How to use MarkDown in a custom textarea field?

You can download a copy of PHP Markdown and use it to parse the textarea contents before you save it:

if ( ! class_exists( 'Markdown' ) ) {
    require_once( plugin_dir_path(__FILE__) . '/markdown.php' );
}
$textarea_contents = Markdown::defaultTransform( $textarea_contents );

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