title: markdown
---
signature: source
---
summary: Converts markdown to HTML
---
type: filter
---
version_added: 2.0
---
body: 

This filter converts a markdown string into HTML.  This behaves the same as
the [Markdown Type :ref](../../../db/types/markdown/).

## Example

```html+jinja
<div class="example">
  {{ "Hello **World**"|markdown }}
</div>
```
