# Markdown doesn't work

**URL:** <https://forum.getkirby.com/t/markdown-doesnt-work/20373>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** v3\
**Created:** [December 14, 2020, 5:20pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/markdown-doesnt-work/20373 "2020-12-14T17:20:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![bartholomew](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/bartholomew/32/10862_2.png) [@bartholomew](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/bartholomew)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 5:20pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/markdown-doesnt-work/20373/1 "2020-12-14T17:20:22Z")

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Hello,

I am working on my first website with kirby and markdown just doesn’t work. Simple things like paragraphs and bold font doesn’t work.  
I am working with the PlainKit, do I need to install Markdown manually? ( if so, I don’t know how to go about it 😣)

Thanks for your help 🙂

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**Author:** ![pixelijn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ab992/32.png) [@pixelijn](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/pixelijn)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 5:31pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/markdown-doesnt-work/20373/2 "2020-12-14T17:31:26Z")

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> [@bartholomew](#):
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> do I need to install Markdown manually?

No, definitely not.

What exactly do you mean with it doesn’t work? How do you output the content of the field with Markdown content in your template? For Markdown/Kirbytext to render, you need to output it with the `kirbytext() (or short `kt()`) field method.

For example, if you have a textarea field called text in your blueprint, you would output it in your template like this:

```auto
<?= $page->text()->kt() ?>

```

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**Author:** ![bartholomew](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/bartholomew/32/10862_2.png) [@bartholomew](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/bartholomew)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2020, 7:47am UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/markdown-doesnt-work/20373/3 "2020-12-15T07:47:00Z")

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Hey!  
Thank you. It works, I forgot to put “-\>kt()” 😑