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Alex Syntax Highlighter
10+ installs · #43,805 most popular
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Code Block Pro
by Kevin Batdorf
Code highlighting powered by the VS Code engine. Performance focused. No bloat.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rank
- #2,140
- Rating
- 4.8(50)
- Updated
- 2 months ago
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Simple Code Highlighter
by kedinn
Simple Syntax Code Highlighter
- Installs
- 300+
- Rank
- #10,407
- Rating
- 4.7(7)
- Updated
- 9 years ago
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WP-Syntax Editor Integration Plugin
by diekleinehexe
Adds new buttons to the visual and html editor window which allow to use WP-Syntax.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rank
- #16,466
- Rating
- No ratings
- Updated
- 13 years ago
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Google Syntax Highlighter for WordPress
This plugin makes using the Google Syntax highlighter by Alex Gorbatchev to highlight code snippets within WordPress simple.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rank
- #13,400
- Rating
- No ratings
- Updated
- 19 years ago
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APH Prism Syntax Highlighter
by Agus Prawoto Hadi
Bringing Prism into WordPress easily. User-friendly GUI, support both classic editor and block editor. Support tab & back-tab in the code editor.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rank
- #17,328
- Rating
- 3.9(7)
- Updated
- 3 years ago
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Prettify Code Syntax
by jesucarr
Code syntax highlighter using Google Prettify, supporting the HTML5 recommendation, and caching plugins.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rank
- #18,505
- Rating
- 4.2(12)
- Updated
- 13 years ago
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Syntax Highlighter Compress
by agmorpheus
Syntax Highlighter ComPress is a plugin for code syntax highlighting. It loads fast on the website and code can pasted easily into Wordpress.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rank
- #18,566
- Rating
- 4.8(5)
- Updated
- 15 years ago
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Syntax Highlighter++
by leo108
You can add code with syntax highlighter easily when you are editing an article. 方便的代码高亮插件。
- Installs
- 60+
- Rank
- #19,298
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Updated
- 12 years ago
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Simple Syntax Highlighting
by gung
Simple, clean and lightweight syntax highlighting WordPress plugin.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rank
- #21,103
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Updated
- 8 years ago
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WP Prism Syntax Highlighter
by GuiTeK
A lightweight and convenient plugin to integrate Prism Syntax Highlighter into WordPress.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rank
- #24,332
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Updated
- 12 years ago
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Crayon Syntax Highlighter to Pastacode
by Willy Bahuaud
The only use of this plugin is to convert Crayon Syntax Highlighter's tags into Pastacode shortcodes.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rank
- #24,185
- Rating
- No ratings
- Updated
- 10 years ago
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Prism Syntax Highlighter
by Gilbert Pellegrom
Prism is a new lightweight, extensible syntax highlighter, built with modern web standards in mind, by
- Installs
- 20+
- Rank
- #27,663
- Rating
- No ratings
- Updated
- 14 years ago
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