Title: Inline Code Option Available?
Last modified: August 18, 2025

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# Inline Code Option Available?

 *  Resolved [jchambo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jchambo/)
 * (@jchambo)
 * [9 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/inline-code-option-available/)
 * Greetings!
 * Is there a way to leverage this plugin for inline code? The default “code” option
   in WordPress is ugly and would prefer to use this plugin instead. Example, highlight
   certain text within a normal paragraph / block of text, like this for example:
 * Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nunc a sapien nec massa
   porta sollicitudin. Quisque ut risus lacus. `Morbi volutpat enim a ex elementum`,
   ac iaculis urna elementum. In sagittis interdum ante, non commodo urna pretium
   sed. Fusce convallis consectetur ante et sollicitudin. Sed a mauris cursus, aliquet
   mauris ac, rutrum turpis. Duis vestibulum euismod porttitor.
 * Thank you in advance!

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 *  Thread Starter [jchambo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jchambo/)
 * (@jchambo)
 * [9 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/inline-code-option-available/#post-18603656)
 * I just figured this out. You can leverage inline code style by adding a class
   to the <code>.
 * Example, by default, when using the <code> option in WordPress for text, it doesn’t
   add a class of any kind. Just switch over to the “Code” tab when editing text(
   a blog post for example) and add a class in the following format:
 *     ```wp-block-code
       <code class="language-css">Example text</code>
       ```
   
 * Just change the above language to that of which you are using:
    - **HTML:** `<code class="language-html">`
    - **CSS:** `<code class="language-css">`
    - **JavaScript:** `<code class="language-javascript">`
    - **Python:** `<code class="language-python">`
    - **C++:** `<code class="language-cpp">`
    - **Java:** `<code class="language-java">`
    - **PHP:** `<code class="language-php">`
    - **Markdown:** `<code class="language-markdown">`
 *  Plugin Author [Jeff Starr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/specialk/)
 * (@specialk)
 * [9 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/inline-code-option-available/#post-18603673)
 * Correct, this also is explained in the plugin documentation, just fyi. Cheers
   🙂

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 * Last reply from: [Jeff Starr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/specialk/)
 * Last activity: [9 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/inline-code-option-available/#post-18603673)
 * Status: resolved