This plug-in makes WP-Syntax highlighted code snippets downloadable from nice captions.
As of April 2026, WP-Syntax Download Extension is a WordPress code plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 9.1K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2010. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: WPCode – Insert Headers and Footers +….
This plug-in adds download facility to
WP-Syntax, putting a
pretty caption to each syntax highlighted code snippet, which contains
a permalink anchor and a couple of action buttons: “raw” and
“download”.
The usage is easy. You just put an attibute filename="..." to
a <pre> element and the snippet will have a caption.
I strongly recommend that you use the TinyMCE Valid
Elements
plug-in to make the non-standard attributes of the <pre> element
treated as valid and get preserved in the visual editor. Configure it
so that the pre element can have the following attributes:
classdirescapedfilenamehighlightidlanglinestyletitlewrapYou can alter the visual style of captions with CSS via admins menu.
This plug-in was first developed for PHP 5.2.12 a…
| WordPress | 3.0+ requiredTested up to 3.4.2 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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