WPBetterCodeHighlighting

WpBetterCodeHighlighting is built on the popular JS Library PrismJS. Unlike other code snippet plugins this one is completely free and uses a shortcode rather than a Gutenberg block this means it works with themes too. Allowing you to showcase code snippets on your wordpress tutorial site or blog site.

WpBetterCodeHighlighting Key Features

• Built on PrismJS.

• Optional copy button with custom success and error messaging.

• Lightweight.

• Whitelabel it and use it for free.

• Free.

• Embed your code.

• Works well on blogs and tutorial sites.

• Supports over 290 languages.

• Auto syntax highlighting.

• WpBetterCodeHighlighting uses a shortcode allowing greater flexibility over other plugins that use gutenberg blocks.

Example usage (shortcode):

</p> [/wpbch]

Due to an update in WordPress you may need to escape your HTML characters. For this please use this free html escape tool.

Arguments for shortcode:

language – default null, will display an error if a language acronym is not provided, see supported languages section below for a list of supported languages.

line_numbers – default true provide false if you wish to disable line numbers.

copy_button – default true provide false if you wish to disable the copy button.

copy_button_text – default Copy provide a different value if you wish to change the copy button default text.

copy_button_success – default Copied! Provide a different value if you wish to change the success copy button message.

copy_button_error – default Error provide a different value if you wish to change the error copy button message.

Full Shortcode Example:

</p>[/wpbch]

Replace html with one of the supported languages acronyms below. For example apacheconf for Apache Config.

Full List Of Supported languages:

