Title: The Ultimate Syntax Highlighter
Author: samarudge
Published: <strong>November 30, 2009</strong>
Last modified: November 30, 2009

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It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# The Ultimate Syntax Highlighter

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

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/ultimate-syntax-highlighter.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-syntax-highlighter/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-syntax-highlighter/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-syntax-highlighter/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-syntax-highlighter/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ultimate-syntax-highlighter/)

## Description

This plugin allows for easy addition of highlighted code with the [code lang=””]
tag supporting over 10 languages

#### Feature summary

 * 100% client side, no server dependency
 * Multiple languages support
 * Wide browser support
 * Very lightweight
 * Easily added with the shortcode [code lang=”language”][/code]

#### Languages Supported

 * C++ (cpp, c, c++)
 * C# (c#, c-sharp, csharp)
 * CSS (css)
 * Delphi (delphi, pascal)
 * Java (java)
 * Java Script (js, jscript, javascript)
 * PHP (php)
 * Python (py, python)
 * Ruby (rb, ruby, rails, ror)
 * Sql (sql)
 * VB (vb, vb.net)
 * XML/HTML (xml, html, xhtml, xslt)

## Screenshots

[⌊An example in the HTML editor⌉⌊An example in the HTML editor⌉[

An example in the HTML editor

[⌊An example in the Visual editor⌉⌊An example in the Visual editor⌉[

An example in the Visual editor

[⌊The blog-side output⌉⌊The blog-side output⌉[

The blog-side output

## Installation

 1. Extract plugin into /wp-content/plugins directory.
 2. Activate the plugin.
 3. Specify your code snippets in your blog post using the shortcode [code lang=”Language”][/
    code]

Here is an example to produce ruby syntax highlighting once the plugin is activated:

    ```
    [code lang="ruby"] def my_ruby_snippet   blog_post.should(be_highlighted) end [/code] 
    ```

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“The Ultimate Syntax Highlighter” is open source software. The following people 
have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

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

[Translate “The Ultimate Syntax Highlighter” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/ultimate-syntax-highlighter)

### Interested in development?

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

## Meta

 *  Version **1.2.9**
 *  Last updated **17 years ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 2.0.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **2.8.6**
 * Tags
 * [blog](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/blog/)[code](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/code/)
   [highlighter](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/highlighter/)[html](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/html/)
   [javascript](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/javascript/)[syntax](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/syntax/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-syntax-highlighter/advanced/)

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## Contributors

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

## Support

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