PluginStatsMDX (deprecated) installs statistics
By Matija Marohnić · VS Code Marketplace · Programming Languages
Provides syntax highlighting and bracket matching for MDX (JSX in Markdown) files.
MDX (deprecated) has 679,162 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace.
It ranks #701 of 2,501 tracked VS Code Marketplace listings by installs.
It is rated 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings.
PluginStats has 4 daily observations since Oct 16, 2026; the latest is from Oct 19, 2026.
Rating: 5.00 / 5 from 3 ratings
About MDX (deprecated)
MDX for Visual Studio Code (deprecated)
_Note: This extension has been deprecated in favor of the official MDX extension._
Adds language support for MDX.
Installation
You can install this extension from the Marketplace.
What about .md files?
By default the MDX language is applied only to .mdx files. If MDX files in your project end with .md, you can tell VS Code that by adding the following to your workspace settings:
Note that once you do that, any settings associated to [markdown] will stop applying to .md files. For example, if you had something like this in your settings:
You probably want to replace it by this:
Auto-close tags
If you want VS Code to automatically close tags while you type, you can install Auto Close Tag and configure it to also include the language mdx:
Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.
- Markdown React
- mdx
Where MDX (deprecated) sits in the listing
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Charts
Images: 30d · 1y · all time · 1600×900 dark
Adoption over time
7/30/90-day growth
Ranking history
Filled points are observed values; hollow points come from Internet Archive snapshots of the listing page. Dashed segments span periods with no observations — values between points are not interpolated.
Recent observations
Full history (4)Similar VS Code Marketplace Programming Languages plugins
Data source
Install counts, average rating, and rating counts come from the public Visual Studio Marketplace gallery API. Installs are cumulative and exclude updates.
Listing: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=silvenon.mdx. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 19, 2026. See the methodology.