FractalizeR

Plugin provides syntax highlighting in posts and comments.
<ul>
<li>Full GUI mode. No need to switch to code mode and back like in some other plugins</li>
<li>GUI editor with realtime syntax highligting support integrated (can be disable in settings)</li>
<li>GUI button to help with highlighting options. No need to memorize them!</li>
<li>Blog-wide default settings for code highlighting. Now you can change the look of all your posts at once!</li>
<li>Many options to customize code highlighting (almost full Geshi set)</li>
</ul>
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<h3>Usage</h3>
Just select all your source code in the editor and use editor button (preferred method) or surround your code directly in WYSIWYG editor with a [codesyntax] [/codesyntax] tag like this
[codesyntax lang=”php”]
<pre><code><?php 
//Replacing tags
$find [] = '/<br\s*\\?>/i';
$replace [] = "\r\n";
$content = preg_replace($find, $replace, $content);
?>
</code></pre>
[/codesyntax]
[filesyntax filename=”test.phps” lang=”php”]
The tag in the last example should be enabled in settings. See it’s description below also.
and you will get wonderful geshi formatting. Format all your source code with Preformatted style to preserve spaces.
If you need to change settings of already formatted block – select it all and press GUI editor button again. Plugin will recognize all settings you used.
Plugin recognizes several popular geshi options to render highlighting:
filename
The relative filename of the file inside a folder, allowed for [filesyntax] tag to take the source for highlighting from. Works only in [filesyntax] tag
lang
The programming language you want to be your source highlighted in. [codesyntax lang=”java”]My java code goes here…[/codesyntax] 
The name of the language should match the name of the highlighter file. For the list of all supported highlighters please look at /wp-content/plugins/wp-synhighlighter/geshi/geshi directory of your WordPress installation after installing this plugin. A list of currently support languages:
abap, actionscript, actionscript3, ada, apache, applescript, <code>apt_sources</code>, asm, asp, autoit, avisynth, bash, basic4gl, blitzbasic, bnf, boo, c, caddcl, cadlisp, cfdg, cfm, cil, cobol, cpp-qt, cpp, csharp, css, <code>c_mac</code>, d, delphi, diff, div, dos, dot, eiffel, email, fortran, freebasic, genero, gettext, glsl, gml, gnuplot, groovy, haskell, html4strict, idl, ini, inno, io, java, java5, javascript, kixtart, klonec, klonecpp, latex, lisp, list.txt, lotusformulas, lotusscript, lua, m68k, make, matlab, mirc, mpasm, mxml, mysql, nsis, objc, ocaml-brief, ocaml, oobas, oracle11, oracle8, pascal, per, perl, php-brief, php, pic16, plsql, povray, powershell, progress, prolog, python, qbasic, rails, reg, robots, ruby, sas, scala, scheme, scilab, sdlbasic, smalltalk, smarty, sql, tcl, teraterm, text, thinbasic, tsql, typoscript, vb, vbnet, verilog, vhdl, visualfoxpro, winbatch, xml, xorg_conf, xpp, z80
lines
Do you want line numbers to be visible? Possible parameter values are:
<ul>
<li>no – no line numbers. [codesyntax lang=”java” lines=”no”]My java code[/codesyntax]</li>
<li>normal = normal line numbering</li>
<li>fancy – fancy line numbering 
This parameter defaults to fancy</li>
</ul>
lines_start
You can provide this parameter if you want your line numbering to start with a custom value. [codesyntax lang=”java” lines=”fancy” lines_start=”1000″]My java code[/codesyntax]. Please don’t forget to enclose a value into quotes exactly like in example 
By default numbering starts with 1.
container
You can select container, that your code will be wrapped in
<ul>
<li>pre</li>
<li>div</li>
<li>pre_valid</li>
<li>pre_table</li>
<li>none</li>
</ul>
By default pre is used. [codesyntax lang=”java” container=”pre”]My java code[/codesyntax] 
More information can be found in <a href="http://qbnz.com/highlighter/geshi-doc.html#the-code-container" rel="nofollow ugc">Geshi documentation</a>
capitalize
Do you wish your keywords to be automatically capitalized or decapitalized?
<ul>
<li>no – don’t change anything</li>
<li>upper – convert all keywords into uppercase</li>
<li>lower – convert all keywords into lowercase 
By default no change is assumed 
[codesyntax lang=”java” capitalize=”upper” lines_start=”1000″]</li>
</ul>
tab_width
If you want to change tab width, use this parameter: [codesyntax lang=”java” tab_width=”10″]
strict
This setting enables or disables strict mode for formatting complex pieces of data. Please see <a href="http://qbnz.com/highlighter/geshi-doc.html#using-strict-mode" rel="nofollow ugc">Geshi documentation</a> to find out more on the subject
title (new in 0.91)
This attribute sets the header of the collapsable code block (“Code” by default)
bookmarkname (new in 0.91)
The name of bookmark (Named anchor tag <code><a name="bookmarkname" /></code>) you want to refer to this codeblock. By default it is 
 codesyntaxX, where X is 1 for first code block on the page, 2 for second etc. You can refer to your codeblocks using hyperlinks 
 < a href=”#codesyntax5″>Link to fifth code block on the page or, if you used 
 [codesyntax bookmarkname=”fifthcode”] lang=”php” bbcode, you can then refer to this codeblock as 
 < a href=”#fifthcode”>Link to fifth code block on the page
blockstate (new in 0.97) 
Sets initial code block state when the page is shown to user. It can be default, expanded or collapsed. Default corresponds to expanded currently.
highlight_lines (new in 1.1) 
Provides a comma-separated list of lines, that should be specially highlighted in the code
doclinks (new in 2.3) 
Enables or disables generation of documentation links for keywords

