Title: Prism Syntax Highlighter for WordPress
Author: Nico
Published: <strong>April 20, 2014</strong>
Last modified: October 2, 2016

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used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Prism Syntax Highlighter for WordPress

 By [Nico](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nico23/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/prism.zip)

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

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/prism/)

## Description

Despite two plugins already on wordpress.org I decided to write my own from scratch.
The result is a minimalistic but powerful plugin with only ~250 lines of PHP.

 * Supports every possible Prism configuration.
 * Adds TinyMCE dropdown lost for `<code class="language-xxx"> and <pre class="language-
   xxx">` for bash, css, js, markup, php, scss. (I can make a filter if you want
   to add more.)
 * Does not load prism on every page, only when needed.
 * Supports automatic detection of prism HTML.
 * Supports displaying code from custom fields with `[prism]` shortcode.
 * Developers may use the `prism` handle to enqueue the pre-registered script and
   style.
 * Has admin editor button for quick shortcode template snippet.
 * Has no options page by design.
 * **Read more ->** [Prism Syntax Highlighter for WordPress](http://nextgenthemes.com/plugins/prism-syntax-highlighter-for-wordpress/)

Bundled Prism Version (2016-09-17)

Link: http://prismjs.com/download.html?themes=prism-okaidia&languages=markup+css
+clike+javascript+bash+less+php&plugins=line-highlight+line-numbers+wpd+show-language

Skin: Okaida

Languages

 * Markup
 * CSS
 * C-like
 * JavaScript
 * Bash
 * PHP
 * Sass (Scss)

Plugins

 * Line Highlight
 * Line Numbers
 * WebPlatform Docs
 * Show Language

## Installation

No idea how.

## FAQ

  Will the data mining ever end?

What data mining?

  More!

[K](http://nextgenthemes.com/plugins/prism-syntax-highlighter-for-wordpress/)

## Reviews

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Not working](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-working-2559/)󠁿

 [all4wp](https://profiles.wordpress.org/all4wp/) June 13, 2018

Not working.

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Doesn’t work](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/doesnt-work-1674/)󠁿

 [Mark](https://profiles.wordpress.org/encryptdesigns/) August 15, 2017

Doesn’t work, which is too bad 🙁

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Works Well, and is Customizable by people who are somewhat savvy.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-well-and-is-customizable-by-people-who-are-somewhat-savvy/)󠁿

 [dirkmittler](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dirkmittler/) May 7, 2017

I find that this plugin does what it’s supposed to do, and then some. Pity that 
often, I do not write code which is very serious, because if I did, then this plugin
would allow me to blog about that code in style. 🙂 The instructions should be followed
however, to download the JS and CSS Files from the prescribed Web-site, suggested
by the plugin author, and to create a directory wherever our blog has its ‘uploads’
folder, so that a subdirectory exists with the name ‘…/uploads/prism/’ , and then
to put those two customized files into that directory. This does not strike me as
complicated, but fulfills the promise that the color scheme etc. can be customized.
That version of the plugin will be used for the public version of our blog, while
the built-in version of the files will be used in our editor preview panel. Dirk

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[works great](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-great-1511/)󠁿

 [bendim](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bendim/) October 9, 2016

It works great thx. Please add json.

 [ Read all 7 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/prism/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

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

Contributors

 *   [ Nico ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nico23/)

[Translate “Prism Syntax Highlighter for WordPress” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/prism)

### Interested in development?

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

## Changelog

### 1.1.0 – 2016-09-18

 * Updated bundled prism.js.
 * Added quotes to the shortcode included with the buttin click.
 * Always scan archives, abodon the define switch.
 * Added TinyMCE dropdown styles to style `<code>` and `<pre>` tags with language-
   xxx classes.

### 1.0.1

 * Added SVG icon for plugin installer

### 1.0.0

 * Updated bundled Prism version

### 0.9.6

 * Fix: Missing data-manual output

### 0.9.5

 * Improved: WTFAQ
 * Fix: Screenshots

### 0.9.0

 * Release

## Meta

 *  Version **1.1.1**
 *  Last updated **10 years ago**
 *  Active installations **60+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.5.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.6.30**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/prism/)
 * Tags
 * [code](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/code/)[highlighter](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/highlighter/)
   [prism](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/prism/)[prismjs](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/prismjs/)
   [syntax](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/syntax/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/prism/advanced/)

## Ratings

 3.3 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  4 5-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/prism/reviews/?filter=5)
 *  [  0 4-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/prism/reviews/?filter=4)
 *  [  0 3-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/prism/reviews/?filter=3)
 *  [  0 2-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/prism/reviews/?filter=2)
 *  [  3 1-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/prism/reviews/?filter=1)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Nico ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nico23/)

## Support

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 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/prism/)

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