Code Prettify

October 12, 2022

Code Prettify Plugin

100% automatic code highlighting using the Prettify library. No shortcodes, no classnames, fully automatic and pure awesome.

Uses a customized version of the Code Prettify library to support local styles and scripts. Plugin applies code highlighting automatically to all <pre> tags on the page.

Compatible with Gutenberg and doesn’t lock you in with specific markup requirements.

Development

Plugin development on GitHub.

Credits

Created and maintained by Kaspars Dambis. All of my open source work is available on GitHub.

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Cover photo by Yuri Samoilov

Installation

Simply upload the plugin and active it. It works out of the box and doesn’t have any configuration options.

Screenshots

  1. Syntax highlighting applied to a <code><pre></code> block and inline <code><code></code> segments.

    Syntax highlighting applied to a <pre> block and inline <code> segments.

FAQ

None, yet.

Changelog

1.5.1 (November 8, 2021)

  • Fix the deprecation notice for how the data is passed to the script.
  • Mark as tested with WordPress 5.8.

1.5.0 (April 19, 2020)

  • Preload the prettify.css file for performance improvements.
  • Add WordPress coding standards checks.
  • Add support for Composer install.

1.4.2 (January 14, 2019)

  • Switch to legacy PHP array syntax for better compatibility.

1.4.1 (December 21, 2018)

  • Add a trailing semicolon to all JS files to support concatenation.

1.4.0 (December 20, 2018)

  • Update the Prettify library.
  • Don’t highlight standalone <code> blocks without the <pre> wrapper.
  • Mark as tested with WordPress 5.0.

1.3.4

  • Update the Prettify library.
  • Ensure that Prettify styles are applied to the contents of <pre> and <code> elements.

1.3.3

  • Update the Prettify library.
  • Highlight <code> blocks too.

1.0

  • Initial release.

Details

  • Version: 1.5.1
  • Active installations: 2,000
  • WordPress Version: 3.0
  • Tested up to: 6.0.9

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