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SyntaxHighlighter Plus

Easily post source code such as PHP or HTML and display it in a styled box.

By Fred Wu·PHP·Free
5(1 reviews)
·100 active installs·Updated 15 years ago
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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 +….

5/51 reviews
100active installs
39K+total downloads
19 yearssince 2007

Overview

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 — bash, sh
  • C++ — cpp, c, c++
  • C# — c#, c-sharp, csharp
  • CSS — css
  • Delphi — delphi, pascal
  • Diff — diff
  • Groovy — groovy
  • Java — java
  • JavaScript — js, jscript, javascript
  • Perl — perl, pl
  • PHP — php
  • Plain text — plain, text
  • Python — py, python
  • Ruby R…
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Ratings & Reviews

51 reviews
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1 ★
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Compatibility

WordPress2.0+ requiredTested up to false
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

Version 1.0b2

  • Upgraded SyntaxHighlighter to 2.0.296
  • Added automatic SSL detection (thanks to g30rg3_x)
  • Added anti-XSS and XSRF (thanks to g30rg3_x)
  • Language aliases fix
  • Code clean up

Version 1.0b1

  • Upgraded the core engine to SyntaxHighlighter 2.0
  • Added configuration: themes

Version 0.18

  • Added PHP as the default language if no langua…
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Contributors

Fred WuFred Wu
Plugin Info
Version
1.0b2
Last Updated
Jun 3, 2010
WP Requires
2.0+
Tested Up To
false
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
100
Downloads
39K+
Added
Dec 18, 2007
Business
Free

Tags

phpcodesourcejavascriptsourcecode

Developer

F
Fred Wu
1 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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