Headers automatically get anchor links applied. Rendering of anchors can be configured using the markdown.anchor
option.
Inbound links ending in .md
or .html
are converted to <router-link>
for SPA navigation.
Each sub-directory in your static site should contain a README.md
. It will automatically be converted to index.html
.
::: tip
When writing the relative path to a directory's index.html
, don't forget to close it off with a /
, otherwise you will get a 404. For example, use /config/
instead of /config
.
:::
If you want to link to another markdown file within a directory, remember to:
- Append it with either
.html
or.md
- Make sure the case matches since the path is case-sensitive
Given the following directory structure:
.
├─ README.md
├─ foo
│ ├─ README.md
│ ├─ one.md
│ └─ two.md
└─ bar
├─ README.md
├─ three.md
└─ four.md
[Home](/) <!-- Sends the user to the root README.md -->
[foo](/foo/) <!-- Sends the user to index.html of directory foo -->
[foo heading anchor](/foo/#heading) <!-- Anchors user to a heading in the foo README file -->
[foo - one](/foo/one.html) <!-- You can append .html -->
[foo - two](/foo/two.md) <!-- Or you can append .md -->
Outbound links automatically gets target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"
:
You can customize the attributes added to external links by setting config.markdown.externalLinks.
YAML front matter is supported out of the box:
---
title: Blogging Like a Hacker
lang: en-US
---
This data will be available to the rest of the page, along with all custom and theming components.
For more details, check out the Front Matter page.
Input
| Tables | Are | Cool |
| ------------- |:-------------:| -----:|
| col 3 is | right-aligned | $1600 |
| col 2 is | centered | $12 |
| zebra stripes | are neat | $1 |
Output
Tables | Are | Cool |
---|---|---|
col 3 is | right-aligned | $1600 |
col 2 is | centered | $12 |
zebra stripes | are neat | $1 |
Input
:tada: :100:
Output
🎉 💯
A list of all emojis available can be found here.
Input
[[toc]]
or
<TOC/>
Output
[[toc]]
Rendering of TOC can be configured using the markdown.toc
option, or as props of TOC component, like <TOC list-type="ol" :include-level="[2, Infinity]"/>
.
Input
::: tip
This is a tip
:::
::: warning
This is a warning
:::
::: danger
This is a dangerous warning
:::
Output
::: tip This is a tip :::
::: warning This is a warning :::
::: danger This is a dangerous warning :::
You can also customize the title of the block:
::: danger STOP
Danger zone, do not proceed
:::
::: danger STOP Danger zone, do not proceed :::
VuePress uses Prism to highlight language syntax in markdown code blocks, using coloured text. Prism supports a wide variety of programming languages. All you need to do is append a valid language alias to the beginning backticks for the code block:
Input
``` js
export default {
name: 'MyComponent',
// ...
}
```
Output
export default {
name: 'MyComponent',
// ...
}
Input
``` html
<ul>
<li
v-for="todo in todos"
:key="todo.id"
>
{{ todo.text }}
</li>
</ul>
```
Output
<ul>
<li
v-for="todo in todos"
:key="todo.id"
>
{{ todo.text }}
</li>
</ul>
Check out the list of valid languages on the Prism website.
Input
``` js{4}
export default {
data () {
return {
msg: 'Highlighted!'
}
}
}
```
Output
export default {
data () {
return {
msg: 'Highlighted!'
}
}
}
You can enable line numbers for each code blocks via config:
module.exports = {
markdown: {
lineNumbers: true
}
}
- Demo:


You can import code snippets from existing files via following syntax:
<<< @/filepath
It also supports line highlighting:
<<< @/filepath{highlightLines}
Input
<<< @/../@vuepress/markdown/__tests__/fragments/snippet.js{2}
Output
<<< @/../@vuepress/markdown/tests/fragments/snippet.js{2}
::: tip
Since the import of the code snippets will be executed before webpack compilation, you can't use the path alias in webpack. The default value of @
is process.cwd()
.
:::
VuePress uses markdown-it as the markdown renderer. A lot of the extensions above are implemented via custom plugins. You can further customize the markdown-it
instance using the markdown
option in .vuepress/config.js
:
module.exports = {
markdown: {
// options for markdown-it-anchor
anchor: { permalink: false },
// options for markdown-it-toc
toc: { includeLevel: [1, 2] },
extendMarkdown: md => {
// use more markdown-it plugins!
md.use(require('markdown-it-xxx'))
}
}
}