Title: WP-Markdown-Syntax-Sugar
Author: dwhitevisoft
Published: <strong>August 13, 2012</strong>
Last modified: January 3, 2013

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# WP-Markdown-Syntax-Sugar

 By [dwhitevisoft](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dwhitevisoft/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-markdown-syntax-sugar.0.1.1.zip)

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 *  [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-markdown-syntax-sugar/#installation)
 * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-markdown-syntax-sugar/#developers)

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## Description

WP Markdown Syntax Sugar work in conjunction with plugins such as [wp-markdown](https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-markdown/)

and [wp-highlight.js](https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-highlightjs/). Markdown
is fantastic markup for easily writing blogs, and [highlight.js](http://softwaremaniacs.org/soft/highlight/en/)
is an extremely easy way to highlight code examples. In most cases, highlight.js
automatically detects the proper language for a block of code. In certain cases,
primarily if your code example is short, highlight.js could improperly detect the
language that you are using; that is where this plugin comes into play. By adding
one line to your code blocks, you can explicitly set the language that you are using,
allowing highlight.js to properly format your code.

The concept is inspired by the [wp-markdown-syntax-highlight](https://github.com/spjwebster/wp-markdown-syntax-highlight)

plugin.

The usage is extremely simple. Just add a shebang as the first line of your code
example with the language you are using.

    ```
    #!ruby
    class Foo < Bar
      def hello
        puts "Hello World!"
      end
    end
    ```

The shebang is removed, and the code is outputted as:

    ```
    <pre><code class="language-ruby">class Foo < Bar
      def hello
        puts "Hello World!"
      end
    end</code></pre>
    ```

Now the code block is properly formatted for highlight.js to do its magic, and the
code snippet will be properly
 highlighted.

## Installation

Installation is standard and straight forward.

 1. Upload the `wp-markdown-syntax-sugar` folder (and all it’s contents) to the `/wp-
    content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 3. Modify improperly formatted code blocks with a shebang.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“WP-Markdown-Syntax-Sugar” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ dwhitevisoft ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dwhitevisoft/)

[Translate “WP-Markdown-Syntax-Sugar” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-markdown-syntax-sugar)

### Interested in development?

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## Changelog

#### 0.1.0

 * Initial release

#### 0.1.1

 * Modified output to use the HTML5 recommended syntax highlighting class names,
   e.g. `language-ruby`. For more information, see [the HTML5 spec](http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/text-level-semantics.html#the-code-element)

## Meta

 *  Version **0.1.1**
 *  Last updated **13 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.1 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.5.2**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-markdown-syntax-sugar/)
 * Tags
 * [code](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/code/)[highlight.js](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/highlight-js/)
   [markdown](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/markdown/)[pre](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/pre/)
   [syntax](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/syntax/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-markdown-syntax-sugar/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ dwhitevisoft ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dwhitevisoft/)

## Support

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