Enlighter – Customizable Syntax Highlighter
Enlighter is a free, easy-to-use, syntax highlighting tool for WordPress. Highlighting is powered by the EnlighterJS javascript library to provide a beautiful code-appearance. Using it can be as simple as adding a new Enlighter Sourcecode block (Gutenberg) and insert the code which you want to highl
About this tool.
Enlighter is a free, easy-to-use, syntax highlighting tool for WordPress. Highlighting is powered by the EnlighterJS javascript library to provide a beautiful code-appearance.
Using it can be as simple as adding a new Enlighter Sourcecode block (Gutenberg) and insert the code which you want to highlight: Enlighter takes care of the rest!
An easy to use Theme-Customizer is included to modify the build-in themes without any css knowlegde! It also supports the automatic creation of tab-panes to display code-groups together (useful for multi-language examples – e.g. html+css+js)
- Upgrade Guide for Enlighter v4
- Theme Compatibility
- Enlighter WordPress Plugin Docs
Plugin Features
- Full Gutenberg Editor Integration
- Full Classic Editor Integration (TinyMCE)
- Support for all common used languages
- Powerful generic highlighting engine for unknown/unsupported languages
- Theme Customizer
- Inline Syntax Highlighting
- Advanced configuration options are available within the options page.
- Supports code-groups (displays multiple code-blocks within a tab-pane)
- Extensible language and theme engines – add your own one.
- Simple CSS based themes
- Integrated CSS file caching (suitable for high traffic sites)
- Full GDPR compliant – no external resources are required, no data will be aggregated
Gutenberg Editor Integration
- Full Editor Integration via “Enlighter Sourcecode” block
- Inline Syntax Highlighting
- Automatic transformations for classic editor posts (codeblocks converted to Enlighter Sourcecode block)
- Transform legacy codeblocks to Enlighter Gutenberg Blocks (manual transformation)
