Best sourcecode plugins for WordPress
The most popular sourcecode plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. SyntaxHighlighter Evolved leads with 20K+ active installs, ahead of Pastacode (400+) and WP SyntaxHighlighter (300+). All 20 plugins tagged “sourcecode” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 sourcecode plugins
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SyntaxHighlighter EvolvedThe most installed sourcecode plugin, with 20K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 86 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 2.
Pastacode400+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 14 reviews, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 3.
WP SyntaxHighlighter300+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.
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WP Code Highlight200+ active installs. Rated 3.9 from 14 reviews, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
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SyntaxHighlighter TinyMCE Button100+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.
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SyntaxHighlighter Plus100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 16 years ago.
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Auto SyntaxHighlighter100+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 6 reviews, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.
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CodeMirror for CodeEditor40+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.
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SyntaxHighlighter220+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 16 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.0.
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SyntaxHighlighter Evolved20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.
All 20 plugins tagged “sourcecode”
SyntaxHighlighter Evolved
Down in the last 7 days:3#1,374by Alex Mills1 year ago
Easily post syntax-highlighted code to your site without having to modify the code at all. As seen on WordPress.com.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.3(86)
- Downloads
- 91/day
Pastacode
Down in the last 7 days:29#9,594by Willy Bahuaud8 months ago
Use Pastacode to add code into your posts with the awesome PrismJs coloration library. So, past'a code!
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.9(14)
- Downloads
- 8/day
WP SyntaxHighlighter
Down in the last 7 days:42#10,856by redcocker14 years ago
This plugin is code syntax highlighter based on SyntaxHighlighter ver. 3.0.83 and 2.1.382.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Code Highlight
Down in the last 7 days:4#12,727by acalbert12 years ago
WP Code Highlight provides clean syntax highlighting and it also provides a code button.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 3.9(14)
- Downloads
- 0/day
SyntaxHighlighter TinyMCE Button
Up in the last 7 days:19#15,705by redcocker15 years ago
"SyntaxHighlighter TinyMCE Button" provides buttons for Visual Editor and will help to type <pre> tag for SyntaxHighlighter.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SyntaxHighlighter Plus
Up in the last 7 days:61#15,857by Fred Wu16 years ago
Easily post source code such as PHP or HTML and display it in a styled box.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Auto SyntaxHighlighter
Up in the last 7 days:69#16,157by digihero14 years ago
Auto SyntaxHighlighter is a WordPress Code highlight plugin. Use editor botton, in the pop-up window, paste or write your code, oh, very simple.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.3(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
CodeMirror for CodeEditor
Down in the last 7 days:72#21,929by redcocker14 years ago
Just another code syntaxhighligher for the theme and plugin editor with CodeMirror.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SyntaxHighlighter2
Down in the last 7 days:313#27,917by mohanjith16 years ago
Easily post source code such as PHP or HTML and display it in a styled box.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SyntaxHighlighter Evolved
Down in the last 7 days:119#28,638by Carlos Ramos11 years ago
Adds support for the VHDL and Verilog languages to the SyntaxHighlighter Evolved plugin. Also, includes basic syntax coloring for Xilinx UCF files.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SyntaxHighlighter Evolved
#40,749by Fanninger Thomas15 years ago
This is a Advanced Business Application Programming (ABAP) brush for the "SyntaxHighlighter Evolved" plugin.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple Fast Highlighter
Down in the last 7 days:3,457#42,194by michielve9 years ago
Fast syntax highlighter written in Javascript.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Code View
Up in the last 7 days:1,507#45,834by zach28258 years ago
Easily use highlightjs and line-numbers to syntax-highlighted sample code on your blog posts
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SyntaxHighlighter Evolved
Up in the last 7 days:18,536#53,069by eknori7 years ago
Adds support for the Lotus Notes @formula language to the SyntaxHighlighter Evolved plugin.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- 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
SyntaxHighlighter Amplified
Up in the last 7 days:9,763#59,982by kioub3 years ago
Easily post syntax-highlighted code to your site without having to modify the code at all. Compatible with AMP pages.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Light Code Block
Up in the last 7 days:6,262#61,538by Pavel10 months ago
The "Light Code Block" plugin is the simplest and lightest plugin for inserting and displaying code.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SyntaxHighlighter Evolved
Down in the last 7 days:11,266#71,125by eknori7 years ago
Adds support for the LotusScript language to the SyntaxHighlighter Evolved plugin.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day