WP Code Highlight

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1. ★★★★★ scbritton

   7.0y ago

   This plugin was working fine, until some point in the last 12 months. I checked an old post and discovered that my content was no longer displaying, and discovered this plugin was the cause. Upon deactivation, my content reappeared. So, like others have posted, it doesn’t seem to work with PHP 7

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2. ★★★★★ Niraj Shah

   8.3y ago

   I used to use this plugin on my site, but since upgrading to PHP 7.1, this plugin no longer works, therefore I’ve uninstalled it.

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3. ★★★★★ websupporter

   9.6y ago

   I was using it quite a bit. After a while, I forgot about it. Out of convienience I started to use gist and embedded them. There are good reasons not to do this and for those reasons this plugin is suitable. I do not quite remember, I think I abandoned this plugin, since I use a lot of < and > and there is no fun doing so with the WP Editor. Must have been something like this, but not really related to this plugin. I switched to PHP7 and my blog posts seem to disappear. I found out, this plugin does not work with PHP7. No worries, your posts are not lost, but they are not displayed properly. When you deactivate the plugin, everything works as it is supposed to. If you want to use this plugin and PHP7 you might want to have a look into this comment by a friendly user: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-plugin-does-not-support-php7/#post-8043051 Would be great, if the plugin would get updated though 🙂 This topic was modified 9 years, 6 months ago by websupporter. Reason: i wanted to rate 4 not 5 :)

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4. ★★★★★ Just a Wordpress User

   9.9y ago

   Didn’t work for PHP 7.0

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5. ★★★★★ hlx98007

   10.7y ago

   As titled. Disable or remove this plugin with using with PHP7

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6. ★★★★★ bcchagas

   11.3y ago

   Exactly what I was looking for. Easy to use, highlight just about any code. No configuration needed. Just install and start using it. It uses the ‘pre’ tag which is already available in the WordPress’ post editor.

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7. ★★★★★ Mike Price

   11.6y ago

   This plugin does exactly what it should do. I was looking for a solution to highlight code into my blog to make it readable. This plugin does just that and its not complicated. Thank you!

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8. ★★★★★ krischik

   12.0y ago

   Company installed it and there is no way to disable it on a per posting or per tag basis. Documentation is only in Chinese which makes it a pain to use. I hope I can convince IT to de-install the plug-in as again as it is unsuitable for a company blog which multiple authors which may have different needs.

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

Growth timeline

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

1. 2025-04-06 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
2. 2025-04-05 200+ → 300+ up after 14 days in tier
3. 2025-03-22 300+ → 200+ down after 3 days in tier
4. 2025-03-19 200+ → 300+ up after 2 days in tier
5. 2025-03-17 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
6. 2025-03-16 200+ → 300+ up after 10 days in tier
7. 2025-03-06 300+ → 200+ down after 20 days in tier
8. 2025-02-14 200+ → 300+ up after 9 days in tier

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).

• S SyntaxHighlighter Evolved 20K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag C
• Pastacode 400+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag B
• W WP SyntaxHighlighter 300+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D
• Code Block – share beautiful code snippets readers can copy 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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WP Code Highlight: 200+ active installs, 3.9★ (14 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-code-highlight