Best codemirror plugins for WordPress
The most popular codemirror plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. HTML Editor Syntax Highlighter leads with 60K+ active installs, ahead of Custom Header Footer Scripts for Customizer (1K+) and CodeMirror Blocks (1K+). All 10 plugins tagged “Codemirror” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 codemirror plugins
- 1.
HTML Editor Syntax HighlighterThe most installed codemirror plugin, with 60K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 110 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 2.
Custom Header Footer Scripts for Customizer1K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.3.14.
- 3.
CodeMirror Blocks1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 41 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
- 4.
HTML Widget300+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
- 5.
CodeMirror for CodeEditor40+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.
- 6.
WP CodeMirror Themes10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.9.20.
- 7.
codefence.io10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.4.25.
- 8.
Admin IDE Dark ModeFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.
- 9.
Editor Tweaks for CodeMirrorFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 6 days ago.
- 10.
Code Syntax HighlighterFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
All 10 plugins tagged “Codemirror”
HTML Editor Syntax Highlighter
Up in the last 7 days:3#688by Peter Mukhortov17 days ago
Add syntax highlighting to WordPress code editors using CodeMirror.js
- Installs
- 60K+
- Rating
- 4.4(110)
- Downloads
- 529/day
Custom Header Footer Scripts for Customizer
Down in the last 7 days:25#5,092by Rupok3 years ago
Add custom script to header and footer through WordPress Customizer. Edit your scripts with CodeMirror editor within Customizer.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
CodeMirror Blocks
Down in the last 7 days:14#5,377by Vicky Agravat2 years ago
CodeMirror Blocks is useful for tutorial site where display formatted (highlighted) code block. With support of 100+ Language/Mode and 56 Themes.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(41)
- Downloads
- 12/day
HTML Widget
Up in the last 7 days:4#10,140by seothemes9 years ago
Adds a simple HTML widget with syntax highlighting for HTML, CSS and JS.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
CodeMirror for CodeEditor
Down in the last 7 days:72#21,929by redcocker14 years ago
Just another code syntaxhighligher for the theme and plugin editor with CodeMirror.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP CodeMirror Themes
#41,756by TacoCode4 years ago
CodeMirror themes for the theme & plugin editor
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
codefence.io
Down in the last 7 days:8,090#45,951by benphelps6 years ago
codefence.io is an easy to embed editor and compiler for over 20 server-side programming languages.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
Admin IDE Dark Mode
#50,004by rmstm3 years ago
A WordPress plugin to change Admin IDE colors.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Editor Tweaks for CodeMirror
Up in the last 7 days:2,380#60,531by Marios Giannopoulos6 days ago
Tweak every CodeMirror editor in WordPress with custom themes, fonts, and display options.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 13/day
Code Syntax Highlighter
Down in the last 7 days:12,475#68,681by kartikaykanojia8 years ago
A simple dynamic loading syntax highlighter.Supports 172 languages, 172 shortcodes and 55 themes.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day