Simple Code Block
A simple block to insert code into Gutenberg.
4.9(9 reviews)
·200 active installs·Updated 6 years agoAs of April 2026, Simple Code Block is a WordPress ace plugin with 200 active installations and a 4.9/5 rating from 9 reviews. It has been downloaded 8.6K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.6+ and PHP 5.2.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2018. Last updated 6 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: ACE Certificazione Energetica.
4.9/59 reviews
200active installs
8.6K+total downloads
8 yearssince 2018
Overview
A simple block to the new WordPress editor Gutenberg to insert and show code with Ace Editor.
Now is very easy to share code in your own web with Gutenberg and this simple code block with the power of Ace: the successor of the Mozilla Skywriter (Bespin) project.
Ace is an embeddable code editor written in JavaScript with the features and performance of native editors such as Sublime, Vim and TextMate.
For each block you can choose many languages and styles:
- Lot of languages avalaibles: html, php, css, javascript, python,…
- Syntax highlighting with more than 20 themes to choose.
- Other options to select the font size of the code and lines to show without scroll.
What You See in the backend with Gutenberg editor Is What You Get! and the plugin only enqueue the selected assets to highl…
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Ratings & Reviews
4.99 reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.6+ requiredTested up to 5.3.21 |
| PHP | 5.2.4+ required |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.2.2
- Fix bug on previous minor version
Contributors
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