Parsedown extension to wrap single-image lines in <figure>, not <p>. Public domain. See https://github.com/erusev/parsedown/issues/180#issuecomment-451486639

FigureExtParsedown.class.php

<?php

class FigureExtParsedown extends Parsedown {

    // Matches Markdown image definition
    private $MarkdownImageRegex = "~^!\[.*?\]\(.*?\)$~";

    public function __construct () {
        // Add blockFigure to non-exclusive handlers for text starting with !
        $this->BlockTypes['!'][] = 'Figure';
    }

    protected function blockFigure($Line) {
        // If line does not match image def, don't handle it
        if (1 !== preg_match($this->MarkdownImageRegex, $Line['text'])) {
            return;
        }
            
        $InlineImage = $this->inlineImage($Line);
        if (!isset($InlineImage)) {
            return;
        }

        $FigureBlock = array(
            'element' => array(
                'name' => 'figure',
                'handler' => 'elements',
                'text' => array(
                    $InlineImage['element']
                )
            ),
        );

        // Add figcaption if title set
        if (!empty($InlineImage['element']['attributes']['title'])) {

            $InlineFigcaption = array(
                'element' => array(
                    'name' => 'figcaption',
                    'text' => $InlineImage['element']['attributes']['title']
                ),
            );

            $FigureBlock['element']['text'][] = $InlineFigcaption['element'];
        }

        return $FigureBlock;
    }
}

Thank you Krzysztof! I've been looking for such a solution for a while.

1. However, I'm wondering now how can I add it to pasrsedown. Actually, I want to add it to @picocms, can help me in this please? If there's a generic way to add it to pasrsedown regardless of a specific CMS, it could be nice to add a brief documentation for this.
2. Also, what do you think of adding height and width HTML properties and values automatically to <img> elements?
3. What about the license? MIT?

Thanks for reaching out Anas! Afaik Parsedown does not support plugins or modules, so the only way is to subclass Parsedown. I don't have time to work on this, but you may want to search for other extensions - I think I saw somewhere an extension which added attribute support for tags.
The code is public domain, I added a note in the description.

Hi Krzysztof!

Please notice that figcaption should come from title attribute, not alt.

That's correct, thank you for pointing that out!