Moving from Render Markdown to Downquill

Atlassian ends support for Connect apps on January 31, 2027. The Render Markdown macro is a Connect app with no Forge version, so after that date its blocks stop rendering. Your Markdown is still stored in each page, and Downquill can move it for you.

What carries over

• The Markdown text itself, saved in the page as a Markdown code block you can keep editing.
• Your syntax-highlighting choice: on or off, with the old style mapped to the closest Downquill theme (dark styles to Midnight, Monokai to Monokai, GitHub to GitHub light, default to Match Confluence).
• Everything the old macro rendered, plus tables, task lists, footnotes, callouts, a table of contents and dark mode.

Automatic conversion

1. Install Downquill from the Atlassian Marketplace. The migration tool works on every plan, including the free one.
2. Open Apps > Downquill Markdown and choose Move from Render Markdown.
3. Click Find pages. Only pages you can view are listed.
4. Click Preview to see the Markdown that will move, then Convert (or Convert all listed pages).
5. Check a few pages. Each conversion is a new page version under your name, so Page history can undo it.

Old macros inside tables, panels or lists, inline macros and macros that loaded Markdown from a URL are listed but left alone. Convert those by hand: copy the Markdown, type /markdown, choose Markdown (Downquill) and paste.

After migrating

When the search finds nothing left, uninstall Render Markdown from Manage apps. If you ever uninstall Downquill, your Markdown text stays in your pages.

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