Language Name | Acronym to be used in language argument

• ABAP — abap

• ABNF — abnf

• ActionScript — actionscript

• Ada — ada

• Agda — agda

• AL — al

• ANTLR4 — antlr4, g4

• Apache Configuration — apacheconf

• Apex — apex

• APL — apl

• AppleScript — applescript

• AQL — aql

• Arduino — arduino, ino

• ARFF — arff

• ARM Assembly — armasm, arm-asm

• Arturo — arturo, art

• AsciiDoc — asciidoc, adoc

• ASP.NET (C#) — aspnet

• 6502 Assembly — asm6502

• Atmel AVR Assembly — asmatmel

• AutoHotkey — autohotkey

• AutoIt — autoit

• AviSynth — avisynth, avs

• Avro IDL — avro-idl, avdl

• AWK — awk, gawk

• Bash — bash, sh, shell

• BASIC — basic

• Batch — batch

• BBcode — bbcode, shortcode

• BBj — bbj

• Bicep — bicep

• Birb — birb

• Bison — bison

• BNF — bnf, rbnf

• BQN — bqn

• Brainfuck — brainfuck

• BrightScript — brightscript

• Bro — bro

• BSL (1C:Enterprise) — bsl, oscript

• C — c

• C# — csharp, cs, dotnet

• C++ — cpp

• CFScript — cfscript, cfc

• ChaiScript — chaiscript

• CIL — cil

• Cilk/C — cilkc, cilk-c

• Cilk/C++ — cilkcpp, cilk-cpp, cilk

• Clojure — clojure

• CMake — cmake

• COBOL — cobol

• CoffeeScript — coffeescript, coffee

• Concurnas — concurnas, conc

• Content-Security-Policy — csp

• Cooklang — cooklang

• Coq — coq

• Crystal — crystal

• CSS Extras — css-extras

• CSV — csv

• CUE — cue

• Cypher — cypher

• D — d

• Dart — dart

• DataWeave — dataweave

• DAX — dax

• Dhall — dhall

• Diff — diff

• Django/Jinja2 — django, jinja2

• DNS zone file — dns-zone-file, dns-zone

• Docker — docker, dockerfile

• DOT (Graphviz) — dot, gv

• EBNF — ebnf

• EditorConfig — editorconfig

• Eiffel — eiffel

• EJS — ejs, eta

• Elixir — elixir

• Elm — elm

• Embedded Lua templating — etlua

• ERB — erb

• Erlang — erlang

• Excel Formula — excel-formula, xlsx, xls

• F# — fsharp

• Factor — factor

• False — false

• Firestore security rules — firestore-security-rules

• Flow — flow

• Fortran — fortran

• FreeMarker Template Language — ftl

• GameMaker Language — gml, gamemakerlanguage

• GAP (CAS) — gap

• G-code — gcode

• GDScript — gdscript

• GEDCOM — gedcom

• gettext — gettext, po

• Gherkin — gherkin

• Git — git

• GLSL — glsl

• GN — gn, gni

• GNU Linker Script — linker-script, ld

• Go — go

• Go module — go-module, go-mod

• Gradle — gradle

• GraphQL — graphql

• Groovy — groovy

• Haml — haml

• Handlebars — handlebars, hbs, mustache

• Haskell — haskell, hs

• Haxe — haxe

• HCL — hcl

• HLSL — hlsl

• Hoon — hoon

• HTTP — http

• HTTP Public-Key-Pins — hpkp

• HTTP Strict-Transport-Security — hsts

• IchigoJam — ichigojam

• Icon — icon

• ICU Message Format — icu-message-format

• Idris — idris, idr

ignore — ignore, gitignore, hgignore, npmignore

• Inform 7 — inform7

• Ini — ini

• Io — io

• J — j

• Java — java

• JavaDoc — javadoc

• JavaDoc-like — javadoclike

• Java stack trace — javastacktrace

• Jexl — jexl

• Jolie — jolie

• JQ — jq

• JSDoc — jsdoc

• JS Extras — js-extras

• JSON — json, webmanifest

• JSON5 — json5

• JSONP — jsonp

• JS stack trace — jsstacktrace

• JS Templates — js-templates

• Julia — julia

• Keepalived Configure — keepalived

• Keyman — keyman

• Kotlin — kotlin, kt, kts

• KuMir (КуМир) — kumir, kum

• Kusto — kusto

• LaTeX — latex, tex, context

• Latte — latte

• Less — less

• LilyPond — lilypond, ly

• Liquid — liquid

• Lisp — lisp, emacs, elisp, emacs-lisp

• LiveScript — livescript

• LLVM IR — llvm

• Log file — log

• LOLCODE — lolcode

• Lua — lua

• Magma (CAS) — magma

• Makefile — makefile

• Markdown — markdown, md

• Markup templating — markup-templating

• Mata — mata

• MATLAB — matlab

• MAXScript — maxscript

• MEL — mel

• Mermaid — mermaid

• METAFONT — metafont

• Mizar — mizar

• MongoDB — mongodb

• Monkey — monkey

• MoonScript — moonscript, moon

• N1QL — n1ql

• N4JS — n4js, n4jsd

• Nand To Tetris HDL — nand2tetris-hdl

• Naninovel Script — naniscript, nani

• NASM — nasm

• NEON — neon

• Nevod — nevod

• nginx — nginx

• Nim — nim

• Nix — nix

• NSIS — nsis

• Objective-C — objectivec, objc

• OCaml — ocaml

• Odin — odin

• OpenCL — opencl

• OpenQasm — openqasm, qasm

• Oz — oz

• PARI/GP — parigp

• Parser — parser

• Pascal — pascal, objectpascal

• Pascaligo — pascaligo

• PATROL Scripting Language — psl

• PC-Axis — pcaxis, px

• PeopleCode — peoplecode, pcode

• Perl — perl

• PHP — php

• PHPDoc — phpdoc

• PHP Extras — php-extras

• PlantUML — plant-uml, plantuml

• PL/SQL — plsql

• PowerQuery — powerquery, pq, mscript

• PowerShell — powershell

• Processing — processing

• Prolog — prolog

• PromQL — promql

properties — properties

• Protocol Buffers — protobuf

• Pug — pug

• Puppet — puppet

• Pure — pure

• PureBasic — purebasic, pbfasm

• PureScript — purescript, purs

• Python — python, py

• Q# — qsharp, qs

• Q (kdb+ database) — q

• QML — qml

• Qore — qore

• R — r

• Racket — racket, rkt

• Razor C# — cshtml, razor

• React JSX — jsx

• React TSX — tsx

• Reason — reason

• Regex — regex

• Rego — rego

• Ren’py — renpy, rpy

• ReScript — rescript, res

• reST (reStructuredText) — rest

• Rip — rip

• Roboconf — roboconf

• Robot Framework — robotframework, robot

• Ruby — ruby, rb

• Rust — rust

• SAS — sas

• Sass (Sass) — sass

• Sass (SCSS) — scss

• Scala — scala

• Scheme — scheme

• Shell session — shell-session, sh-session, shellsession

• Smali — smali

• Smalltalk — smalltalk

• Smarty — smarty

• SML — sml, smlnj

• Solidity (Ethereum) — solidity, sol

• Solution file — solution-file, sln

• Soy (Closure Template) — soy

• SPARQL — sparql, rq

• Splunk SPL — splunk-spl

• SQF: Status Quo Function (Arma 3) — sqf

• SQL — sql

• Squirrel — squirrel

• Stan — stan

• Stata Ado — stata

• Structured Text (IEC 61131-3) — iecst

• Stylus — stylus

• SuperCollider — supercollider, sclang

• Swift — swift

• Systemd configuration file — systemd

• T4 templating — t4-templating

• T4 Text Templates (C#) — t4-cs, t4

• T4 Text Templates (VB) — t4-vb

• TAP — tap

• Tcl — tcl

• Template Toolkit 2 — tt2

• Textile — textile

• TOML — toml

• Tremor — tremor, trickle, troy

• Turtle — turtle, trig

• Twig — twig

• TypeScript — typescript, ts

• TypoScript — typoscript, tsconfig

• UnrealScript — unrealscript, uscript, uc

• UO Razor Script — uorazor

• URI — uri, url

• V — v

• Vala — vala

• VB.Net — vbnet

• Velocity — velocity

• Verilog — verilog

• VHDL — vhdl

• vim — vim

• Visual Basic — visual-basic, vb, vba

• WarpScript — warpscript

• WebAssembly — wasm

• Web IDL — web-idl, webidl

• WGSL — wgsl

• Wiki markup — wiki

• Wolfram language — wolfram, mathematica, nb, wl

• Wren — wren

• Xeora — xeora, xeoracube

• XML doc (.net) — xml-doc

• Xojo (REALbasic) — xojo

• XQuery — xquery

• YAML — yaml, yml

• YANG — yang

• Zig — zig