# Markdown Converter

> Convert rich text from the clipboard into Markdown directly from the toolbar or context menu. Specific support for Word, Google Docs and regular web content. Also works in reverse: convert clipboard markdown for pasting into Word or Google Docs!

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/markdown-converter](https://chrome-stats.com/d/markdown-converter)

## Overview

- **ID:** `markdown-converter`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Edd Wilder-James
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging,web-development,social-communication
- **Daily users:** 37
- **Weekly downloads:** 1
- **Version:** 1.2.3
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-25
- **First published:** 2026-01-02
- **Size:** 626 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-06
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/markdown-converter/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/ewilderj/mdconv](https://github.com/ewilderj/mdconv)

## Description

Convert rich text from the clipboard to and from Markdown directly from the toolbar or context menu.

A bidirectional Markdown converter optimized for Microsoft Word and Google Docs. Convert rich text to Markdown, or convert Markdown back to styled rich text for pasting into Word and Google Docs.

🔄 TWO-WAY CONVERSION:
• Rich Text → Markdown: Convert Word, Google Docs, web pages to clean Markdown
• Markdown → Rich Text: Convert Markdown to styled HTML for pasting into Word or Google Docs
• Org-mode support: Convert to/from Emacs Org-mode format
• Auto-detects input format (Markdown, Org, or plain text)

🎯 WORD & GOOGLE DOCS OPTIMIZED:
• Intelligently handles Word and Google Docs HTML quirks
• Target-specific styling for Word 365 or Google Docs output
• Preserves headings, code blocks, lists, and tables
• Works with Word desktop app, Word Online, and Google Docs

✨ POWERFUL FEATURES:
• One-click clipboard conversion from extension popup
• Mode flip button to switch conversion direction
• Right-click context menu or keyboard shortcut (Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+M)
• Automatic clipboard copying - no manual steps
• Privacy-focused: all processing happens locally

Perfect for technical writers, developers, and documentation teams who work between Markdown and Word/Google Docs. Write in Markdown, paste into Word. Copy from Word, get clean Markdown.

No sign-up required, no data collected, works offline.

## Rankings

- #18,701 — Overall
- #34 — cmd/ctrl+m
- #103 — convert

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `clipboardRead`
- `clipboardWrite`
- `contextMenus`
- `scripting`
- `activeTab`
- `storage`

### Host permissions

- `<all_urls>`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/markdown-converter)