Fixing Missing Export Options in Org-Mode 8

One of my chief desires in upgrading my org-mode recently was to be able to export into markdown, as described in the documentation. Imagine my surprise when the export list didn’t mention it, it didn’t appear to be an extra package, and the shortcut didn’t work. Thankfully, a user on Stack Overflow had the answer. In short, the plethora of org-mode export options listed here are not all loaded to begin with. Add this to your .emacs:

(eval-after-load "org" '(require 'ox-md nil t))

And voila—markdown is produced that I used for this very post.