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Best highlighter plugins for WordPress

The most popular highlighter plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Enlighter leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of Code Block Pro (10K+) and Urvanov Syntax Highlighter (3K+). All 44 plugins tagged “highlighter” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 10 highlighter plugins

  1. 1.
    Enlighter

    The most installed highlighter plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 65 reviews, updated 6 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.

  2. 2.
    Code Block Pro

    10K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 50 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  3. 3.
    Urvanov Syntax Highlighter

    3K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 19 reviews, updated 1 month ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.

  4. 4.
    Code Prettify

    1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 18 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.

  5. 5.
    RichText Extension

    900+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 5 days ago.

  6. 6.
    Simple Code Highlighter

    300+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 7 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.

  7. 7.
    WP Code Prettify

    100+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.

  8. 8.
    Google Syntax Highlighter for WordPress

    100+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 19 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.2.2.

  9. 9.
    Auto SyntaxHighlighter

    100+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 6 reviews, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.

  10. 10.
    Announcement ticker highlighter scroller

    100+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.

All 44 plugins tagged “highlighter”