Syntax highlighting with Rainbow.js.
As of April 2026, WP Colored Coding is a WordPress rainbow.js plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 2.7K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.9.2+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Last updated 11 years ago — may have compatibility concerns.
Brings the cool Javascript syntax highlighter Rainbow.js to your WordPress-Blog and allows you to manage code snippets independend from the text editor.
IMPORTANT! – This plugin is no longer testet with PHP 5.2!
For a detailed usage manual refer to the Usage section, or – better than a thousand words – to the screenshots.
If you want to change the behaviour of the plugin see the API-Documentation
By default, the plugin is ready for use after activation. Some options can be changed on Settings → Writing.
This option enables an additional checkb…
| WordPress | 3.9.2+ requiredTested up to 4.0.38 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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