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Markdown

MDX

With Nextra, all your .mdx files under the pages directory will be rendered with MDX , it’s an advanced Markdown format with React component support.

For example, you can use import and use React components inside your MDX files like this:

MDX
## Hello MDX
 
import { useState } from 'react'
 
export function Counter({ children }) {
  const [count, setCount] = useState(0)
  return (
    <button onClick={() => setCount(prev => prev + 1)}>
      {children}
      {count}
    </button>
  )
}
 
<Counter>**Clicks**: </Counter>

Generates:

Besides basic MDX, Nextra also has some advanced Markdown features built-in.

GitHub Flavored Markdown

GFM  is an extension of Markdown, created by GitHub, that adds support for strikethrough, task lists, tables, and more.

Strikethrough

removed

Markdown
~~removed~~

Task List

  • Write the press release
  • Update the website
  • Contact the media
Markdown
- [x] Write the press release
- [ ] Update the website
- [ ] Contact the media

Table

SyntaxDescriptionTest Text
HeaderTitleHere’s this
ParagraphTextAnd more
StrikethroughText
Markdown
| Syntax        | Description |   Test Text |
| :------------ | :---------: | ----------: |
| Header        |    Title    | Here's this |
| Paragraph     |    Text     |    And more |
| Strikethrough |             |    ~~Text~~ |

Visit https://nextjs.org .

Visit https://nextjs.org.

Custom Heading ID

You can specify custom heading id using the format ## My heading [#custom-id]. For example:

Markdown
## Long heading about Nextra [#about-nextra]

In this example, #about-nextra will be used as the heading link, replacing the default #long-heading-about-nextra.

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