Highlite – Simple Frontend Text Highlighter

Highlite is a minimal, easy-to-use WordPress plugin that lets logged-in users highlight text directly on the frontend. Designed for content-rich websites like educational blogs, documentation, and reader-friendly platforms.

Key Features:

• 🖍️ Highlight text in yellow with a single click
• 💾 Highlights are saved per user and post
• 🧱 Supports inline and block (e.g., paragraphs, list items) selections
• ❌ Click to delete highlights
• ⚙️ Enable or disable on specific post types via settings
• 🔐 Only logged-in users can highlight (guests are prompted to log in)
• 🚫 Automatically deactivates if Highlite Pro is active (no conflict)

Looking for advanced features like custom colors, notes, DOCX export, print, and shortcode-based highlight lists? Check out Highlite Pro →

Usage

• On the frontend, select any text on supported posts or pages.
• Click the floating 🖍️ Highlight button to highlight the text.
• Click on the highlight to see the delete option.
• Highlights are saved automatically for logged-in users.

License

This plugin is licensed under the GPLv2 or later.

1. Upload the highlite folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
2. Activate the plugin from the Plugins menu in WordPress.
3. Go to Settings > Highlite and select which post types should support highlighting.

1.0.0

• Initial public release
• Frontend text highlighting with a single yellow color
• Save/delete highlights per user and post
• Settings page for enabling per post type
• Auto-disable when Pro version is active