---
title: "Markdown descriptions"
description: "Document what each webhook and chain does, in Markdown, with a live preview."
url: "https://wpwebhooks.org/docs/markdown-descriptions/"
---

[WP Webhooks](https://wpwebhooks.org/) / [Docs](https://wpwebhooks.org/docs/) / Markdown descriptions

Feature since v2.4.0

# Markdown descriptions

Document what each webhook and chain does, in Markdown, with a live preview.

Give every webhook and chain a Markdown description so its purpose is clear at a glance in the list and on the edit screen. The description editor has a Write/Preview toggle, so you can check the rendered result — links, lists, emphasis, inline code — while you type, up to a 4000-character limit.

## Where it shows

Descriptions render on the Webhooks list under each item and above the chain group, and are editable inline in the webhook form, the chain create form, and the chain rename dialog. They also travel with Import & Export.

/ Related

[Import & Export](https://wpwebhooks.org/docs/import-export/)[Webhook Chains](https://wpwebhooks.org/docs/webhook-chains/)

/Ready

## Your next automation is  
one sentence away.

[Install Plugin→](https://wordpress.org/plugins/flowsystems-webhook-actions/) [See the Plugin →](https://wpwebhooks.org/wordpress-webhook-plugin/)

$ wp plugin install flowsystems-webhook-actions --activate

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