Adds syntax higlighting to the Contact Form 7 admin screens. Requires the Contact Form 7 plugin.
As of April 2026, Contact Form 7 Syntax Highlighting is a WordPress html-editor plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 6 reviews. It has been downloaded 7.2K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.0.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Last updated 5 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are up 11% this week. Top alternative: HTML Editor for Contact Form 7.
Are you using HTML code in your Contact Form 7 forms and email bodies? Ace syntax highlighting enhanches the Contact Form 7 backend and makes it easy to code HTML for complex forms.
Thank you
With all of the amazing syntax highlighting features that are in a great deal of plugins, it always underwhelmed me when I got to my CF7 editor and was greeted with a plain text editor. I figured there was no hope for it until I decided to Google-foo my way to a solution; that solution is the plugin you’re looking at. Stop searching, this is all you’ll need! Many, many kudos to the developer!
It is a good plugin, it does what it says and help us to read our code.
Simply works. Thanks a lot!
Works as expected.
| WordPress | 4.0.1+ requiredTested up to 5.4.19 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Changed font size to 13px to match the default body font size of the WordPress admin.
Print margin line is removed from the editor.
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