by Willy Bahuaud 4.9 (14 reviews)

Pastacode

Name: Pastacode
Rating: 4.9 (14 reviews)
Author: Willy Bahuaud

Use Pastacode to add code into your posts with the awesome PrismJs coloration library. So, past'a code!

Pastacode ranks #9,492 among WordPress.org plugins with 400+ active installations, is #1,283 of 8,297 in the Customization category, a 4.9/5 rating from 14 reviews, and was last updated Mar 12, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.9 (Current: 7.0.2)

v3.0.1 Current Version v3.0.1

Updated 4 months ago Last Update on 12 Mar, 2026

Refreshed 13 hours ago Last Refreshed on

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Keyword	Position	Change	Type	Updated
sourcecode	2	—	Tag	14 hours ago
syntax	33	—	Tag	14 hours ago
Github	83	—	Tag	14 hours ago

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Plugin Details

Version: 3.0.1
Last Updated: Mar 12, 2026
Requires WP: 4.0+
Tested Up To: 6.9
PHP Version: 7.0 or higher
Author: Willy Bahuaud

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Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9
Reviews: 14
Support Threads: 0
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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

Pastacode is for WordPress site owners and bloggers who want to display source code snippets in posts, comments, and bbPress topics. It solves the problem of adding syntax-highlighted code from the editor, files, or external services like GitHub and Gist without losing highlighting when code is updated.

PrismJs syntax coloration
Gutenberg block support
Classic editor support
Insert code from file
Import from GitHub, Gitlab, Gist
Import from Pastebin, BitBucket
Works in comments and bbPress
Caches webservice responses

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Pastacode

HTML CSS JavaScript PHP C C# C++ Java Sass Python SQL Ruby CoffeeScript Bash Apache Less HAML Git command line Haskell Markdown Typescript Treeview (directory structure) If you use another syntax highligther plugins, migration scripts are available :)

Paste these lines into your functions.php theme file: add_filter( 'option_pastacode_cache_duration', 'my_pastacode_cache_duration' ); function my_pastacode_cache_duration( $duration ) { $duration = DAY_IN_SECOND*3; // 3 days return $duration; }

7 different color schemes are included, you can switch theme under Settings > Pastacode. You can also build yours: Paste these lines into your functions.php theme file: add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'custom_enqueue_script', 11 ); function custom_enqueue_script() { $urlofmynewscheme = get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . '/prism-okaida-willy.css'; //this is an example wp_deregister_style( 'prismcss' ); wp_register_style( 'prismcss', $urlofmynewscheme, false, '1', 'all' ); } Get inspired of the default scheme to build your schemes

Paste these lines into your functions.php theme file: //If you just want php, html, css and javascript support add_filter( 'pastacode_langs', '_pastacode_langs' ); function _pastacode_langs( $langs ) { $langs = array( 'php' => 'PHP', 'markup' => 'HTML', 'css' => 'CSS', 'javascript' => 'JavaScript', ); return $langs; } Ajax compatibility To enable Pastacode on ajax based websites, it need two steps: Turn on Legacy support in the settings panel Paste this line into your functions.php theme file: add_filter( 'pastacode_ajax', '__return_true' ); After each change on your DOM, you will have to run this javascript function: Prism.highlightAll();

Paste these lines into your functions.php theme file: //Take WordPress SVN, for example //register a provider add_filter( 'pastacode_services', '_pastacode_services' ); function _pastacode_services( $services ) { $services['wordpress'] = 'core.svn.wordpress.org'; return $services; } //Define pastabox lightbox inputs add_action( 'pastacode_fields', '_pastacode_fields' ); function _pastacode_fields( $fields ) { $fields['wordpress'] = array( // 'wordpress' or 'whatever' 'classes' => array( 'wordpress' ), // same value as the key 'label' => sprintf( __('File path relative to %s', 'pastacode'), 'http://core.svn.wordpress.org/' ), 'placeholder' =>'trunk/wp-config-sample.php', //if placeholder isn't defined, it will be a textarea 'name' => 'path_id' //these value return shortcode attribute (path_id, repos, name, user, version) ); $fields['pastacode-lines']['classes'][] = 'wordpress'; // Add ability to select lines $fields['pastacode-highlight']['classes'][] = 'wordpress'; // Add ability to highlight somes return $fields; } //Build the function to retrieve the code // "pastacode_wordpress" hook name (1st param) = "pastacode_" + "wordpress" or "whatever" add_action( 'pastacode_wordpress', '_pastacode_wordpress', 10, 2 ); function _pastacode_wordpress( $source, $atts ) { extract( $atts ); if( $path_id ) { $req = wp_sprintf( 'http://core.svn.wordpress.org/%s', str_replace( 'http://core.svn.wordpress.org/', '', $path_id ) ); $code = wp_remote_get( $req ); if( ! is_wp_error( $code ) && 200 == wp_remote_retrieve_response_code( $code ) ) { $data = wp_remote_retrieve_body( $code ); $source[ 'url' ] = $req; //url to view source $source[ 'name' ] = basename( $req ); //filename $source[ 'code' ] = esc_html( $data ); //the code !! //$source[ 'raw' ] contain raw source code. But there are no raw source code delivered by Wordpress SVN } } return $source; }