Kaspars

Uses a customized version of the <a href="https://github.com/kasparsd/code-prettify-lib/pull/1" rel="nofollow ugc">Code Prettify library</a> to support local styles and scripts. Plugin applies code highlighting automatically to all <code><pre></code> tags on the page.
Compatible with Gutenberg and doesn’t lock you in with specific markup requirements.
<h4>Development</h4>
Plugin development <a href="https://github.com/kasparsd/code-prettify" rel="nofollow ugc">on GitHub</a>.
<h4>Credits</h4>
Created and maintained by <a href="https://kaspars.net" rel="nofollow ugc">Kaspars Dambis</a>. All of my open source work is available <a href="https://github.com/kasparsd" rel="nofollow ugc">on GitHub</a>.
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Cover photo by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/110751683@N02/13334080323/" rel="nofollow ugc">Yuri Samoilov</a>

Code Prettify

I tried to use this plugin in WP 5.0.2 and it works. I got an issue with Litespeed cache configuration and seems we should exclude this plugin javascript from an optimization process. Then you will be fine!

It works as expected!

Perfect. Automatic.

Finally a plugin that works with the outdated "Crayon Syntax Highlighter" plugin

So I don't have to mess around with every post.

Good replacement

Your plugin makes me very secure and happy to use because it doesn't make me dependent, I can disable it without affecting the articles. Good job.

I just hope you can keep the plugin up to date to be compatible with new versions of WordPress.

Thank you!

Please keep update to compatible with WordPress version

100% automatic code highlighting using the Prettify library. No shortcodes, no classnames, fully automatic and pure awesome.

dwhitevisoft

WP Markdown Syntax Sugar work in conjunction with plugins such as <a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-markdown/" rel="ugc">wp-markdown</a> 
and <a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-highlightjs/" rel="ugc">wp-highlight.js</a>. Markdown is fantastic markup for easily 
writing blogs, and <a href="http://softwaremaniacs.org/soft/highlight/en/" rel="nofollow ugc">highlight.js</a> is an extremely easy way to highlight 
code examples. In most cases, highlight.js automatically detects the proper language for a block of code. In certain 
cases, primarily if your code example is short, highlight.js could improperly detect the language that you are using; 
that is where this plugin comes into play. By adding one line to your code blocks, you can explicitly set the language 
that you are using, allowing highlight.js to properly format your code.
The concept is inspired by the <a href="https://github.com/spjwebster/wp-markdown-syntax-highlight" rel="nofollow ugc">wp-markdown-syntax-highlight</a> 
plugin.
The usage is extremely simple. Just add a shebang as the first line of your code example with the language you are using.
<pre><code>#!ruby
class Foo < Bar
 def hello
 puts "Hello World!"
 end
end
</code></pre>
The shebang is removed, and the code is outputted as:
<pre><code><pre><code class="language-ruby">class Foo < Bar
 def hello
 puts "Hello World!"
 end
end</code></pre>
</code></pre>
Now the code block is properly formatted for highlight.js to do its magic, and the code snippet will be properly 
highlighted.

WP-Markdown-Syntax-Sugar

WP Markdown Syntax Sugar is a simple plugin that works in conjunction with Markdown code blocks and highlight.js to properly format code.

Code Prettify vs WP-Markdown-Syntax-Sugar