Urvanov Syntax Highlighter

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 58% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ audioscavenger

   2.4y ago

   How about the other half of WordPress users? We stink or what?

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2. ★★★★★ vasimov

   2.5y ago

   Im using it in wordpress 6.4.3. But there is one important thing: it doesnt work with default editor. I installed plugin Classic Editor, now it’s working great!

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3. ★★★★★ erden15

   2.8y ago

   I like it a lot. It works great.

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4. ★★★★★ pjohnst5

   4.7y ago

   This plugin is literally the best one out there. Of all the ones I have reviews (many) this one has all the features, and MORE!!! Awesome, absolutely phenomenal Must have - copy button ✅ - languages ✅ Bash, c#, Docker, JSON, Go, Powershell, Python Would be nice - in-line support ⭐️ - Multi-line has folding option ⭐️ ____________________________________________ 1. Enlighter 2. My Syntax Highlighter 3. Syntax Highlighter for Theme/Plugin Editor 4. Prismatic 5. SyntaxHighlighter Evolved 6. Highlighting Code Block 7. CodeMirror Blocks 8. WP Githuber MD - WordPress Markdown Editor 9. Urvanov Syntax Highlighter 10. Code Syntax Block 11. Syntax-Highlighting Code Block 12. Markdown pure 1. Enlighter - copy button ✅ - languages ✅ - in-line-support ⭐ - multi-line folding ❌ Gutenberg looks pretty verbose 7. CodeMirror Blocks - copy button ✅ - languages ✅ - in-line-support ❌ - multi-line folding ❌ Looks really nice Themes I like: Lesser-dark, do they have vscode theme?, Lucario, Material, Mbo, Monokai 9. Urvanov Syntax Highlighter - copy button ✅ - languages ❌ No docker buuut... - in-line-support ✅ - multi-line folding 🌟 10. Code Syntax Block - copy button - languages - in-line-support - multi-line folding 11. Syntax-Highlighting Code Block - copy button - languages - in-line-support - multi-line folding ################ No thanks ######################## 12. HTML Editor Syntax Highlighter❌ Not even a frontend highlighter - copy button - languages - in-line-support - multi-line folding 2. My Syntax Highlighter - copy button ❌ - languages 🟡 (have to pay) - in-line-support - multi-line folding 🌟 3. Syntax Highlighter for Theme/Plugin Editor ❌ not even frontend highlighter - copy button - languages - in-line-support - multi-line folding 4. Prismatic - copy button ✅ - languages ❌ No docker, but has markdown - in-line-support ❌ - multi-line folding ❌ Just didn't like it 5. SyntaxHighlighter Evolved - copy button ❌ - languages ❌ No bash or Dockerfile - in-line-support ❌ - multi-line folding ❌ not intuitive 6. Highlighting Code Block - copy button ✅ - languages ❌ No docker and go, no YAML - in-line-support ❌ - multi-line folding ❌ 8. WP Githuber MD - WordPress Markdown Editor - copy button ✅ - languages 🟡 doesn't highlight very well - in-line-support ❌ - multi-line folding ❌ not intuitive Just don't like it Copy button was great though

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5. ★★★★★ Luis Alejandre

   4.9y ago

   Thank you so much, Fedor, for bringing Crayon´s features back to us without the need for any content changes and without the fear for PHP updates.

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6. ★★★★★ RealMag777

   5.1y ago

   Thank you for reincarnation of great plugin! I liked crayon plugin for years, but it was abandoned and not works with PHP 8.

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7. ★★★★★ dualaudi

   5.4y ago

   So glad you forked this and it’s working right out of the box with the old snippets.

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8. ★★★★★ zycliao

   5.6y ago

   I’ve tried a dozen of syntax highlighters. This one is the best. Lots of elegant themes. So much customization.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 2.9.1 FIXED Backslash processing in string regular expression. (https://github.com/urvanov-ru/crayon-syntax-highlighter/issues/56) 2.9.1
2. — Version 2.9.0 ADDED Use parse_blocks instead of full text scan to support Gutenberg. For old posts created by Classic Editor use full text scan as before. 2.9.0
3. — Version 2.8.40 FIXED Fixed broken settings after 2.8.39 2.8.40
4. — Version 2.8.39 FIXED Fixed ‘Translations loaded too early error’ notice. (https://wordpress.org/support/topic/translations-loaded-too-early-error/) 2.8.39
5. — Version 2.8.38 FIXED moved load_textdomain to after_setup_theme, so that it loads after in… Fix warning in the_content function 2.8.38
6. — Version 2.8.37 FIXED Warning message. PHP Deprecated: pathinfo(): Passing null to parameter #1 (https://wordpress.org/support/topic/passing-null-to-string-warning/) Warning message. Trying to get property ‘comment_ID’ of non-object (ht 2.8.37

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

1. Medium · 5.4 Urvanov Syntax Highlighter <= 2.8.33 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via init_ajax ↗
   2023-10-06 CVE-2023-45106 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affects <= 2.8.33 Patched in 2.8.34

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

Translated into 8 languages, 3 at 90% or more

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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).

• R rtSyntax 10+ installs · 3.9★ · 4 shared tags D
• Enlighter – Customizable Syntax Highlighter 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags A
• Code Prettify 1K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags D
• AH Code Highlighter 60+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags D
• Easy Code Highlighter — installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags C
• S Simpler Syntax Highlighter — installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags D

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Urvanov Syntax Highlighter: 3K+ active installs, 4.5★ (19 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/urvanov-syntax-highlighter