Markdown Renderer for GitHubv2.11.22
Render GitHub Flavored Markdown in WordPress: Shiki code highlighting, Mermaid diagrams, and Chart.js charts. For documentation and dev blogs.
Alternatives to CodeColorer comaptiblity with “Markdown for WordPress and bbPress”
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Write Markdown in Elementor and convert it into editable widgets with syntax-highlighted code blocks.
Djot Markupv1.5.18
Djot markup language support for WordPress. A modern, cleaner alternative to Markdown.
CodeColorerv0.12.0
Syntax highlighting for code snippets in posts, comments, and RSS, with inline code, themes, and line numbers.
Syntax Highlight Nanov1.2.1
Adds modern syntax highlighting to WordPress's standard code block using the robust highlight.js library.
Extending the Code block with syntax highlighting rendered on the server, thus being AMP-compatible and having faster frontend performance.
Syntax highlighting for the Gutenberg Code block — Prism.js, 21 themes, 40+ languages, plus an optional server-side highlighting mode.
Kodosvet Code Blockv1.1.0
Lightweight Gutenberg code block with Highlight.js syntax highlighting, smart language detection, and a built-in legacy block migrator.
Create syntax-highlighted, copy-ready code snippets in Gutenberg with responsive layouts, themes, and shortcode support.
A Gutenberg block for syntax-higlighted code.