WordPress syntax highlighting plugins
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SyntaxHighlighter Evolved(86)•Updated 576d ago
Easily post syntax-highlighted code to your site without having to modify the code at all. As seen on WordPress.com.
20,000 installs1,137,945 downloads32/100 • Possibly abandoned
Enlighter – Customizable Syntax Highlighter(65)•Updated 171d ago
All-in-one Syntax Highlighting solution. Full Gutenberg and Classic Editor integration. Graphical theme customizer. Based on EnlighterJS.
10,000 installs356,244 downloads56/100 • Maintained
WP-Syntax(15)•Updated 1034d ago
WP-Syntax provides clean syntax highlighting for embedding source code within pages or posts.
3,000 installs348,692 downloads24/100 • Possibly abandoned
500 installs55,645 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
200 installs8,790 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Better WordPress Syntax Highlighter(1)•Updated 4721d ago
This plugin allows you to highlight code syntax in your posts. There are plenty of options to choose.
70 installs10,682 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
ACE HTML Block(2)•Updated 2793d ago
Registers a raw html block which uses the ACE Editor. Features include syntax highligting, line numbers, indentation, and HTML validation.
50 installs3,215 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
20 installs2,759 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
WordPress Rainbow Hilite(5)•Updated 2396d ago
NO LONGER MAINTAINED Code Syntax highlighting using rainbow
10 installs4,797 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Prism Syntax Highlighter (detached)(4)•Updated 4810d ago
Adds Prism Syntax Highlighting to WordPress, using custom fields for your code examples.
10 installs3,140 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
WP-Syntax Download Extension(0)•Updated 901d ago
This plug-in makes WP-Syntax highlighted code snippets downloadable from nice captions.
10 installs9,167 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
Prettify For WordPress(0)•Updated 5657d ago
Easily add Google Code Prettify to your WordPress site. Customize the coloring with easy with options powered by ThemeKit For WordPress.
10 installs4,013 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
Markdown Renderer for GitHub(0)•Updated 108d ago
Render GitHub Flavored Markdown in WordPress: Shiki code highlighting, Mermaid diagrams, and Chart.js charts. For documentation and dev blogs.
10 installs2,872 downloads50/100 • Maintained
10 installs2,321 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
Melonpan Block – Code(0)•Updated 2038d ago
Block to display code, with highlighted syntax, which can be copied to the clipboard.
10 installs2,301 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
Simple Gist Embed(0)•Updated 5496d ago
This plugin lets you embed Github's Gists in your posts or pages, but the main deference is that this plugin also enables you to create Gists wit …
10 installs2,136 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
HTML Block with Highlighting(0)•Updated 2375d ago
HTML Block with Highlighting is a WordPress plugin which adds a new HTML Block with syntax highlighting to the Gutenberg editor.
10 installs1,226 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
10 installs1,000 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
Xhtheme Code Block(0)•Updated 393d ago
A plugin to add code blocks with syntax highlighting to your WordPress site, and adapt to the theme's light and dark mode switching.
10 installs808 downloads26/100 • Possibly abandoned
Syntax Highlight Nano(0)•Updated 154d ago
Adds modern syntax highlighting to WordPress's standard code block using the robust highlight.js library.
10 installs493 downloads50/100 • Maintained
Syntax Highlighting(1)•Updated 3444d ago
HighLight Code allows you to add syntax highlighting to the snippets contained in your articles. NOTE (beta): This plugin is very felt, it is still in …
0 installs1,327 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
SyntaxHighlighter Amplified(0)•Updated 1246d ago
Easily post syntax-highlighted code to your site without having to modify the code at all. Compatible with AMP pages.
0 installs2,298 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
Code Syntax Highlighter(0)•Updated 2953d ago
A simple dynamic loading syntax highlighter.Supports 172 languages, 172 shortcodes and 55 themes.
0 installs1,840 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
0 installs1,418 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
Djot Markup(0)•Updated 114d ago
Djot markup language support for WordPress. A modern, cleaner alternative to Markdown.
0 installs1,034 downloads50/100 • Maintained
wp-syntax-rettke(0)•Updated 6624d ago
wp-syntax-rettke serves as an example for the programmatic
"Advanced Configuration" of GeSHi in Ryan McGeary's excellent WP-Syntax plu …
0 installs1,001 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
0 installs640 downloads50/100 • Maintained
Light Code Block(0)•Updated 277d ago
The "Light Code Block" plugin is the simplest and lightest plugin for inserting and displaying code.
0 installs490 downloads38/100 • Stale
WebberZone Code Block Highlighting(0)•Updated 112d ago
Syntax highlighting for the Gutenberg Code block — Prism.js, 21 themes, 40+ languages, plus an optional server-side highlighting mode.
0 installs231 downloads50/100 • Maintained
Coywolf Code Block Enhancer(0)•Updated 108d ago
Syntax highlighting and a copy-to-clipboard button for the native WordPress Code block, plus a language picker in the editor sidebar.
0 installs37 downloads50/100 • Maintained
4WP Advanced Code(0)•Updated 104d ago
Enhanced Code block for Gutenberg with syntax highlighting, copy and share controls, and optional SoftwareSourceCode JSON-LD.
0 installs0 downloads50/100 • Maintained