iG:Syntax Hiliter WordPress Plugin
A plugin to easily present source code on your site with syntax highlighting and formatting (as seen in code editors, IDEs).
iG:Syntax Hiliter allows you to post source code to your site with syntax highlighting and formatting (as seen in code editors, IDEs). You can paste the code as is from your code editor or IDE and this plugin will take care of all the code colouring and preserve your formatting. It uses the GeSHi library to colourize your code and supports over a 100 programming languages. Most common languages are included with the plugin and it includes drop in support for more languages used by GeSHi.
NOTE : For fast results and less load on your server, you should have a cache plugin installed. That way the plugin won't have to parse the code blocks on a post every time its loaded in browser.
Minimum Requirements
- WordPress 4.1 or above
- PHP 5.3 or above
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code highlighter
CSS
html
javascript
mysql
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source code
syntax highlighter
Sites running iG:Syntax Hiliter, click to open one
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Usage of iG:Syntax Hiliter over time
June 2023 — July 2024Between June 2023 and July 2024 the number of sites running this plugin went from 30 to 17 — down 13 (-43.3%).
| Month | Sites | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | 17 | -2 |
| June 2024 | 19 | +0 |
| May 2024 | 19 | +0 |
| April 2024 | 19 | +0 |
| March 2024 | 19 | -3 |
| February 2024 | 22 | -2 |
| January 2024 | 24 | -2 |
| December 2023 | 26 | -2 |
| November 2023 | 28 | +0 |
| October 2023 | 28 | -3 |
| September 2023 | 31 | +0 |
| August 2023 | 31 | +1 |
| July 2023 | 30 | +0 |
| June 2023 | 30 | — |
Themes used with iG:Syntax Hiliter
Detected most often on sites that run this plugin.
| # | Theme |
|---|---|
| 1 | Iconic-one |
| 2 | Yoko.1.0.4 |
| 3 | Karolina |
| 4 | Twentyeleven |
| 5 | Bluesensation |
| 6 | Foxy |
| 7 | Justise |
| 8 | Twentyfifteen |
| 9 | Johnmu-001 |
| 10 | Ifeature |
| 11 | Ajaxify |
| 12 | Wp-andreas09-16 |
| 13 | Kiss-1 |
| 14 | Mistylook |
| 15 | Dailypress |
| 16 | Lifestyle-pro |
| 17 | Classic |
| 18 | Scruffy |
| 19 | Fallseason-10 |
| 20 | Lingonberry |
Sites running iG:Syntax Hiliter
All sites in the collection17 examples from the collection. Open any site to see the theme and plugins we found on it.
