Best pre plugins for WordPress
The most popular pre plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Code Prettify leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of Code Click to Copy (700+) and TinyMCE Preformatted (60+). All 13 plugins tagged “pre” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 pre plugins
- 1.
Code PrettifyThe most installed pre plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 18 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 2.
Code Click to Copy700+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 14 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 3.
TinyMCE Preformatted60+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
- 4.
Prism Syntax Highlighter20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
- 5.
WP-Markdown-SyntaxHighlighter10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
- 6.
bbPress Code Snippets10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 13 years ago.
- 7.
WP Chili10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 16 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5.
- 8.
WP-Markdown-Syntax-Sugar10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
- 9.
Goodbye Syntax Highlighter10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
- 10.
pre Tag For WP Editor10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
All 13 plugins tagged “pre”
Code Prettify
Up in the last 7 days:22#6,129by volca26 days ago
100% automatic code highlighting using the Prettify library. No shortcodes, no classnames, fully automatic and pure awesome.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(18)
- Downloads
- 46/day
Code Click to Copy
Down in the last 7 days:18#7,998by treeflips1 year ago
Copies and tags automatically to clipboard with customizable tooltips.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 4.7(14)
- Downloads
- 11/day
TinyMCE Preformatted
#19,402by Takayuki Miyauchi11 years ago
TinyMCE Preformatted plugin will enable to insert preformatted text like <pre>...</pre> to WordPress Visual Editor.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Prism Syntax Highlighter
Up in the last 7 days:85#27,554by Gilbert Pellegrom14 years ago
Prism is a new lightweight, extensible syntax highlighter, built with modern web standards in mind, by
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP-Markdown-SyntaxHighlighter
Down in the last 7 days:303#34,649by mattshelton14 years ago
WP-Markdown-SyntaxHighlighter works in conjunction with Markdown-formatted code blocks and SyntaxHighlighter to properly format code.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
bbPress Code Snippets
Up in the last 7 days:2,316#41,491by Jason13 years ago
Automatically display HTML/PHP code posted in bbPress topics and replies.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Chili
#43,404by Andrea Ercolino16 years ago
Easy code highlighting for Wordpress with Chili
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP-Markdown-Syntax-Sugar
#44,331by dwhitevisoft14 years ago
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+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Goodbye Syntax Highlighter
Down in the last 7 days:8,707#44,405by dwhitevisoft13 years ago
For years I've used Alex Gorbatchev's SyntaxHighlighter. It has served me well over the years. When I moved to WordPress I tried various plu …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
pre Tag For WP Editor
#48,448by Alexandru Vornicescu9 years ago
This WordPress plugin will help you add pre tags into wp_editor.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Gator Gate Pre
#48,553by tinwho1 day ago
Simple, robust preformatted code block support for the bbPress visual editor.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 75/day
SimpleCodeSyntax
#57,456by sharadchhetri3 years ago
This plugin will simply define the css for HTML Preformatted and Code tags. Just download the plugin and activate. Please go through with F.A.Q .
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Annytab Code Prettify
Down in the last 7 days:2,392#65,265by Fredrik Stigsson6 years ago
A lightweight plugin that automatically prettifies code in [pre] tags, with linenumbers and without line-breaks.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day