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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.

Web Guy

Dark mode for your code.
By default, the popular Dracula Theme + Highlight.js make for beautifully dark code highlighting on the front-end of your WordPress-powered website. However, you can completely customize the look of code highlighting (under Appearance > Customize > Code Styles) if you like, even changing the overall design to, 🧛 *hiss*, a light mode design.
Simply activate this plugin and any code found within <pre><code>…</code></pre> tags on the front-end of your site will automatically be highlighted according to the detected language.
Dracula: <a href="https://draculatheme.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://draculatheme.com/</a> 
Highlight.js: <a href="https://highlightjs.org/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://highlightjs.org/</a>

WP-Markdown-Syntax-Sugar vs Dark Code