WP-SynHighlight

Plugin provides syntax highlighting for about 116 programming languages via Geshi.

Weston Ruter

Vladimir Jimenez

This plugin extends the Code block in WordPress core to add syntax highlighting which is rendered on the server. Pre-existing Code blocks on a site are automatically extended to include syntax highlighting. Doing server-side syntax highlighting eliminates the need to enqueue any JavaScript on the frontend (e.g. Highlight.js or Prism.js) and this ensures there is no flash of unhighlighted code (FOUC?). Reducing script on the frontend improves frontend performance, and it also allows for the syntax highlighted code to appear properly in AMP pages as rendered by the <a href="https://amp-wp.org" rel="nofollow ugc">official AMP plugin</a> (see also <a href="https://github.com/ampproject/amp-wp/issues/972" rel="nofollow ugc">ampproject/amp-wp#972</a>) or when JavaScript is turned off in the browser.
This extended Code block uses language auto-detection to add syntax highlighting, but you can override the language in the block’s settings sidebar. (There is currently no syntax highlighting of the Code block in the editor, but see <a href="https://github.com/westonruter/syntax-highlighting-code-block/issues/8" rel="nofollow ugc">#8</a>.) The plugin supports all <a href="https://highlightjs.org/static/demo/" rel="nofollow ugc">programming languages</a> that <a href="https://github.com/scrivo/highlight.php" rel="nofollow ugc">highlight.php</a> supports (being a port of <a href="https://highlightjs.org/" rel="nofollow ugc">highlight.js</a>). The Code block also is extended to support specifying lines to highlight which get marked up with <code>mark</code> elements (including in RSS feeds). There is also a checkbox for whether to show line numbers on the frontend (with the numbers being non-selectable). Lastly, given inconsistencies across themes regarding whether lines in a Code block should be wrapped, this plugin adds styling to force them to no-wrap by default, with a checkbox to opt in to wrapping when desired.
For advanced usage, please see the <a href="https://github.com/westonruter/syntax-highlighting-code-block/wiki" rel="nofollow ugc">plugin wiki</a>.
This plugin is <a href="https://github.com/westonruter/syntax-highlighting-code-block" rel="nofollow ugc">developed on GitHub</a>. See <a href="https://github.com/westonruter/syntax-highlighting-code-block/issues" rel="nofollow ugc">list of current issues</a> with the plugin. Please feel free to file any additional issues or requests that you may come across. <a href="https://github.com/westonruter/syntax-highlighting-code-block/pulls" rel="nofollow ugc">Pull requests</a> are welcome. See <a href="https://github.com/westonruter/syntax-highlighting-code-block/wiki/Contributing" rel="nofollow ugc">contributing information</a>.
<h4>Credits</h4>
This is a fork of <a href="https://github.com/mkaz/code-syntax-block" rel="nofollow ugc">Code Syntax Block</a> by <a href="https://mkaz.blog/" rel="nofollow ugc">Marcus Kazmierczak</a> (mkaz), which is also <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/code-syntax-block/" rel="ugc">available on WordPress.org</a>. Copyright (c) 2018 Marcus Kazmierczak. Licensed under GPL 2.0 or later.
<a href="https://github.com/scrivo/highlight.php" rel="nofollow ugc">highlight.php</a> is released under the BSD 3-Clause License. Copyright © 2006-2013, Ivan Sagalaev (maniac@softwaremaniacs.org), highlight.js (original author). Copyright © 2013, Geert Bergman (geert@scrivo.nl), highlight.php

