Title: Code Syntax Highlighting Block
Author: hbgl
Published: <strong>juin 11, 2025</strong>
Last modified: novembre 29, 2025

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# Code Syntax Highlighting Block

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

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/code-syntax-highlighting-block.1.1.2.zip)

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## Description

A WordPress plugin that provides a Gutenberg block for displaying computer source
code with syntax-highlighting. Uses [highlight.js](https://highlightjs.org/) under
the hood.

 * ✅ Supports 192 languages
 * ✅ 256 included themes
 * ✅ Server rendered static HTML
 * ✅ Zero JS runtime dependencies
 * ✅ Dynamic light/dark mode based on [preferred color scheme](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@media/prefers-color-scheme)

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * A demo of syntax-highlighted PHP code.
 * [[
 * A demo of editing the block in the Gutenberg editor.

## Blocks

This plugin provides 1 block.

 *   Code with Syntax Highlighting Display computer code with syntax highlighting.

## FAQ

### Why no line numbers?

[Because highlight.js does not have them.](https://highlightjs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/line-numbers.html)

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Code Syntax Highlighting Block” is open source software. The following people have
contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

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

[Translate “Code Syntax Highlighting Block” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/code-syntax-highlighting-block)

### Interested in development?

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

## Changelog

#### 1.1.2

 * Updated Codemirror code editor in Gutenberg to latest version
 * Updated internal dependencies

#### 1.1.1

 * Added option for setting global default line height

#### 1.1.0

 * Added better code editor

#### 1.0.0

 * Release

## Meta

 *  Version **1.1.2**
 *  Last updated **4 mois ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 6.7 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.8.5**
 *  PHP version ** 8.1 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/code-syntax-highlighting-block/)
 * Tags
 * [code](https://tah.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/code/)[syntax highlighting](https://tah.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/syntax-highlighting/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://tah.wordpress.org/plugins/code-syntax-highlighting-block/advanced/)

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## Contributors

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

## Support

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