Beautiful syntax highlighting for WordPress: 40+ languages, copy buttons, line numbers, line wrapping, collapse and a dark or light theme.
Alternatives to Markdown Shortcode
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WordPress plugins with similar use cases
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{eac}Readme loads and translates a WordPress markdown 'readme' file providing shortcodes and embedding URLs to access header lines and section blocks.
Easy Syntax Highlighterv2.0.0
Modern, lightweight syntax highlighter for WordPress using Highlight.js
CC-Syntax-Highlightv1.2.4
This plugin allows you very simply syntax highlight source code in your content using highlight.js or google-code-prettify libraries.
Syntax Highlight Nanov1.2.1
Adds modern syntax highlighting to WordPress's standard code block using the robust highlight.js library.
Djot Markupv1.5.18
Djot markup language support for WordPress. A modern, cleaner alternative to Markdown.
Extending the Code block with syntax highlighting rendered on the server, thus being AMP-compatible and having faster frontend performance.
MarkDown Blockv2.1.0
This block converts Markdown documents into blocks for styling web pages.
Quickly edit content in your WordPress site by getting an immersive, peaceful and natural writing experience with the coolest editor.
Botkibblev1.3.0
Serves every published post and page as Markdown for AI agents and crawlers. No configuration, no API keys. Activate and it works.