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Syntax Highlighter++

by leo108 · Uncategorized

You can add code with syntax highlighter easily when you are editing an article. 方便的代码高亮插件。

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
45 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 74/100
Support 70/100

45 health vs 59 average across 6,932 Uncategorized plugins

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.

  • Long abandoned. No update in 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.8.0, well behind 6.8.

Directory ranking optimization

How it's scored →

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

36 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 2/100
Rating quality 51/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 4464 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-08 · 1,378 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-58% vs prior 30d
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

25

now · peak 71

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

Syntax Highlighter++ · #18717 Code Block Pro · #2150 Simple Code Highligh · #10240 Better File Editor · #10335

Downloads per 1k installs · 30d

Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base

Estimated active installs

wp.org reports only “70+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
70–80 ≈76

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

At the current install trend, crossing 80+ in roughly 1594 days.

Install history · since 2022-10-07 · 1,375 observations

Details

Version
2.5.0
Last updated
12.2y ago
Added
2011-04-07 · 15 yrs on WP
Requires WP
2.0
Tested up to
3.8.0
Requires PHP

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-02-21 60+ → 70+ up after 2 days in band
  2. 2026-02-19 70+ → 60+ down after 1 days in band
  3. 2026-02-18 60+ → 70+ up after 3 days in band
  4. 2026-02-15 70+ → 60+ down after 41 days in band
  5. 2026-01-05 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in band
  6. 2026-01-04 70+ → 60+ down after 206 days in band
  7. 2025-06-12 80+ → 70+ down after 279 days in band
  8. 2024-09-06 90+ → 80+ down after 20 days in band

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Syntax Highlighter++: 70+ active installs, 5.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/syntax-highlighter-with-add-button-in-editor