This plugins adds a class to the anchors that matches the url on your browser so you can style it with css.
As of April 2026, Anchor Highlighter is a WordPress add plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 1.5K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Last updated 9 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Pages with category and tag.
Anchor Highlighter is a plugin that adds a class to every anchor on your website whose href link matches the actual URL, this is useful to change the css styling of the current anchor, for example in a menu, or in the archives widget, or in any other use that you could gave it.
You can choose the class to add in the settings-> Anchor Highlighter menu
| WordPress | 3.0.1+ requiredTested up to 3.4.2 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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