How to Get Markdown Response from WordPress API

Introduction

WordPress is a powerful CMS, but its REST API returns HTML by default. If you're building a modern frontend with React or Next.js, you might prefer Markdown for better control and security.

Step 1: Install Required Plugins

You'll need a plugin that modifies the REST API output. We recommend WP-REST-API-Markdown.

Step 2: Configure the Endpoint

Once installed, you can append ?markdown=true to your API requests to receive formatted markdown instead of raw HTML.

fetch('https://your-site.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts?markdown=true')
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(data => console.log(data));

Conclusion

Using Markdown simplifies your frontend rendering logic and keeps your payload clean.