Prismatic
Display beautiful syntax-highlighted code snippets with Prism.js or Highlight.js
4.8(45 reviews)
·2.0K+ active installs·Updated 3 weeks agoAs of April 2026, Prismatic is a WordPress code plugin with 2.0K+ active installations and a 4.8/5 rating from 45 reviews. It has been downloaded 119K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.7+ and PHP 5.6.20+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Downloads are down 9% this week. Support resolution rate: 100%. Top alternative: WPCode – Insert Headers and Footers +….
4.8/545 reviews
2.0K+active installs
100%resolved
10 yearssince 2016
Overview
Display Beautiful Code
Display beautiful code snippets with Prism.js, Highlight.js, or plain code escaping:
- Prism.js – Code escape + syntax highlight using Prism.js
- Highlight.js – Code escape + syntax highlight using Highlight.js
- Plain Flavor – Code escape without syntax highlighting
👉 The only 3-in-1 syntax highlighter!
Live Examples
Here are some live examples showing Prismatic displaying colorful code snippets:
- PHP highlighting
- CSS highlighting
- JavaScript highlighting
- HTML highlighting
- Escaped code without highlighting
Prismatic is used to display thousands of code snippets on the above sites. Also here is a post showing some favorite Highlight.js styles 🙂
Prism.js Features
- Supports 60+ coding languages
- Choose from all 8 available Prism themes
- Provides a…
Screenshots
Ratings & Reviews
4.845 reviews
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Recent Reviews
Great syntax highlighter and great updating of the plugin!
by Thehighwaychild·1 year ago
It was hard to find a code syntax highlighter that was compatible with my version (latest) of WP. This plugin works great! Now I have nice looking code blocks on my front end. This developer obviously keep the plugin up to date. Great job!
Nothing happens
by jarekluberek·1 year ago
WordPress 6.7.1, maybe that’s the problem.
Added the /prismatic, inserted code, choosed language in block settings. Nada.
Very frustrating.
Excellent Plugin
by vigneshsweekaran·1 year ago
Easy to use
great code highlighting
by oferdan·3 years ago
Great code highlighting, easy to use, lightweight and fast. Supports both prism.js and highlight.js.
Best and fastest code highlighter
by yannpl·4 years ago
Easy to install, easy to configure, works out of the box.
Integration of snippets in posts and pages is effortless, the color themes are beautiful. It’s fast and light, doesn’t add much to page load.
Download Trends
Today: 50Yesterday: 48This week: 335Period total: 23K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.7+ requiredTested up to 7.0 |
| PHP | 5.6.20+ required |
Version Adoption
v3.7
51.1%
v3.5
15.2%
v3.4
13.4%
v3.6
10.4%
Other
9.9%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
Thank you to everyone providing feedback! If you like Prismatic, please take a moment to give a 5-star rating. It helps to keep development and support going strong. Thank you!
3.7.4 (2026/03/11)
- Adds whitelist sanitization for code attributes
- Tests on WordPress 6.9 + 7.0
Full changelog @
Contributors
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