Title: Help Customizing Code Blocks
Last modified: June 27, 2018

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# Help Customizing Code Blocks

 *  Resolved [ally1233](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ally1233/)
 * (@ally1233)
 * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-customizing-code-blocks/)
 * Hi,
 * I’m writing a blog about software/code but I’m completely new to web development.
   This is probably a basic question but I want my code blocks to have a black box
   around them with white text instead of how the built in code tags with the greater/
   equals sign tags look. I tried installing a plugin that said to do this ([https://wordpress.org/plugins/blog-terminal/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/blog-terminal/))
   but when I put the [terminal] tags in my ‘edit post’ area it just doesn’t do 
   anything and just shows:
    [terminal] code here [/terminal]
 * Was I supposed to do something else to get this plugin to work? If not and it
   just doesn’t work, is there a way to manually edit the style for code tag to 
   change background and text color?
    Thanks!
    -  This topic was modified 7 years, 9 months ago by [ally1233](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ally1233/).
    -  This topic was modified 7 years, 9 months ago by [ally1233](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ally1233/).

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-customizing-code-blocks/#post-10437510)
 * Just based on the plugin’s description, it’s not what you’re looking for, but
   you can reach that plugin’s support at [https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/blog-terminal](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/blog-terminal)
 * You’re looking for something like [https://wordpress.org/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/)
   or [https://wordpress.org/plugins/ank-prism-for-wp/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ank-prism-for-wp/)
 *  Thread Starter [ally1233](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ally1233/)
 * (@ally1233)
 * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-customizing-code-blocks/#post-10437542)
 * Thanks for replying! I actually did see those plugins, but from the screenshots
   it looked like they only offered syntax highlighting, not changing the background
   to black (making it look like a terminal basically). Just to be clear, I’m not
   looking to actually run any of this code– just to display it.
    thanks!
 *  Thread Starter [ally1233](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ally1233/)
 * (@ally1233)
 * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-customizing-code-blocks/#post-10437570)
 * Update: I actually looked more into prism, and you’re right, that was what I 
   needed! Thank you!

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 * Last reply from: [ally1233](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ally1233/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-customizing-code-blocks/#post-10437570)
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