Highlight Source Pro
Powerful, XHTML-compliant, server-side code highlighting for pretty much all languages
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·30 active installs·Updated 17 years agoAs of April 2026, Highlight Source Pro is a WordPress code plugin with 30 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 13K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.3+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2008. Last updated 17 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: WPCode – Insert Headers and Footers +….
0/5Rating
30active installs
13K+total downloads
18 yearssince 2008
Overview
Powerful, flexible, XHTML-compliant, server-side code highlighting, credits for everything
but ‘making it a plugin’ go to Jay Pipes
and GeSHi.
Features
- Highlight sources of any language
- automatically, server-side (no javascripts)
- XHTML-Compliant,
<div>,<ul>,<span>with class-attributes and a css-file are used for styling - optionally add a heading for every code-block
- optionally specify line-number offset (BREAKS XHTML COMPLIANCE)
- optionally don’t display line-numbers
- set per-codeblock if the code is html_entity_encoded or not
- only parses
<pre>-tags with thelang=-attribute, thus does not interfere with any regular preformatted contents you might have - degrades beautifully through
<pre>-tags (if you keep the sources clean, that is) - all s…
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 2.3+ requiredTested up to 2.5 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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