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By telesoho · VS Code Marketplace · Other

A smartly paste for markdown.

View on VS Code Marketplace Fresh · Oct 19, 2026

Markdown Paste has 179,559 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace.

It ranks #1649 of 2,501 tracked VS Code Marketplace listings by installs.

It is rated 4.8 out of 5 from 21 ratings.

PluginStats has 4 daily observations since Oct 16, 2026; the latest is from Oct 19, 2026.

Installs
179,559
Official API · Oct 19, 2026
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Rank
#1649
Among tracked VS Code Marketplace listings

Rating: 4.81 / 5 from 21 ratings

About Markdown Paste

Markdown Paste

Smartly paste for Markdown.

Support Mac/Windows/Linux!.

Requirements

• xclip command be required (Linux) • powershell command be required (Win32) • pbpaste command be required (Mac)

Features

• Paste smart

Smartly paste in Markdown by pressing 'Ctrl+Alt+V' ('Cmd+Alt+V' on Mac) or Markdown Paste command.

• If you paste an image, the extension will create an new file for the image and insert link code to Markdown (Disabled in SSH & Dev Container mode). • If you paste a text, it will test the text with customize regex, and replace matched content by regex. • If you paste a text contain HTML tag, it will try to convert the HTML content to Markdown. • If you paste a rich text, it will try to convert the rich text to Markdown. • Download file

Use Markdown Download command (Linux or Windows:Ctrl+Alt+D, Mac:Cmd+Alt+D) to download file and insert link code into Markdown.

• Paste code

Use Markdown Paste Code command (Linux or Window:Ctrl+Alt+C, Mac:Cmd+Alt+C) to paste code with auto-detecting language.

• Ruby tag

Also, if you want to write article for learning Asia language like Chinese or Japanese, ruby tag(for example:聪明(Cōngmíng)) may be useful. Now a ruby tag snippet are prepare for you, select some text and press 'Ctrl+Alt+T'.

This extension will not get the pronunciation for you in this version. You have to replace 'pronunciation' by yourself.

• Insert latex math symbol and emoji

You can insert latex math symbol and emoji to any text file, such as Julia source file.

Press 'Ctrl+Alt+\\' or input "Insert latex math symbol" in vscode command panel, then input latex symbol name and choose symbol you want.

• Embed base64 image

While you paste image or download image, you can force the extension to insert embed base64 image to markdown by empty filename.

• AI Parse Clipboard

Use LLM AI to parse text or HTML clipboard content. You can also customize the AI clipboard parsing behavior to better suit different use cases by using the AI configurations

Config

• Predefined variables • ${workspaceRoot} or ${workspaceFolder} - the path of the folder opened in VS Code • ${workspaceFolderBasename} - the name of the folder opened in VS Code without any slashes (/) • ${fileWorkspaceFolder} - the current opened file's workspace folder • ${file} or ${filePath} - the current opened file • ${relativeFileDirname} - the current opened file's dirname relative to $fileWorkspaceFolder • ${fileBasename} - the current opened file's base name • ${fileBasenameNoExtension} - the current opened file's base name with no file extension • ${fileExtname} - the current opened file's extension • ${fileDirname} - the current opened file's directory name • ${datetime} - the current date & time formatted by "yyyyMMDDHHmmss", You can customize the format by format string. exp: ${datetime|yyyy-MM-DD_HH-mm-ss} • ${selectedText} - the current selected text. If selected text contain illegal characters \/:*?""|\r\n it will return "". You can also set the default text, exp: ${selectedText|default text}, If selected text contain illegal characters or selected text is empty it will return the default text. • ${uuid} - a random UUID v4 • MarkdownPaste.path

The folder path that image will be saved. Support absolute path and relative path and predefined variables.

Default value is ${fileDirname}.

• MarkdownPaste.basePath

Link only — sets the base directory used to compute the image path in the inserted Markdown (or ) link. It does not change the physical save location; use MarkdownPaste.path for that.

