Adds WordPress REST API support for Crayon Syntax Highlighter.
As of April 2026, REST API support for Crayon Syntax Highlighter is a WordPress code plugin with 20 active installations and a 3.5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 2.6K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.7+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2018. Last updated 7 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: WPCode – Insert Headers and Footers +….
Crayon Syntax Highlighter is one of the best code syntax highlighter plugins for WordPress and currently it does nto support REST API. This means that it does not highlight code in posts created via REST API, including posts created by Gutenberg.
This plugin adds support for it.
No more plain code!
| WordPress | 4.7+ requiredTested up to 4.9.29 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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