# Help with BBCode Plugin

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-bbcode-plugin/56884
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [February 4, 2017, 12:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-bbcode-plugin/56884 "2017-02-04T00:10:53Z")
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### Author: ![Tien\_Huynh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tien_huynh/32/152822_2.png) [@Tien\_Huynh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tien_Huynh)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-bbcode-plugin/56884/3 "2020-01-31T16:37:37Z")

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> [@Developer's guide to Markdown extensions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/developers-guide-to-markdown-extensions/66023):
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> Discourse uses a Markdown engine called [Markdown-it](https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it). Here are some dev notes that will help you either fix bugs in core or create your new plugins. The Basics Discourse only contains a few helpers on top of the engine, so the vast majority of learning that needs to be done, is understanding Markdown It. The [docs directory](https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it/tree/master/docs) contains the current documentation. I strongly recommend reading: The [architecture document](https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it/blob/master/docs/architecture.md) to understand at a top level how the engine works. [Development](https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it/blob/master/docs/development.md) for basic d…

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