Embedding Markdown in Jekyll HTML

Question

I'm trying to nest markdown in an HTML file while using Jekyll. Is there a way to achieve something like the following?

# index.html

---
layout: default
---


<p>[Stack Overflow](http://www.stackoverflow.com)</p>

Note: I'm aware that I could do this instead.

# index.html

---
layout: default
---


<p><a href="http://www.stackoverflow.com">Stack Overflow</a></p>

Answer 1

Here's how you can define a markdown block with a Jekyll plugin:

module Jekyll
  class MarkdownBlock < Liquid::Block
    def initialize(tag_name, text, tokens)
      super
    end
    require "kramdown"
    def render(context)
      content = super
      "#{Kramdown::Document.new(content).to_html}"
    end
  end
end
Liquid::Template.register_tag('markdown', Jekyll::MarkdownBlock)

(To install this snippet as a plugin, put it in a *.rb file under _plugins directory of your source site root)

Then, use it like this:

{% markdown %}
[Stack Overflow](http://www.stackoverflow.com)
{% endmarkdown %}

EDIT: See @Cristian's answer for a better solution! If you're using Kramdown (which is likely the case since you are using Jekyll), you can use it's feature to render markdown inside div's with a markdown="1" attribute.