SyntaxHighlighter Evolved WordPress Plugin
Easily post syntax-highlighted code to your site without having to modify the code at all. As seen on WordPress.com.
SyntaxHighlighter Evolved allows you to easily post syntax-highlighted code to your site without losing its formatting or making any manual changes. It uses the SyntaxHighlighter JavaScript package by Alex Gorbatchev.
For a live demo, see this plugin's homepage.
For a list of supported languages (most widely used languages are supported), see the WordPress.com support document.
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Usage of SyntaxHighlighter Evolved over time
June 2023 — July 2024Between June 2023 and July 2024 the number of sites running this plugin went from 1 230 to 1 020 — down 210 (-17.1%).
| Month | Sites | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | 1 020 | -75 |
| June 2024 | 1 095 | -14 |
| May 2024 | 1 109 | +1 |
| April 2024 | 1 108 | +6 |
| March 2024 | 1 102 | +2 |
| February 2024 | 1 100 | -46 |
| January 2024 | 1 146 | -28 |
| December 2023 | 1 174 | +13 |
| November 2023 | 1 161 | +2 |
| October 2023 | 1 159 | -31 |
| September 2023 | 1 190 | -15 |
| August 2023 | 1 205 | -16 |
| July 2023 | 1 221 | -9 |
| June 2023 | 1 230 | — |
Themes used with SyntaxHighlighter Evolved
Detected most often on sites that run this plugin.
| # | Theme |
|---|---|
| 1 | Pub |
| 2 | H4 |
| 3 | Twentytwelve |
| 4 | Twentyeleven |
| 5 | Twentyfourteen |
| 6 | Twentysixteen |
| 7 | Twentyfifteen |
| 8 | Twentyten |
| 9 | Twentythirteen |
| 10 | Genesis |
| 11 | Twentyseventeen |
| 12 | Suffusion |
| 13 | Sparkling |
| 14 | Hueman |
| 15 | Premium |
| 16 | Divi |
| 17 | Iconic-one |
| 18 | Responsive |
| 19 | Zbench |
| 20 | Flat |
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