Title: SyntaxHighlighter Plus
Author: Fred Wu
Published: December 18, 2007
Last modified: June 3, 2010
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# SyntaxHighlighter Plus
By [Fred Wu](https://profiles.wordpress.org/fredwu/)
[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/syntaxhighlighter-plus.zip)
* [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/syntaxhighlighter-plus/#description)
* [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/syntaxhighlighter-plus/#reviews)
* [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/syntaxhighlighter-plus/#installation)
* [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/syntaxhighlighter-plus/#developers)
[Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/syntaxhighlighter-plus/)
## Description
SyntaxHighlighter Plus is a WordPress plugin for code syntax highlighting. It is
an enhanced version of the original SyntaxHighlighter by Matt, Viper007Bond and
mdawaffe. Please give them a big applause for making such a great plugin!
SyntaxHighlighter allows you to easily post syntax highlighted code all without
loosing it’s formatting or making an manual changes.
It supports the following languages (the alias for use in the post is listed next
to the name):
* Bash — `bash`, `sh`
* C++ — `cpp`, `c`, `c++`
* C# — `c#`, `c-sharp`, `csharp`
* CSS — `css`
* Delphi — `delphi`, `pascal`
* Diff — `diff`
* Groovy — `groovy`
* Java — `java`
* JavaScript — `js`, `jscript`, `javascript`
* Perl — `perl`, `pl`
* PHP — `php`
* Plain text — `plain`, `text`
* Python — `py`, `python`
* Ruby — `rb`, `ruby`, `rails`, `ror`
* Scala — `scala`
* SQL — `sql`
* VB — `vb`, `vb.net`
* XML/HTML — `xml`, `html`, `xhtml`, `xslt`
This plugin uses the [SyntaxHighlighter JavaScript package by Alex Gorbatchev](http://code.google.com/p/syntaxhighlighter/).
### Other BBCode Methods
Find `[sourcecode language='css']code here[/sourcecode]` too long to type? Here’s
some alternative examples:
* `[source language='css']code here[/source]`
* `[code language='css']code here[/code]`
* `[sourcecode lang='css']code here[/sourcecode]`
* `[source lang='css']code here[/source]`
* `[code lang='css']code here[/code]`
* `[sourcecode='css']code here[/sourcecode]`
* `[source='css']code here[/source]`
* `[code='css']code here[/code]`
* `[lang='css']code here[/lang]`
* `[css]code here[/css]` (or any of the supported language)
Note: Quotation marks around the language can be omitted for even shorter and neater
syntax. 🙂
## Installation
### Updgrading From A Previous Version
To upgrade from a previous version of this plugin, delete the entire folder and
files from the previous version of the plugin and then follow the installation instructions
below.
* Starting from WordPress 2.7, plugin upgrades are handled by WordPress, there
is no need to manually upload files.
Important: If you have made any changes to the CSS file, please make sure to back
it up before upgrade!
### Uploading The Plugin
Extract all files from the ZIP file, making sure to keep the file structure intact,
and then upload it to `/wp-content/plugins/`.
This should result in the following file structure:
```
- wp-content
- plugins
- syntaxhighlighter-plus
| readme.txt
| syntaxhighlighter.php
- syntaxhighlighter
- scripts
| clipboard.swf
| shBrushBash.js
| shBrushCpp.js
| shBrushCSharp.js
| [...]
| shCore.js
| shLegacy.js
- src
| shCore.js
| shLegacy.js
- styles
| SyntaxHighlighter.css
```
**See Also:** [“Installing Plugins” article on the WP Codex](https://codex.wordpress.org/Managing_Plugins#Installing_Plugins)
### Plugin Activation
Go to the admin area of your WordPress install and click on the “Plugins” menu.
Click on “Activate” for the “SyntaxHighlighter” plugin.
### Plugin Usage
Just wrap your code in `[sourcecode language='css']code here[/sourcecode]`. The
language attribute is **required**! See the [plugin’s description](https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/)
for a list of valid language attributes.
## FAQ
The BBCode in my post is being replaced with ’s just fine, but I don’t see
the syntax highlighting!
Make sure your theme’s footer has `` somewhere in it, otherwise
the JavaScript highlighting files won’t be loaded.
I still see the BBCode in my post. What gives?
Make sure you correctly use the BBCode with a valid language attribute. A malformed
usage of it won’t result in replacement.
I use the visual editor, my code has lots of line breaks inserted, what do I do?
Use ‘shift + return’ instead of ‘return’ when changing lines.
## Reviews
There are no reviews for this plugin.
## Contributors & Developers
“SyntaxHighlighter Plus” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.
Contributors
* [ Fred Wu ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/fredwu/)
[Translate “SyntaxHighlighter Plus” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/syntaxhighlighter-plus)
### Interested in development?
[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/syntaxhighlighter-plus/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/syntaxhighlighter-plus/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/syntaxhighlighter-plus/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/syntaxhighlighter-plus/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).
## Changelog
**Version 1.0b2**
* Upgraded SyntaxHighlighter to 2.0.296
* Added automatic SSL detection (thanks to g30rg3_x)
* Added anti-XSS and XSRF (thanks to g30rg3_x)
* Language aliases fix
* Code clean up
**Version 1.0b1**
* Upgraded the core engine to SyntaxHighlighter 2.0
* Added configuration: themes
**Version 0.18**
* Added PHP as the default language if no language is specified (e.g. `[code][/
code]`)
**Version 0.17**
* Fixed a bug in the Bash highlighting code which caused conflicts between keywords
and variables highlights
**Version 0.16**
* Ported SyntaxHighlighter 1.1.1 changes: ‘Encode single quotes so `wptexturize()`
doesn’t transform them into fancy quotes and screw up code.’
**Version 0.15b**
* CSS fixes for IE6
**Version 0.15a**
* enhanced CSS
**Version 0.15**
* Fixed the IE scroll bar issue (backup your CSS file before upgrade!)
**Version 0.14**
* Added support for Bash (thanks to [Nick Anderson](http://www.cmdln.org/2008/04/07/syntaxhighlighter-plus-patch/))
* Now supports WordPress MU (thanks to [Tim](http://tim.diary.tw/2008/03/05/syntaxhighlighter-plus/))
**Version 0.13**
* Changed plugin folder to ‘syntaxhighlighter-plus’.
**Version 0.12 (broken)**
* Appeared on the WordPress plugins site.
* Fixed readme.txt.
* Cleaned up the files.
**Version 0.11**
* Added more syntax variants.
**Version 0.10**
* Initial release!
## Meta
* Version **1.0b2**
* Last updated **16 years ago**
* Active installations **100+**
* WordPress version ** 2.0 or higher **
* Tags
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[sourcecode](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/sourcecode/)
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## Contributors
* [ Fred Wu ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/fredwu/)
## Support
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