WP Code Highlight
by acalbert · Uncategorized
WP Code Highlight provides clean syntax highlighting and it also provides a code button.
44 health vs 56 average across 10,836 Uncategorized plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40, 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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 4367 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
65
now · peak 97
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
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 “200+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-04-06 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-04-05 200+ → 300+ up after 14 days in band
- 2025-03-22 300+ → 200+ down after 3 days in band
- 2025-03-19 200+ → 300+ up after 2 days in band
- 2025-03-17 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-03-16 200+ → 300+ up after 10 days in band
- 2025-03-06 300+ → 200+ down after 20 days in band
- 2025-02-14 200+ → 300+ up after 9 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- S SyntaxHighlighter Evolved 20K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag C
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Pastacode 400+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A - W WP SyntaxHighlighter 300+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D
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Code Block – Embed Code with One-Click Copy Feature 200+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag B - S SyntaxHighlighter TinyMCE Button 100+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag D
- A Auto SyntaxHighlighter 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/wp-code-highlight" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="WP Code Highlight — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> WP Code Highlight: 200+ active installs, 3.9★ (14 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-code-highlight