WordPress plugin comparison

Easy Code Highlighter vs Google Syntax Highlighter for WordPress

Easy Code Highlighter

by ReorMadrid

Fewer than 10 installs

Google Syntax Highlighter for WordPress

100+ installs

At a glance

Google Syntax Highlighter for WordPress has more active installs: 100+, against fewer than 10 for Easy Code Highlighter.
On a typical day, Google Syntax Highlighter for WordPress is downloaded about 3 times, Easy Code Highlighter about 1.
Easy Code Highlighter was updated more recently: Mar 11, 2025, against Aug 14, 2007 for Google Syntax Highlighter for WordPress.
Easy Code Highlighter is tested with a newer WordPress: 6.7.11, against 2.2.2 for Google Syntax Highlighter for WordPress.
Google Syntax Highlighter for WordPress has been around longer: since 2007, against 2025 for Easy Code Highlighter.

Level: each leads on 3 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Easy Code Highlighter	Google Syntax Highlighter for WordPress
Popular rank	#72,453	#13,400
Active installs	Fewer than 10	100+
Downloads, last 30 days	26	82
Rating	No ratings	No ratings
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	6.7.11	2.2.2
Search multiplier	×0.02	×0.00
Last release	1 year ago	19 years ago
Requires PHP	7.0	–

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