Enlighter – Customizable Syntax Highlighter for WordPress Plugin Directory
Enlighter – Customizable Syntax Highlighter is a WordPress app, with a 4.8 average rating from 65 reviews, as of Aug 31, 2026.
Enlighter – Customizable Syntax Highlighter is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by Andi Dittrich. With a rating of 4.8★ from 65 reviews.
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Enlighter – Customizable Syntax Highlighter is a category-leading WordPress app with a limited review volume. Category data on the canonical marketplace listing is currently incomplete, so AppRanks falls back to platform-wide rather than category-relative comparison for this listing. 65 reviews put it in the early-traction tier — useful for early-stage stores willing to be on the leading edge. Early-traction review counts are sensitive to single launch periods or feature events, so a 30-day re-check before bigger commitments often resolves whether the trend is sustained. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +High average rating (4.8★) signals consistent merchant satisfaction
- +Published by Andi Dittrich — established developer track record
Cons
- −Limited review base (65) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How Enlighter – Customizable Syntax Highlighter works
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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)
Docs and Usage
Editor plugin repository
Classic Editor (TinyMCE) Integration
Full Editor Integration via Enlighter buttons in the toolbar
Inline Syntax Highlighting
Tab-Indentation mode to align code with the tab key (single line and block selection)
Editor formats to highlight existing code
Docs and Usage
Editor plugin repository
Classic Editor Live-Demo
Markdown
Markdown fenced code blocks
Inline Syntax Highlighting via backtick code (including language specific addon)
Docs and Usage
Compatibility/Migration
Crayon compatibility mode (use EnlighterJS highlighting for legacy Crayon pre codeblocks)
CodeColorer compatibility mode (use EnlighterJS highlighting for legacy CodeColorer shortcodes)
Jetpack markdown compatibility mode (generic or raw highlighting)
Gutenberg standard codeblock compatibility mode (no language attributes)
Extensions
bbPress shortcode + markdown code blocks support
Dynamic Content via jQuery Ajax.load
Dynamic Content via Jetpack.InfiniteScroll
Texteditor/Shortcodes (Legacy) Shortcodes are deprecated and should be used in text editor mode only – never use them within Gutenberg Editor or Classic Editor!
Easy to use Text-Editor mode through the use of Shortcodes and QuickTags
Shortcodes within content, comments and widgets
Standalone Shortcode-Processor to avoid wpautop filter issues in Text-Editor Mode
Supported Languages (build-in) In case your language is not available try the Generic Mode which covers a lot of programming languages – or request a new language on GitHub
Related Links
Enlighter Plugin Docs + Tutorials
Enlighter Plugin on GitHub
EnlighterJS Documentation
Compatibility All modern webbrowsers with enabled Javascript and HTML5 capabilities for “data-” attributes are compatible with Enlighter. It’s possible that it may work with earlier/other browsers.
Chrome 60+
Firefox 60+
Safari 11+
Edge Browser 10+
Keyword rankings
Enlighter – Customizable Syntax Highlighter ranks for 1 keywords across WordPress Plugin Directory. Here are the top 1:
- Rank #568
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Frequently asked questions
What is Enlighter – Customizable Syntax Highlighter?
Enlighter – Customizable Syntax Highlighter is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 4.8-star rating from 65 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. AppRanks tracks its category position, review-velocity trend, and the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by Andi Dittrich.