CodeColorer

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1. ★★★★★ hummdis

   5.8y ago

   This is a great plugin and despite some quirks, which I think are in WordPress, it works great, even in WordPress 5.5.3.

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2. ★★★★★ rob101011

   7.1y ago

   I use this plugin to display code snippets in service documentation and it looks great. To maintain support with wordpress 5+ use this plugin alongside the classic editor plugin created by wordpress: https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/classic-editor/

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3. ★★★★★ mariushosting

   8.6y ago

   Hope the author continue to update this plugin. IS the best plugin for code style. Work perfect on wordpress 4.9.2.

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4. ★★★★★ Steffen Voß

   9.0y ago

   Very nice plugin, that makes my shitty code look great. 😀

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5. ★★★★★ Samuel Santos

   12.4y ago

   Should replace the lang attribute with class or data-lang attributes. Must importantly, should use <pre> instead of <code> elements.

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6. ★★★★★ DocLeonard

   12.7y ago

   An excellent plugin! More than I was looking for. The plugin allows for an impressive set of different languages to be automatically colored and allows for this to be done with a more than adequate set of themes. Furthermore, it allows you to customize styles with CSS rules and classes, on top of a proper choice of settings available.

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7. ★★★★★ rafael.oshiro

   13.1y ago

   I’ve been looking for a plugin like this, with color scheme like TextMate and this is perfect and is working great.

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8. ★★★★★ Hansaplastique

   13.2y ago

   Although it appears no longer maintained, it works great on my WP MU setup. Lightweight and looks great!

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3 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 6.1 CodeColorer <= 0.10.1 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'class' attribute in 'cc' Comment Shortcode ↗
   2026-04-15 CVE-2026-4032 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 0.10.1 Patched in 0.10.2
2. High · 7.2 CodeColorer <= 0.10.1 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2025-12-30 CVE-2025-68012 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 0.10.1 Patched in 0.10.2
3. Medium · 4.4 CodeColorer <= 0.10.0 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2023-06-05 CVE-2023-2795 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 0.10.0 Patched in 0.10.1

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Translated into 32 languages, 13 at 90% or more

Plus 8 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2024-05-06 2K+ → 1K+ down

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Code Block Pro – Beautiful Syntax Highlighting 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
• U Urvanov Syntax Highlighter 3K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B
• Code Prettify 1K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags D
• Code Click to Copy 700+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B
• Code Snippet DM 500+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags B
• Pastacode 400+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B

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CodeColorer: 1K+ active installs, 4.9★ (11 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-28. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/codecolorer