Simple Textile is a simple, easy-to-use WordPress plugin for processing posts with the Textile markup language. ST uses the latest 2.2 version of Textile, taken from the TextPattern source code, ensuring full compatibility with the latest versions of PHP.

One thing I have always hated in WordPress was the process of actually writing something: because of the default WYSIWYG editor, which functions like a word processor (but doesn’t work nearly as well). I prefer writing things in markup languages such as Markdown or Textile. And in order to solve this problem, I decided to write Simple Textile. Other plugins do exist, but when testing them, many did not function at all and others were buggy.

Using ST is simple: when writing a new post (or editing an old one), you will see something like this below the editor:

Simply tick the checkbox, and all default HTML filtering will be disabled for the entry, and the posts will be rendered through Textile instead. HTML can still be mixed with the Textile markup in case you want to add images or media, or to do other things that you can’t with Textile.

The source code of the plugin is available at GitHub, and feedback is welcome!