Why? Because you should be able to:

• Write markdown anywhere.
• {% include %} markdown files anywhere.

Add this line to your application's Gemfile under the :jekyll_plugins group:

group :jekyll_plugins do
  gem 'jekyll-markdown-block'
end

And then execute:

$ bundle

Next add this to your plugins folder to automatically load any Jekyll plugins in your :jekyll_plugins group.

# in _plugins/bundler.rb
require "bundler/setup"
Bundler.require(:jekyll_plugins)

Or you can just add a ruby file to your Jekyll plugins directory with the line require "jekyll-markdown-block"

Drop some markdown in your html, and it will render nicely

<!-- Some random HTML file-->
<div>
{% markdown %}

## That's right folks!

Markdown in your `HTML`!

- Any template
- Any time

{% endmarkdown %}
</div>

Correctly render markdown files which are included in an HTML page.

<!-- Another random HTML file-->

<div>
{% markdown %}{% include coolcat.md %}{% endmarkdown %}
</div>

That's pretty much it. Have fun!

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request