Markdown Cheat Sheet

Hugo has excellent Markdown support out of the box. By default, Hugo uses the Goldmark Markdown processor which is fully CommonMark-compliant. See the configuration instructions to learn more about the extensions you can configure.

Overview

You can refer to the table below for an overview of basic markdown syntax:

TASK MARKDOWN SYNTAX
Heading 1 #
Heading 2 ##
Heading 3 ###
Italics *italics*
Bold **Bold**
Strike ~~strike~~
Blockquote >
Links [link name](https://link.com)
Images ![Image name](image.png)
Unordered list * List item
Ordered list 1. List item
Inline Code `insert code here`

Headings

# Heading 1
## Heading 2
### Heading 3
#### Heading 4
##### Heading 5
###### Heading 6

Heading 1

Heading 2

Heading 3

Heading 4

Heading 5
Heading 6

Lists

* Unordered item
* Unordered item
* Unordered item

1. Ordered item
2. Ordered item
3. Ordered item

- [ ] Task item
- [x] Checked Task item
- [ ] Task item
  1. Ordered item
  2. Ordered item
  3. Ordered item

Format

**Bold**

*Italic*

<u>Underline</u>

<sup>Superscript</sup>

<sub>Subscript</sub>

<mark>Highlight</mark>

`Inline code`

~~Strikethrough~~

[Hyperlink](http://example.com)

![Image](placeholder-50-09f-fff.png)
{ .img-fluid }

Bold

Italic

Underline

Superscript

Subscript

Highlight

Inline code

Strikethrough

Hyperlink

Image

Table

| Header 1 | Header 2 |
| -------- | -------- |
| Cell 1   | Cell 2   |
| Cell 3   | Cell 4   |
Header 1 Header 2
Cell 1 Cell 2
Cell 3 Cell 4

Blockquote

> Blockquote  
> Second line
> 
>  -- Author

Blockquote
Second line

– Author

Code Block

```go
package main

import "fmt"

func main() {
    fmt.Println("hello world")
}
```

package main

import "fmt"

func main() {
    fmt.Println("hello world")
}

HTML

<div>
    <p>Hello world</p>
</div>

Hello world

See also