# Markdown & HTML does not render as intended if the URL does not end with ".md"

**URL:** <https://discuss.write.as/t/markdown-html-does-not-render-as-intended-if-the-url-does-not-end-with-md/1160>\
**Category:** Bugs\
**Created:** [March 8, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/markdown-html-does-not-render-as-intended-if-the-url-does-not-end-with-md/1160 "2020-03-08T18:19:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![agyild](https://discuss.write.as/user_avatar/discuss.write.as/agyild/32/482_2.png) [@agyild](https://discuss.write.as/u/agyild)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/markdown-html-does-not-render-as-intended-if-the-url-does-not-end-with-md/1160/1 "2020-03-08T18:19:38Z")

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If you choose to visit one of the previously drafted posts through the [Posts](https://write.as/me/posts/) interface, all the markdown formatting inside the post gets displayed as it is without being rendered. However if you manually add `.md` at the end of the post id in the URL then it gets displayed correctly. This issue does not occur after you publish the post since in that case you get redirected to correct URL with `.md` at the end.

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**Author:** ![cjeller1592](https://discuss.write.as/user_avatar/discuss.write.as/cjeller1592/32/128_2.png) [@cjeller1592](https://discuss.write.as/u/cjeller1592)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2020, 2:46pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/markdown-html-does-not-render-as-intended-if-the-url-does-not-end-with-md/1160/2 "2020-03-09T14:46:29Z")

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Thanks for catching this @agyild! We will get on this as soon as we can and make sure to let you know when it’s fixed. It will definitely make the _Posts_ interface run a lot smoother!

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**Author:** ![cjeller1592](https://discuss.write.as/user_avatar/discuss.write.as/cjeller1592/32/128_2.png) [@cjeller1592](https://discuss.write.as/u/cjeller1592)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 7:23pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/markdown-html-does-not-render-as-intended-if-the-url-does-not-end-with-md/1160/3 "2020-03-10T19:23:54Z")

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The [Posts](https://write.as/me/posts/) interface now adds `.md` by default when you visit any post! Let me know if that works for you @agyild and many thanks again for bringing it to our attention.
