Title: Simpler Syntax Highlighter
Author: Derick Payne
Published: <strong>January 22, 2018</strong>
Last modified: January 22, 2018

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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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# Simpler Syntax Highlighter

 By [Derick Payne](https://profiles.wordpress.org/petrichorpost/)

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

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

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

## Description

Quickly implement code snippet syntax highlighting for your WordPress website. Simpler
Syntax Highlighter was designed with speed and ease-of-use in mind. Meaning that
it will not slow down your website and is easy to use.

### Features

 * Extremely fast and lightweight.
 * No server dependency.
 * No complicated options.
 * Multiple languages support (see list below).
 * Preserves pre tag attributes in MCE.
 * Wide browser support.

### Supported Languages

 * Bash
 * C++ (cpp, c, c++)
 * C# (c#, c-sharp, csharp)
 * CSS (css)
 * Delphi (delphi, pascal)
 * Groovy
 * Java (java)
 * Java Script (js, jscript, javascript)
 * PHP (php)
 * Python (py, python)
 * Ruby (rb, ruby, rails, ror)
 * Scala
 * Sql (sql)
 * VB (vb, vb.net)
 * XML/HTML (xml, html, xhtml, xslt)

## Screenshots

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 * PHP Syntax Highlighting Sample
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 * View Code in Plain Text
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 * About Simple Syntax Highlighting

## Installation

 1. Extract plugin into /wp-content/plugins directory.
 2. Activate the plugin.
 3. Specify your code snippets in your blog post using these [Usage Directions](https://www.petrichorpost.com/wordpress-plugins/simpler-syntax-highlighter/).

## FAQ

  Installation Instructions

 1. Extract plugin into /wp-content/plugins directory.
 2. Activate the plugin.
 3. Specify your code snippets in your blog post using these [Usage Directions](https://www.petrichorpost.com/wordpress-plugins/simpler-syntax-highlighter/).

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

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

Contributors

 *   [ Derick Payne ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/petrichorpost/)

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

### Interested in development?

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

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.2**
 *  Last updated **8 years ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 2.9.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.9.29**
 *  PHP version ** 4.3 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simpler-syntax-highlighter/)
 * Tags
 * [bash](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/bash/)[code highlighter](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/code-highlighter/)
   [highlighter](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/highlighter/)[syntax highlighter](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/syntax-highlighter/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/simpler-syntax-highlighter/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Derick Payne ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/petrichorpost/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

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

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