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Syntax Highlighting
Fewer than 10 installs · #68,642 most popular
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Enlighter
by Andi Dittrich
All-in-one Syntax Highlighting solution. Full Gutenberg and Classic Editor integration. Graphical theme customizer. Based on EnlighterJS.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rank
- #1,785
- Rating
- 4.8(65)
- Updated
- 6 months ago
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Highlighting Code Block
by LOOS
Add code block with syntax highlighting using prism.js. (Available for Gutenberg and Classic Editor)
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rank
- #1,712
- Rating
- 4.5(20)
- Updated
- 4 months ago
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Syntax Highlighter MT
by iamthechad
This plugin works like many of the others that enable the use of the Syntax Highlighter tool. Dynamic plugin loading
- Installs
- 100+
- Rank
- #16,347
- Rating
- No ratings
- Updated
- 11 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
- #18,531
- Rating
- 4.8(5)
- Updated
- 15 years ago
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Better WordPress Syntax Highlighter
by Khang Minh
This plugin allows you to highlight code syntax in your posts. There are plenty of options to choose.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rank
- #19,077
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Updated
- 13 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
- #24,395
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Updated
- 12 years ago
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Highlight Source Pro
by kno
Powerful, XHTML-compliant, server-side code highlighting for pretty much all languages
- Installs
- 30+
- Rank
- #24,609
- Rating
- No ratings
- Updated
- 18 years ago
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Dojox WordPress Syntax Highlighter
by s a
Free syntax highlighter written in Java Script as Wordpress Plugin.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rank
- #48,112
- Rating
- No ratings
- Updated
- 16 years ago
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WP-Markdown-Syntax-Sugar
by dwhitevisoft
WP Markdown Syntax Sugar is a simple plugin that works in conjunction with Markdown code blocks and highlight.js to properly format code.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rank
- #44,331
- Rating
- No ratings
- Updated
- 14 years ago
Shareshighlight.jssyntax
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Simple Fast Highlighter
by michielve
Fast syntax highlighter written in Javascript.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rank
- #42,194
- Rating
- No ratings
- Updated
- 9 years ago
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Highlight Search Terms
by Rolf Allard van Hagen
Very lightweight (vanilla) Javascript that wraps search terms in an HTML5 mark tag within WordPress search results.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rank
- #2,730
- Rating
- 5.0(40)
- Updated
- 2 days ago
SharesHighlight
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Urvanov Syntax Highlighter
by urvanov
Reincarnation of Crayon Syntax Highlighter. Syntax Highlighter supporting multiple languages, themes, fonts, highlighting from a URL, or post text.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rank
- #4,101
- Rating
- 4.5(19)
- Updated
- 1 month ago
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