Syntax Highlighter for WordPress WordPress Plugin
100% JavaScript syntax highlighter This plugin makes using the SyntaxHighlighter to highlight code snippets within WordPress simple.
This plugin easily integrates the SyntaxHighlighter by Alex Gorbatchev into WordPress. Supports AS3, Bash, C, C++, C#, ColdFusion, CSS, Delphi, diff, Erlang, Groovy, Java, JavaScript, JavaFX, Perl, PHP, Plain Text, Python, PowerShell, Ruby, Scala, SQL, VB, VB.NET, XML, and (X)HTML. Feature summary
- 100% client side, no server dependency
- Multiple languages support
- Wide browser support
- Very lightweight
Localization
- Japanese (ja) - OKAMOTO Wataru (plugin author)
- Dutch (nl_NL) - Rene
- German (de_DE) -
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Usage of Syntax Highlighter for WordPress over time
June 2023 — July 2024Between June 2023 and July 2024 the number of sites running this plugin went from 45 to 29 — down 16 (-35.6%).
| Month | Sites | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | 29 | -1 |
| June 2024 | 30 | -1 |
| May 2024 | 31 | +0 |
| April 2024 | 31 | +0 |
| March 2024 | 31 | +0 |
| February 2024 | 31 | -2 |
| January 2024 | 33 | -1 |
| December 2023 | 34 | -2 |
| November 2023 | 36 | +0 |
| October 2023 | 36 | -3 |
| September 2023 | 39 | -4 |
| August 2023 | 43 | -1 |
| July 2023 | 44 | -1 |
| June 2023 | 45 | — |
Themes used with Syntax Highlighter for WordPress
Detected most often on sites that run this plugin.
| # | Theme |
|---|---|
| 1 | Twentyfifteen |
| 2 | Twentytwelve |
| 3 | Twentyfourteen |
| 4 | Genesis |
| 5 | Twentyeleven |
| 6 | Hueman |
| 7 | Divi |
| 8 | Twentythirteen |
| 9 | Twentysixteen |
| 10 | Twentyten |
| 11 | Iconic-one |
| 12 | Responsive |
| 13 | Sahifa |
| 14 | Enfold |
| 15 | Suffusion |
| 16 | Avada |
| 17 | Simplicity |
| 18 | Sparkling |
| 19 | Decode |
| 20 | Independent-publisher |
Sites running Syntax Highlighter for WordPress
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