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Enlighter – Customizable Syntax Highlighter

All-in-one Syntax Highlighting solution. Full Gutenberg and Classic Editor integration. Graphical theme customizer. Based on EnlighterJS.

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Tested up to WordPress 6.9
Current version4.7.0
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 6.9
Minimum stackWP 6.8 · PHP 7.4
Directory statusactive
Last directory update13 Apr 20266mo ago
Active installations10K+Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating4.8 / 5 from 65 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Enlighter – Customizable Syntax Highlighter version 4.7.0 as active, updated 6mo ago and tested up to WordPress 6.9.

Overview

About this plugin

Enlighter is a free, easy-to-use, syntax highlighting tool for WordPress. Highlighting is powered by the EnlighterJS javascript library to provide a beautiful code-appearance.

Using it can be as simple as adding a new Enlighter Sourcecode block (Gutenberg) and insert the code which you want to highlight: Enlighter takes care of the rest!

An easy to use Theme-Customizer is included to modify the build-in themes without any css knowlegde!

g. html+css+js)

  • Upgrade Guide for Enlighter v4
  • Theme Compatibility
  • Enlighter WordPress Plugin Docs

Plugin Features

  • Full Gutenberg Editor Integration
  • Full Classic Editor Integration (TinyMCE)
  • Support for all common used languages
  • Powerful generic highlighting engine for unknown/unsupported languages
  • Theme Customizer
  • Inline Syntax Highlighting
  • Advanced configuration options are available within the options page.
  • Supports code-groups (displays multiple code-blocks within a tab-pane)
  • Extensible language and theme engines – add your own one.
  • Simple CSS based themes
  • Integrated CSS file caching (suitable for high traffic sites)
  • Full GDPR compliant – no external resources are required, no data will be aggregated

Gutenberg Editor Integration

  • Full Editor Integration via “Enlighter Sourcecode” block
  • Inline Syntax Highlighting
  • Automatic transformations for classic editor posts (codeblocks converted to Enlighter Sourcecode block)
  • Transform legacy codeblocks to Enlighter Gutenberg Blocks (manual transformation)
  • Docs and Usage
  • Editor plugin repository

Classic Editor (TinyMCE) Integration

  • Full Editor Integration via Enlighter buttons in the toolbar
  • Inline Syntax Highlighting
  • Tab-Indentation mode to align code with the tab key (single line and block selection)
  • Editor formats to highlight existing code
  • Docs and Usage
  • Editor plugin repository
  • Classic Editor Live-Demo

Markdown

  • Markdown fenced code blocks
  • Inline Syntax Highlighting via backtick code (including language specific addon)
  • Docs and Usage

Compatibility/Migration

  • Crayon compatibility mode (use EnlighterJS highlighting for legacy Crayon pre codeblocks)
  • CodeColorer compatibility mode (use EnlighterJS highlighting for legacy CodeColorer shortcodes)
  • Jetpack markdown compatibility mode (generic or raw highlighting)
  • Gutenberg standard codeblock compatibility mode (no language attributes)

Extensions

  • bbPress shortcode + markdown code blocks support
  • Dynamic Content via jQuery Ajax.load
  • Dynamic Content via Jetpack.InfiniteScroll

Texteditor/Shortcodes (Legacy)

Shortcodes are deprecated and should be used in text editor mode only – never use them within Gutenberg Editor or Classic Editor!

  • Easy to use Text-Editor mode through the use of Shortcodes and QuickTags
  • Shortcodes within content, comments and widgets
  • Standalone Shortcode-Processor to avoid wpautop filter issues in Text-Editor Mode

Supported Languages (build-in)

In case your language is not available try the Generic Mode which covers a lot of programming languages – or request a new language on GitHub

Related Links

  • Enlighter Plugin Docs + Tutorials
  • Enlighter Plugin on GitHub
  • EnlighterJS Documentation

Compatibility

All modern webbrowsers with enabled Javascript and HTML5 capabilities for “data-” attributes are compatible with Enlighter. It’s possible that it may work with earlier/other browsers.

  • Chrome 60+
  • Firefox 60+
  • Safari 11+
  • Edge Browser 10+
WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • classic editor
  • syntax highlighter
  • syntax highlighting
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested up to WordPress 6.9

Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 6.9.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to6.9
Minimum requirementsWordPress 6.8 · PHP 7.4
Update activity13 Apr 20266mo ago

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