Markdown guide

The Ghost editor automatically parses any Markdown typed in directly, which means you can write your content in Markdown if you prefer. If you want to keep your content formatted in Markdown for editing later, or you'd like to include footnotes in your post, then you can also use the Markdown card.

Markdown reference

Adding footnotes using the Markdown card

Footnotes allow you to add notes and references to your content without cluttering the body of your post. To add footnotes using the Ghost editor, insert a Markdown card into your post and use the following Markdown:

1. Add a caret and an identifier inside brackets for example: [^1]
2. Then add the footnote anywhere in the same card using the following Markdown: [^1]: My footnote

For example:

Here's a short footnote,[^1] and here's a longer one.[^longnote]

[^1]: This is a short footnote.

[^longnote]: This is a longer footnote with paragraphs, and code.

    Indent paragraphs to include them in the footnote.

    `{ my code }` add some code, if you like.

    Add as many paragraphs as you need.

Here's how that would look:

Here's a short footnote,^[1] and here's a longer one.^[2]