Title: WP_CodeShield
Author: scottsm
Published: <strong>February 4, 2008</strong>
Last modified: February 4, 2008

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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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# WP_CodeShield

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

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-codeshield.0.4.zip)

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

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-codeshield/)

## Description

This plugin escapes all text inside code tags so you don’t have to worry about converting
code to HTML characters (e.g. `>`‘s to `&gt;`‘s). The contents of code tags inside
posts and comments are run through php’s htmlspecialchars.

## Installation

 1. Unzip `wp_codeshield.zip`.
 2. Upload `wp_codeshield.php` to `wp-content/plugins`.
 3. Activate in the Plugins menu.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“WP_CodeShield” is open source software. The following people have contributed to
this plugin.

Contributors

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

[Translate “WP_CodeShield” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-codeshield)

### Interested in development?

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

## Meta

 *  Version **0.4**
 *  Last updated **18 years ago**
 *  Active installations **20+**
 *  WordPress version ** 1.5 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **2.3.1**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-codeshield/)
 * Tags
 * [code](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/code/)[convert](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/convert/)
   [escape](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/escape/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-codeshield/advanced/)

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## Contributors

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

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-codeshield/)

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