Best syntax highlight plugins for WordPress
The most popular syntax highlight plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Syntax-highlighting Code Block (with Server-side Rendering) leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of Code Block Syntax Highlighter for Elementor (500+) and Syntax Highlight (200+). All 13 plugins tagged “syntax highlight” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 syntax highlight plugins
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Syntax-highlighting Code Block (with Server-side Rendering)The most installed syntax highlight plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 26 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
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Code Block Syntax Highlighter for Elementor500+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 8 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.3.14.
- 3.
Syntax Highlight200+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
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WP-SynHighlight100+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 5 reviews, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
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Syntax Highlighter++60+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.8.0.
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CC-Syntax-Highlight60+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 1 month ago.
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REST API support for Crayon Syntax Highlighter20+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
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Post Editor Zen Coding10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
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CodeHighlighter10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
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Simple Gist Embed10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1.
All 13 plugins tagged “syntax highlight”
Syntax-highlighting Code Block (with Server-side Rendering)
Up in the last 7 days:6#5,317by Weston Ruter5 months ago
Extending the Code block with syntax highlighting rendered on the server, thus being AMP-compatible and having faster frontend performance.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(26)
- Downloads
- 40/day
Code Block Syntax Highlighter for Elementor
Down in the last 7 days:54#8,722by netninja22023 years ago
This is an drag & drop widget for syntax highlighting of code blocks.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 100/day
Syntax Highlight
Up in the last 7 days:40#12,319by lukasz.webmaster12 years ago
Syntax Highlighting in WordPress Plugins and Themes Editor.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP-SynHighlight
Down in the last 7 days:133#14,229by FractalizeR10 years ago
Plugin provides syntax highlighting for about 116 programming languages via Geshi.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.6(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Syntax Highlighter++
Down in the last 7 days:39#19,298by leo10812 years ago
You can add code with syntax highlighter easily when you are editing an article. 方便的代码高亮插件。
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
CC-Syntax-Highlight
Up in the last 7 days:67#19,364by 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
REST API support for Crayon Syntax Highlighter
#27,889by miunosoft8 years ago
Adds WordPress REST API support for Crayon Syntax Highlighter.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 3.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Post Editor Zen Coding
#29,532by Bainternet13 years ago
This plugin add a syntax highlighted editor to WordPress Post new/edit screen with Emmet (zen coding) engine.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
CodeHighlighter
Up in the last 7 days:5,731#39,624by iwongu14 years ago
This plugin is a syntax highlighter for source code using GeSHi.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple Gist Embed
#39,963by Bainternet15 years ago
This plugin lets you embed Github's Gists in your posts or pages, but the main deference is that this plugin also enables you to create Gists wit …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WPygments
Up in the last 7 days:5,434#40,914by capynet12 years ago
Server side syntax highlighter based on Pygments highlighter software.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Code Snippets in Comments
Down in the last 7 days:1,601#58,556by yannyann6 years ago
Code Snippets in Comments plugin extends the Comments function by show code in highlighting without modifying the saving of comments in database.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day