• When empty (default): the link is a path relative to the current editor file, same as before. • When set (e.g. ${fileWorkspaceFolder}; supports predefined variables): the link is computed relative to that resolved path. If the result is not absolute, a leading / may be added so the link reads as site-root-relative (e.g. /docs/images/foo.png).

Default value is "".

• MarkdownPaste.nameBase

The string as the default image file name. Support predefined variables.

Default value is ${datetime|yyyyMMDDHHmmss}.

• MarkdownPaste.namePrefix

The string prepend to the default image file name. Support predefined variables.

Default value is "".

• MarkdownPaste.nameSuffix

The string append to the default image file name. Support predefined variables.

Default value is "".

• MarkdownPaste.silence

Enable/disable showing confirm box while paste image. Set this config option to true, filename confirm box will not be shown while paste image.

Default value is false.

• MarkdownPaste.enableImgTag

Enable/disable using HTML img tag with width and height for pasting image. If this option be enabled, you can input width and height by using [?width,height] in filename confirm input box. for example input \abc\filename.png?200,100, then will be inserted.

Default value is true.

• MarkdownPaste.encodePath

Encode path link to URL-encode format.

• encodeURI Encode all characters to URL-encode format. • encodeSpaceOnly Encode ' '(space) to '%20' only. • none Encode nothing.

Default value is encodeSpaceOnly

• MarkdownPaste.rules

If you want to define your own regex to parse and replace content for pasting text. You can fill the following JSON, and set it to this option.

The extension will try to test text content by regex defined in this option, if matched it will replace content by using the TypeScript function string.replace().

Default value is:

NOTE While pasting image, this option also apply to render image path link.

• MarkdownPaste.applyAllRules

If true, it will apply all rules to the same text orderly, instead only the first applicable one.

Default value is True.

• MarkdownPaste.enableHtmlConverter

Enable/disable converting html to markdown.

Default value is True.

• MarkdownPaste.enableRulesForHtml

Enable/disable using rules after converting html to markdown.

Default value is True.

• MarkdownPaste.turndownOptions…

Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.

  • AI
  • image
  • keybindings
  • markdown
  • paste
  • paste code
  • paste image
  • paste url
  • snippet

Where Markdown Paste sits in the listing

Each band is one page of 20. Installs on a log scale. Placement is projected from installs, so it can differ from the marketplace's own sort order. Hover a dot to see the listing.

All VS Code Marketplace2,501 listings · 126 pages · page 83, #9 (overall #1649)
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Other761 listings · 39 pages · page 25, #13 (overall #493)
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Charts

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Adoption over time

Markdown Paste installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 179,559 installs as of Oct 19, 2026.Markdown PasteInstalls on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days179,559installs179.5K179.5K179.5K179.5K179.5K179.6KJul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 19Oct 4Oct 19installsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026 · 4 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Markdown Paste installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 179,559 installs as of Oct 19, 2026.
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7/30/90-day growth

Markdown Paste installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.Markdown PasteInstalls growth on VS Code Marketplace179,559installs now7-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient history30-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient history90-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient historyGrowth vs. nearest observation to each baseline date · Updated Oct 19, 2026pluginstats.com
Markdown Paste installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.
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Ranking history

Markdown Paste VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #1649 (by installs).Markdown PasteVS Code Marketplace ranking · by installs · Last 90 days#1649current rank#1645#1646#1647#1648#1649#1650#1651Jul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 19Oct 4Oct 19rankOct 16, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026 · 4 observations · Updated Oct 19, 2026pluginstats.com
Markdown Paste VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #1649 (by installs).
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Ratings over time

Markdown Paste ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 21 ratings as of Oct 19, 2026.Markdown PasteRatings on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days21ratings18192021222324Jul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 19Oct 4Oct 19ratingsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026 · 4 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Markdown Paste ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 21 ratings as of Oct 19, 2026.
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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)
Recent installs observations for Markdown Paste
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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=telesoho.vscode-markdown-paste-image. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 19, 2026. See the methodology.