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Best programming plugins for WordPress

The most popular programming plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Sunburst Code Prettify leads with 30+ active installs, ahead of Plum Code Box (10+) and دکتر پیمان محمدپور (10+). All 8 plugins tagged “programming” 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 4 programming plugins

  1. 1.
    Sunburst Code Prettify

    The most installed programming plugin, with 30+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.

  2. 2.
    Plum Code Box

    10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.1.4.

  3. 3.
    دکتر پیمان محمدپور

    10+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 7 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.

  4. 4.
    Run This!

    10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.

All 8 plugins tagged “programming”