Syntax-highlighting Code Block (with Server-side Rendering)

I love that this is baked into the core code block without having to resort to a third-party integration that may or may not work.

Well done on this one.

Just a heads up though, which may require more testing. The latest Gutenberg release and this plugin do not appear to play well together. I had to disable the Gutenberg plugin, which invalidated the code blocks, and I had to recover each one.

One feature request: Please add a rel attribute so I can display the language.

Thanks again,

Ronald Huereca

This Plugin is Amazing

This plugin is the best syntax highlighting plugin that I have used, thanks for all the hard work in developing it. One recommendation though...

I just stumbled upon the ability to change the color scheme in the Customizer. This is an awesome feature, but not one that is highlighted in the description of the plugin or in the screenshots. Of course it is mentioned in the Advanced Usage wiki, but I have been using the plugin for months and definitely overlooked that 😉. A brief mention in the main description and a screenshot of the different theme options would definitely help unobservant users like myself.

Thanks again!

Awesome plugin

Excelente plugin

Just found this gem of a plugin when looking for code syntax highlighting plugins. No hassle at all to get working, just install and activate and it formats and styles existing code blocks in posts.

Could not be happier with this plugin. Wlldone!

Great plugin with no setup needed

I confess, I've been a happy user of Code Syntax Block for quite a while — a plugin which the author, Weston Router, clearly states that Syntax Highlighting (Code Block) is based upon.

Alas, however, all the pages I had with the older plugin would suffer from an inevitable rendering slowdown — there is so much Javascript on web pages these days that such a slowdown is inevitable, and this is especially true to those scripts that attempt to recognise the language automatically — something that will consume plenty of CPU cycles on the browser. Parsing the language is also no mean feature by itself (I know, I've been doing some experiments for some code editors, and, believe me, it's tough!).

So why force the end-user to bear the burden of all that work? It makes much more sense to pre-render everything on the server, and then let the web server send the already-parsed HTML from its cache. That way, the end-user will already have everything on their browser, no need to wait for parsing!

Also, if you 'forget' to set the language that your code is in (it happens...), the auto-detecting feature will only run on the server, and just once, when you save the post you're writing. Even if it takes a fraction of a second more to save, think of how much time all those users will save when they get the already-rendered page!

So, this plugin is definitely recommended. As a bonus: if you are already using some sort of code block on your WP setup, once you turn off whatever plugin you were using, Syntax Highlighting (Code Block) will immediately pick it up and start its magic (you might need to open and save all the pages you've got code on, though — I'm not quite sure if that's really the case). That means zero effort (beyond saving) — what you already had will continue to work. And, naturally enough, when you disable this plugin, your code block will just revert to the internal WP code block instead — nothing will be 'lost' that way!

If you're still hesitant and reading this to the end... while you wasted your time here, think of how many of your users would have saved their time if you already had this plugin installed :)

It's time to switch to get more performance!

Nice plugin, thank you !

This works nicely.


missed just a download and/or copy button.



also for theme, maybe is best to update "usage instruction"! only after some search I understood can be changed via customized menu.



anyway, looks so good.



ty.


Very good job!


no one wants to conduct a real study to see how many of use hate the code block.


code block is not 100% of wp users bro

Extending the Code block with syntax highlighting rendered on the server, thus being AMP-compatible and having faster frontend performance.

WP-SynHighlight vs Syntax-highlighting Code Block (with Server-side Rendering)