Lite Syntax Highlighting: PHP, HTML, CSS, JS, C
As of April 2026, Lite Syntax Highlighting is a WordPress syntax plugin with 10 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 2.8K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Last updated 7 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: String locator.
The Plugin makes it easy to add syntax highlighting of code in your blog. You can use shortcodes in posts and comments and also html tags everywhere.
It adds some buttons to editor, which generate special short code tags to turn on syntax highlighting: [slh lang=”php”] for example. And you can use html tags, example: <pre class=”slh__html”></pre>
The plugin supports highlighting:
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| WordPress | 3.0+ requiredTested up to 5.1.22 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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