Title: WP Code Highlight
Author: acalbert
Published: September 27, 2011
Last modified: August 2, 2014
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# WP Code Highlight
By [acalbert](https://profiles.wordpress.org/acalbert/)
[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-code-highlight.1.2.9.zip)
* [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-code-highlight/#description)
* [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-code-highlight/#reviews)
* [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-code-highlight/#installation)
* [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-code-highlight/#developers)
[Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-code-highlight/)
## Description
WP Code Highlight provides syntax highlighting of source code snippets and it is
W3C valid.
Wrap code blocks with `` and `
` It provides a code button(
HTML editor) to help you insert code in articles easily. You don’t need to specify
the language since WP Code Highlight will guess, all languages are supported. You
can put line numbers in your code if you need. There are 4 highlight themes, you
can choose from them or display by random. It can also load `wp-code-highlight.css`
from current wordpress theme directory. It can delete its own options, so it is
also a green plugin !
#### Basic Usage
1. Download and extract `wp-code-highlight.zip` to `wp-content/plugins/`
2. Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” menu in WordPress
3. “Dashboard”->”Users”->”Your Profile”->”Disable the visual editor when writing”
4. “Dashboard”->”Settings”->”WP Code Highlight”
5. Wrap code blocks with `` and `
` (It provides a code button in the HTML
editor)
6. You don’t need to specify the language since WP Code Highlight will guess, all
languages are supported
7. It can also load `wp-code-highlight.css` from current wordpress theme directory
#### More Information
For more information of this plugin, please visit: [Plugin Homepage](http://boliquan.com/wp-code-highlight/).
Related Links:
* [WP Code Highlight (FAQ)](http://boliquan.com/wp-code-highlight/) | [Download](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-code-highlight/)
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## Screenshots
* [[
* Admin page screenshot
* [[
* Code Button
## Installation
1. Download and extract `wp-code-highlight.zip` to `wp-content/plugins/`
2. Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” menu in WordPress
3. “Dashboard”->”Users”->”Your Profile”->”Disable the visual editor when writing”
4. “Dashboard”->”Settings”->”WP Code Highlight”
5. Wrap code blocks with `` and `
` (It provides a code button in the HTML
editor)
6. You don’t need to specify the language since WP Code Highlight will guess, all
languages are supported
7. It can also load `wp-code-highlight.css` from current wordpress theme directory
## FAQ
You can sumbit it in http://boliquan.com/wp-code-highlight/
## Reviews
### [Broke my Site – PHP 7 problem.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/broke-my-site-php-7-problem/)
[scbritton](https://profiles.wordpress.org/scbritton/) September 2, 2019
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
### [Doesn’t work with PHP 7.1](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/doesnt-work-with-php-7-1-2/)
[Niraj Shah](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nirajshah-1/) May 3, 2018
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.
### [Does its job, but not in PHP7](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-its-job-but-not-in-php7/)
[websupporter](https://profiles.wordpress.org/websupporter/) January 19, 2017
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
🙂
### [Didn’t work for PHP 7.0](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/didnt-work-for-php-7-0/)
[Just a Wordpress User](https://profiles.wordpress.org/xrvel/) October 23, 2016
Didn’t work for PHP 7.0
### [This plugin does not support PHP7](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-plugin-does-not-support-php7/)
[hlx98007](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hlx98007/) September 3, 2016 1 reply
As titled. Disable or remove this plugin with using with PHP7
[ Read all 14 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-code-highlight/reviews/)
## Contributors & Developers
“WP Code Highlight” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.
Contributors
* [ acalbert ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/acalbert/)
* [ boliquan ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/boliquan/)
[Translate “WP Code Highlight” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-code-highlight)
### Interested in development?
[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-code-highlight/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wp-code-highlight/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-code-highlight/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-code-highlight/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).
## Changelog
#### 1.2.9
* Some optimization
#### 1.2.8
* Updated newline handling to handle fixes to IE 10
* Remove unused JS files
* Optimize CSS
* Register Setting
#### 1.2.7
* Some optimization
#### 1.2.6
* Corrected the bugs of ‘Code Button’, due to the quicktags was changed since WordPress
3.3
#### 1.2.5
* Corrected the slashes bugs
* Add settings link
#### 1.2.4
* Detailed usage
#### 1.2.3
* Corrected some bugs,thanks to ‘ihacklog.com’
#### 1.2.2
* Add languages packs
#### 1.2.1
* Corrected some IE6 bugs
#### 1.2.0
* Html special chars can be displayed
* Some optimize
#### 1.1.9
* Some optimize
* Corrected some bugs of Line Numbers
#### 1.1.8
* Some optimize
* Corrected some mistakes
#### 1.1.7
* Some optimize
* Corrected some mistakes
#### 1.1.6
* First release.
## Meta
* Version **1.2.9**
* Last updated **12 years ago**
* Active installations **200+**
* WordPress version ** 2.7 or higher **
* Tested up to **3.9.40**
* Language
* [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-code-highlight/)
* Tags
* [Code Highlight](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/code-highlight/)[sourcecode](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/sourcecode/)
[wordpress code highlight](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/wordpress-code-highlight/)
[wp code](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/wp-code/)[wp code highlight](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/wp-code-highlight/)
* [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-code-highlight/advanced/)
## Ratings
3.9 out of 5 stars.
* [ 7 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-code-highlight/reviews/?filter=5)
* [ 3 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-code-highlight/reviews/?filter=4)
* [ 1 3-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-code-highlight/reviews/?filter=3)
* [ 1 2-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-code-highlight/reviews/?filter=2)
* [ 2 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-code-highlight/reviews/?filter=1)
[Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-code-highlight/reviews/#new-post)
[See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-code-highlight/reviews/)
## Contributors
* [ acalbert ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/acalbert/)
* [ boliquan ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/boliquan/)
## Support
Got something to say? Need help?
[View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-code-highlight/)
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