Title: Code Syntax Highlighter
Author: kartikaykanojia
Published: <strong>August 30, 2018</strong>
Last modified: August 30, 2018

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Code Syntax Highlighter

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

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/code-syntax-highlighter.zip)

 * [Details](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/code-syntax-highlighter/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/code-syntax-highlighter/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/code-syntax-highlighter/#installation)
 * [Development](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/code-syntax-highlighter/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/code-syntax-highlighter/)

## Description

A code syntax highlighter an easy to use source code embedding in wordpress with
different(55) themes with 172 languages.
 It uses dynamic script loading to load
only essential javascript to render code syntax highliting. It uses most powerfull
open source library CodeMirror as engine.

**Features**

 * Dynamic script loading to minimize load time and http call
 * 172 language support
 * 172 shortcodes
 * Shortcode picker in editor
 * Lightweight language selector
 * Multiple Theme support
 * 55 Themes
 * Theme manager
 * Theme uploader (Upload your own theme)
 * Compatible with all WordPress themes
 * Fast and secure
 * Cross browser compatible
 * Line numbering
 * A powerful, composable language system
 * Bracket and tag matching
 * Line selector
 * Able to resize to fit content

**Minimum system requirements:**

 * [PHP](https://php.net) version **5.2** or higher.
 * [MySQL](https://www.mysql.com) version **5.0** or higher.

**Recommended system requirements:**

 * [PHP](https://php.net) version **7.0** or higher.
 * [MySQL](https://www.mysql.com) version **5.6** or higher.

**Credits**

 * The banner of plugin is a copyrighted image created by the [Briskjab](http://www.briskjab.com).(
   C) All rights reserved.
 * [CodeMirror](https://codemirror.net/) is an open-source project shared under 
   the [MIT license](https://codemirror.net/LICENSE).

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Plugin main settings page.
 * [[
 * Plugin theme settings page.
 * [[
 * Example of post with php,html,javascript,css code. “Material Design light” theme.
 * [[
 * Example of post with php,html,javascript,css code. “Darcula” theme.
 * [[
 * Example of post with php,html,javascript,css code. “Ambience” theme.
 * [[
 * Edit page TinyMce shortcode button.

## Installation

Automatically via WordPress Admin Area:

 1. Log in to Admin Area of your WordPress website.
 2. Go to “`Plugins`” -> “`Add New`“.
 3. Find this plugin and click install.
 4. Activate this plugin through the “`Plugins`” tab.

Manually via FTP access:

 1. Download a copy (ZIP file) of this plugin from WordPress.org.
 2. Unzip the ZIP file.
 3. Upload the unzipped catalog to your website’s plugin directory (`/wp-content/plugins/`).
 4. Log in to Admin Area of your WordPress website.
 5. Activate this plugin through the “`Plugins`” tab.

## FAQ

  Installation Instructions

Automatically via WordPress Admin Area:

 1. Log in to Admin Area of your WordPress website.
 2. Go to “`Plugins`” -> “`Add New`“.
 3. Find this plugin and click install.
 4. Activate this plugin through the “`Plugins`” tab.

Manually via FTP access:

 1. Download a copy (ZIP file) of this plugin from WordPress.org.
 2. Unzip the ZIP file.
 3. Upload the unzipped catalog to your website’s plugin directory (`/wp-content/plugins/`).
 4. Log in to Admin Area of your WordPress website.
 5. Activate this plugin through the “`Plugins`” tab.

  Q. Can i upload my own designed theme on this plugin ?

A. Yes, by using code syntax highighter setting you can upload your own theme.

  Q. Does this plugin load all languages on runtime ?

A. No, it only loads required languages scripts and addons.

  Q. My wordpress site only needed limited set of languages, is there anyway of 
limiting loading of languages ?

A. Yes, in code syntax highlighter setting check on ‘load limited languages’.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Code Syntax Highlighter” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

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

[Translate “Code Syntax Highlighter” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/code-syntax-highlighter)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/code-syntax-highlighter/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/code-syntax-highlighter/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/code-syntax-highlighter/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/code-syntax-highlighter/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.0**
 *  Last updated **8 years ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.9 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.9.29**
 *  PHP version ** 5.2 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/code-syntax-highlighter/)
 * Tags
 * [Codemirror](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/codemirror/)[hightlight](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/hightlight/)
   [snippet](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/snippet/)[syntax highlighter](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/syntax-highlighter/)
   [syntax highlighting](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/syntax-highlighting/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/code-syntax-highlighter/advanced/)

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## Contributors

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

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/code-syntax-highlighter/)

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