
In the last year
4
about one every 87 days
Tested up to
WordPress 7.1.4
PHP 7.4 or later

Releases each year

  • 20212 releases
  • 20222 releases
  • 20232 releases
  • 20246 releases
  • 20254 releases
  • 20263 releases

20263 releases

  1. Ultimate Markdown 1.26Latest

    • April 15, 2026
    • Updated links to the Quick Start Guide and plugin documentation.

  2. Ultimate Markdown 1.25

    • March 18, 2026
    • The Pro version upgrade banner previously displayed at the bottom of all plugin menu pages is now shown only in the Options menu.
    • Added a notices manager class used to display documentation resources and a link to rate the plugin. A related action hook has also been introduced to allow notices to be rendered in a specific area of the plugin UI.

  3. Ultimate Markdown 1.24

    • March 8, 2026
    • The post editor tools added by the plugin are now also available as meta boxes in the Classic Editor.
    • Improved the UI of the Block Editor tools.
    • Updating the post status via front matter is now restricted to valid statuses.
    • The plugin now checks if the user has the “edit_posts” capability before showing the block editor tools or meta boxes.

20254 releases

  1. Ultimate Markdown 1.23

    • December 21, 2025
    • Improved Front Matter stripping logic to ensure it is removed only when located at the beginning of the document.

  2. Ultimate Markdown 1.22

    • July 28, 2025
    • Improved normalization of Front Matter date field during Markdown imports in the block editor.
    • Bug fix: Categories and tags in the block editor are now correctly updated based on the imported Front Matter data.

  3. Ultimate Markdown 1.21

    • July 11, 2025
    • Added the League CommonMark and League CommonMark GitHub Markdown parsers.
    • Added Editor and Live Preview Markdown parser options.
    • The Live Preview feature in the Documents menu editor can now use PHP-based parsers.
    • Added new settings to control the behavior of the Markdown preview when using PHP parsers.
    • The block editor now shows notification messages indicating whether Front Matter and Markdown content was parsed successfully or if errors occurred.
    • The Markdown preview in the Documents menu now displays a header indicating the active Markdown parser and, if applicable, a refresh button.
    • Bug fix: Markdown code was altered in specific scenarios due to improper use of sanitize_textarea_field().

  4. Ultimate Markdown 1.20

    • April 21, 2025
    • Fixed PHP notice caused by early use of translation functions.

20246 releases

  1. Ultimate Markdown 1.19

    • November 29, 2024
    • Resolved CSS style issue.
    • The load_plugin_textdomain() function now runs with the correct hook.

  2. Ultimate Markdown 1.18

    • June 26, 2024
    • wp_unslash() was added to the Documents menu before input sanitization.

  3. Ultimate Markdown 1.16

    • June 25, 2024
    • Vendor packages updated.

  4. Ultimate Markdown 1.15

    • June 25, 2024
    • Major back-end UI update.

  5. Ultimate Markdown 1.14

    • April 7, 2024
    • Fixed a bug (started with WordPress version 6.5) that prevented the creation of the plugin database tables and the initialization of the plugin database options during the plugin activation.

  6. Ultimate Markdown 1.13

    • March 26, 2024
    • The phpcs “WordPress” ruleset has been applied to the plugin code.
    • Nonce verification has been added to the Documents menu for create/update/delete/duplicate operations.
    • Nonce verification has been added to the Import and Export menus.
    • The Select2 library has been removed.
    • Removed React warning in the block editor.

20232 releases

  1. Ultimate Markdown 1.12

    • November 8, 2023
    • Removed deprecation warnings.

  2. Ultimate Markdown 1.11

    • February 22, 2023
    • Fixed a bug causing incorrect parsing of Markdown tables in the context of the block editor.

20222 releases

  1. Ultimate Markdown 1.10

    • September 22, 2022
    • Fixed a bug causing JavaScript errors in the site-editor.php page.
    • The “Content” textarea of the “Documents” menu now supports up to 1,000,000 characters.
    • Front Matter is now supported and can be used to configure post settings.

  2. Ultimate Markdown 1.09

    • June 13, 2022
    • Fixed a bug causing JavaScript errors in the widgets.php page.
    • The “Pro Version” menu has been added.
    • A link to the Pro version has been added in the “Plugins” menu.

20212 releases

  1. Ultimate Markdown 1.08

    • November 24, 2021
    • Fixed a bug causing JavaScript errors in the post editor of custom post types that don’t declare support for custom fields.
    • Aria attributes added in the “Documents” menu.

  2. Ultimate Markdown 1.07

    • November 4, 2021
    • Improved the message displayed in the “Import” menu after a successful submission.
    • Improved input sanitization.
    • The file extensions supported in the upload process of the “Import” menu have been limited.

Questions about Ultimate Markdown’s releases

What is the latest version of Ultimate Markdown?

1.26, released on Sep 9, 2026 (1 month ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.1.4 and needs PHP 7.4 or later.

How often is Ultimate Markdown updated?

4 releases in the last year, about one every 87 days. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from November 2021.

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Release dates come from the day each version’s folder was made in Ultimate Markdown’s WordPress.org SVN repository; the notes from its readme’s changelog, as its authors wrote it.