{"id":19130,"date":"2014-01-22T15:01:05","date_gmt":"2014-01-22T07:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=19130"},"modified":"2022-10-18T20:12:39","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T12:12:39","slug":"wordpress-ghost-like-editor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/wordpress-ghost-like-editor\/","title":{"rendered":"SplitDown: A Ghost-like Editor for WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ghost.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ghost<\/a>, a new blogging platform was released several months ago, and we covered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/install-ghost-on-mac\/\">how to get it installed on Mac<\/a>. It is primed as a purely-for-blogging platform and has a minimalistic content editor that works well with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/web-content-with-markdown\/\">Markdown<\/a>, and quick side-pane previews to give you a great and effective blogging experience. It lets you focus on writing your content and little of anything else.<\/p>\n<p>If however you cannot leave WordPress but want a content editor that can give you the same level of blogging experience as Ghost can, join me as we check out <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/nullx27\/Splitdown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SplitDown<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"note\"><strong>Recommended Reading: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/editorially-collaborative-writing\/\">Editorially \u2013 An Elegant Markdown Online Editor For Collaborative Writing<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>SplitDown<\/h2>\n<p>SplitDown is a plugin that will convert the TinyMCE WordPress editor into a Ghost-like Markdown editor. Once you have installed it, go to <strong>Settings &gt; Writing<\/strong>, and select the content type \u2013 Page, Post, etc.<\/p>\n<p>You can also select some provided extensions. For example, selecting the <code>twitter.js<\/code> extension allows you to embed clickable <code>@mention<\/code> and <code>#hashtag<\/code>. With <code>table.js<\/code> you can create tables in the content.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/wordpress-ghost-like-editor\/splitdown-setting.jpg\" alt=\"splitdown setting\" width=\"500\" height=\"320\"><\/figure>\n<p>So now, we get a nice and simple content editor, but if you think it necessary, you can still use the <span class=\"key\">Add Media<\/span> button to embed Images or Videos easily. Splitdown also <strong>has a distraction-free mode<\/strong>; just click on the <span class=\"key\">D<\/span> next to the <span class=\"key\">Add Media<\/span> button.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/wordpress-ghost-like-editor\/markdown-editor.jpg\" alt=\"markdown editor\" width=\"500\" height=\"320\"><\/figure>\n<h2>Final Thought<\/h2>\n<p>SplitDown is a great plugin for those who want to only be <strong>focus on writing<\/strong> and little on anything else. One possible setback is that you need to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/web-content-with-markdown\/\">write web content with Markdown<\/a> to use it.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghost, a new blogging platform was released several months ago, and we covered how to get it installed on Mac. 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