Best syntaxhighlighter plugins for WordPress
The most popular syntaxhighlighter plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP SyntaxHighlighter leads with 300+ active installs, ahead of SyntaxHighlighter TinyMCE Button (100+) and Auto SyntaxHighlighter (100+). All 14 plugins tagged “SyntaxHighlighter” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 syntaxhighlighter plugins
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WP SyntaxHighlighterThe most installed syntaxhighlighter plugin, with 300+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.
- 2.
SyntaxHighlighter TinyMCE Button100+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.
- 3.
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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Syntax Highlighter Compress70+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 5 reviews, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1.
- 5.
SyntaxHighlighter CKEditor Button70+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
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SyntaxHighlighter Evolved60+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
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SyntaxHighlighter Evolved Themes40+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
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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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WP-Markdown-SyntaxHighlighter10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
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WP SyntaxHighlighter Theme Advance10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
All 14 plugins tagged “SyntaxHighlighter”
WP SyntaxHighlighter
Down in the last 7 days:44#10,855by 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
SyntaxHighlighter TinyMCE Button
Down in the last 7 days:51#15,754by 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
Auto SyntaxHighlighter
Up in the last 7 days:82#16,128by 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
Syntax Highlighter Compress
Down in the last 7 days:194#18,566by agmorpheus15 years ago
Syntax Highlighter ComPress is a plugin for code syntax highlighting. It loads fast on the website and code can pasted easily into Wordpress.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 4.8(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
SyntaxHighlighter CKEditor Button
Down in the last 7 days:82#18,797by solagirl12 years ago
This plugin adds a code button for WordPress CKEditor which helps to type or edit tag for Alex Gorbatchev's SyntaxHighlighter.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SyntaxHighlighter Evolved
Down in the last 7 days:401#20,028by randexdev12 years ago
Adds support for the Swift Programming Language to the SyntaxHighlighter Evolved plugin.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SyntaxHighlighter Evolved Themes
Down in the last 7 days:81#21,596by Justin Kopepasah12 years ago
Adds new themes to the SyntaxHighlighter Evolved plugin.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
CodeMirror for CodeEditor
Down in the last 7 days:50#21,882by redcocker14 years ago
Just another code syntaxhighligher for the theme and plugin editor with CodeMirror.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP-Markdown-SyntaxHighlighter
Down in the last 7 days:303#34,649by mattshelton14 years ago
WP-Markdown-SyntaxHighlighter works in conjunction with Markdown-formatted code blocks and SyntaxHighlighter to properly format code.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP SyntaxHighlighter Theme Advance
#40,622by Duoc Nguyen12 years ago
This plugin allow you to add and custom SyntaxHighlighter\'s theme.
- 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
Add XDC Brush to SyntaxHighlighter Evolved
Up in the last 7 days:4,466#58,502by Mark Seminatore5 years ago
This is a WordPress Plugin that adds support for Xilinx Design Constraint (XDC) files to the SyntaxHighlighter Evolved plugin.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Add Verilog Brush to SyntaxHighlighter Evolved
Up in the last 7 days:4,119#68,447by Mark Seminatore4 years ago
This is a WordPress Plugin that adds support for the Verilog language to the SyntaxHighlighter Evolved plugin.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day