Easily post source code such as PHP or HTML and display it in a styled box.
As of April 2026, SyntaxHighlighter Plus is a WordPress php plugin with 100 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 39K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2007. Last updated 15 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: WPCode – Insert Headers and Footers +….
SyntaxHighlighter Plus is a WordPress plugin for code syntax highlighting. It is an enhanced version of the original SyntaxHighlighter by Matt, Viper007Bond and mdawaffe. Please give them a big applause for making such a great plugin!
SyntaxHighlighter allows you to easily post syntax highlighted code all without loosing it’s formatting or making an manual changes.
It supports the following languages (the alias for use in the post is listed next to the name):
bash, shcpp, c, c++c#, c-sharp, csharpcssdelphi, pascaldiffgroovyjavajs, jscript, javascriptperl, plphpplain, textpy, python| WordPress | 2.0+ requiredTested up to false |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version 1.0b2
Version 1.0b1
Version 0.18
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