Best prettify plugins for WordPress
The most popular prettify plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP-Markdown leads with 300+ active installs, ahead of WP Code Prettify (100+) and Prettify Code Syntax (70+). All 8 plugins tagged “prettify” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 8 prettify plugins
- 1.
WP-MarkdownThe most installed prettify plugin, with 300+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 28 reviews, last updated 8 years ago.
- 2.
WP Code Prettify100+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
- 3.
Prettify Code Syntax70+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 12 reviews, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
- 4.
Prettify GC Syntax Highlighter20+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
- 5.
WP-code-button10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.
- 6.
Prettify For WordPress10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.1.4.
- 7.
google-syntax10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.
- 8.
Annytab Code PrettifyFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.
All 8 plugins tagged “prettify”
WP-Markdown
Down in the last 7 days:40#10,235by Stephen Harris8 years ago
Allows Markdown to be enabled in posts, comments and bbPress forums.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.5(28)
- Downloads
- 11/day
WP Code Prettify
Up in the last 7 days:53#13,067by Soli7 years ago
This plugin enable syntax highlighting of code snippets in your post using Google Code Prettify.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Prettify Code Syntax
#18,505by jesucarr13 years ago
Code syntax highlighter using Google Prettify, supporting the HTML5 recommendation, and caching plugins.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 4.2(12)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Prettify GC Syntax Highlighter
Down in the last 7 days:70#25,831by lexn14 years ago
Your code will look exactly like it does on google-code.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 4.3(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP-code-button
Up in the last 7 days:3,202#36,745by a45421372211 years ago
This plugin code prettify plugin using google code prettify. the code higlighting effect will be seen directly in the tinymce editor.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Prettify For WordPress
Down in the last 7 days:4,764#44,584by Josh Lyford15 years ago
Easily add Google Code Prettify to your WordPress site. Customize the coloring with easy with options powered by ThemeKit For WordPress.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
google-syntax
Down in the last 7 days:5,264#45,672by princehaku13 years ago
This is a code prettify plugin. the code higlighting effect will be seen directly in the mce editor.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Annytab Code Prettify
Down in the last 7 days:2,568#58,864by 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