{"slug": "a-guide-to-markdown-on-discord", "title": "A guide to Markdown on Discord.", "summary": "Discord uses Markdown, a plain text formatting system, to allow users to style their messages by adding specific characters before and after text. The system supports various formatting options including italics, bold, strikethrough, headers, lists, code blocks, block quotes, spoiler tags, and syntax highlighting for multiple programming languages. Users can also escape Markdown formatting by using a backslash or placing text in a code block.", "body_md": "Want to inject some flavor into your everyday text chat? You're in luck! Discord uses Markdown, a simple plain text formatting system that'll help you make your sentences stand out. Here's how to do it! Just add a few characters before & after your desired text to change your text! I'll show you some examples...\nWhat this guide covers:\n- Text Formatting\n- Organizational Text Formatting\n- Code Blocks\n- Block Quotes\n- Spoiler Tags\n- Syntax Highlighting\nItalics *italics* or _italics_\nUnderline italics __*underline italics*__\nBold **bold**\nUnderline bold __**underline bold**__\nBold Italics ***bold italics***\nunderline bold italics __***underline bold italics***__\nUnderline __underline__\nStrikethrough ~~Strikethrough~~\nDon't want to use markdown? You can slap a backslash in front of your statement, or put your message in a code block, and it'll escape the markdown formatting. You'll see those asterisks as you'd like!\nTo create a header, you need to include a specific number of the hash/pound sign character (#). Use (#) for a big header, (##) for a smaller header, or (###) for an even smaller header as the first character(s) in a new line.\nLike Headers, you can add subtext to any chat message. To do so, add a (-# ) before the text you want to appear in the subtext. Don’t forget the space after # and before your message.\nYou can use masked links to make text a clickable or pressable hyperlink. To do so, you need to include the text you want displayed in brackets and then the URL in parentheses. For example:\nIf you don't wish to embed a link, you can wrap the link with <>\nto remove the embed for that specific link.\nYou can create a bulleted list using either (-) or (*) in the beginning of each line. You can indent your list by adding a space before (-) or (*) at the beginning of each line.\nTo create an ordered list, add line items with numbers followed by periods. The numbers don't have to be in numerical order, but the list will always start with the first number. You can indent your list by adding a space before the number at the beginning of each line.\nDiscord also supports code blocks as well. You can make your own code blocks by wrapping your text in backticks (`)\nYou can also use three backticks (```) to create multiline code blocks, like this beautifully written haiku.\nThe syntax to use Block Quotes is > or >>> followed by a space.\n> at the beginning of a line of text, creates a single-line block quote.\n>>> at the beginning of a line of text, creates a multi-line block quote. All text from >>>\nuntil the end of the message will be included in the quote.\nYou can manually tag spoilers by using the syntax ||\naround your text or by typing /spoiler\nbefore your message. This is also negated by a code block.\nIf you really want to spruce up your code blocks, you can denote a specific language for syntax highlighting, by typing the name of the language you want the code block to expect right after the first three backticks beginning your code block. An example...\nThere are many different languages in place of Markdown that Discord's syntax highlighting support. Each different language has its own approach to highlight-able syntax. Note that you won't be able to view syntax highlighting on the mobile app.\nasciidoc\nautohotkey\nbash\ncoffeescript\ncpp (C++)\ncs (C#)\ncss\ndiff\nfix\nglsl\nini\njson\nmd (markdown)\nml\nprolog\nps\npy\ntex\nxl\nxml\nyaml\nAnd you get the idea! Now you're a Discord text markdown expert. Get out there and highlight your statements!", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/a-guide-to-markdown-on-discord", "canonical_source": "https://gist.github.com/matthewzring/9f7bbfd102003963f9be7dbcf7d40e51", "published_at": "2017-09-30 21:19:03+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-05-23 03:34:56.899588+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": [], "entities": ["Discord"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/a-guide-to-markdown-on-discord", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/a-guide-to-markdown-on-discord.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/a-guide-to-markdown-on-discord.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/a-guide-to-markdown-on-discord.jsonld"}}