Best source code plugins for WordPress
The most popular source code plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Embed Extended leads with 400+ active installs, ahead of Power Code Editor (200+) and WP Editarea (100+). All 9 plugins tagged “source code” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 8 source code plugins
- 1.
Embed ExtendedThe most installed source code plugin, with 400+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.3.14.
- 2.
Power Code Editor200+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 16 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.9.2.
- 3.
WP Editarea100+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.6.1.
- 4.
CC-Syntax-Highlight60+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 1 month ago.
- 5.
JavaScript Obfuscator60+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 5 months ago.
- 6.
iG:Syntax Hiliter30+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 7.
Ignore Code20+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
- 8.
Orbisius SnippetsFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
All 9 plugins tagged “source code”
Embed Extended
Down in the last 7 days:42#9,888by Rudy Susanto3 years ago
Embed any external content into WordPress posts and pages. It works seamlessly on Gutenberg, Elementor, classic editor, the embed shortcode, as well a …
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Power Code Editor
Down in the last 7 days:25#12,140by mayel2b16 years ago
Enables syntax highlighting in the integrated source code editors. Supports PHP, HTML, CSS and JS.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Editarea
Up in the last 7 days:74#16,361by takien13 years ago
WP Editarea turns your Oldschool textarea code editor in Wordpress Dashboard (plugin/theme editor) into a fancy realtime highlighted code editor using …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
CC-Syntax-Highlight
Up in the last 7 days:163#19,498by Clearcode1 month ago
This plugin allows you very simply syntax highlight source code in your content using highlight.js or google-code-prettify libraries.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
JavaScript Obfuscator
Down in the last 7 days:251#19,819by Sajjad Hossain Sagor5 months ago
Encrypt Your JavaScript Source Code By Obfuscating To Prevent Let Others Copying.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
iG:Syntax Hiliter
Down in the last 7 days:279#24,061by Amit Gupta2 months ago
A plugin to easily present source code on your site with syntax highlighting and formatting (as seen in code editors, IDEs).
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Ignore Code
Up in the last 7 days:110#25,558by mattsaul9 years ago
Causes the visual editor to ignore code within the ignore_code shortcode. Great at keeping advanced HTML, JavaScript, or PHP code intact.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Orbisius Snippets
Up in the last 7 days:2,774#54,796by Svetoslav Marinov8 years ago
This plugin allows you to include snippets in your posts/pages.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day