# Wrap Kirbytext (Markdown) in html tags

**URL:** <https://forum.getkirby.com/t/wrap-kirbytext-markdown-in-html-tags/6411>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** v2\
**Created:** [January 25, 2017, 2:52pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/wrap-kirbytext-markdown-in-html-tags/6411 "2017-01-25T14:52:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![achoukah](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/achoukah/32/1440_2.png) [@achoukah](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/achoukah)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 2:52pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/wrap-kirbytext-markdown-in-html-tags/6411/1 "2017-01-25T14:52:43Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to achieve this in markdown

```auto

<section class="classname">

# Heading

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit

* sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt 
* ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. 
* Ut enim ad minim veniam

Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

</section>

```

Unfortunately, the Markdown text inside the section tag doesn’t render as html, just as plain text…

Any suggestions appreciated.

Screenshot:

![screenshot](https://cdn.pbrd.co/images/qma4GJpz7.png)

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**Author:** ![texnixe](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/texnixe/32/5754_2.png) [@texnixe](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/texnixe)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 2:54pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/wrap-kirbytext-markdown-in-html-tags/6411/2 "2017-01-25T14:54:43Z")

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If you enable [markdown extra](https://getkirby.com/docs/cheatsheet/options/markdown-extra) in your config.php and put [`markdown="1"`](https://michelf.ca/projects/php-markdown/extra/#markdown-attr) within the tag, it works.

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**Author:** ![achoukah](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/achoukah/32/1440_2.png) [@achoukah](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/achoukah)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 3:03pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/wrap-kirbytext-markdown-in-html-tags/6411/3 "2017-01-25T15:03:35Z")

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Thanks, @texnixe, that did the job! Thank you.

```auto
<section class="classname" markdown="1">

```

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**Author:** ![achoukah](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/achoukah/32/1440_2.png) [@achoukah](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/achoukah)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/wrap-kirbytext-markdown-in-html-tags/6411/4 "2017-01-25T16:11:32Z")

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It seems to have broken referenced links, rendering them like so: `[Kirby][kirby]`

The links would either need to be inlined (which works) or referenced inside the tag… Kirby-style links work fine as well

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**Author:** ![distantnative](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/distantnative/32/11319_2.png) [@distantnative](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/distantnative)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2025, 4:52pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/wrap-kirbytext-markdown-in-html-tags/6411/5 "2025-02-06T16:52:56Z")

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