by Alex Mills 4.3 (86 reviews)

SyntaxHighlighter Evolved

Name: SyntaxHighlighter Evolved
Rating: 4.3 (86 reviews)
Author: Alex Mills

Easily post syntax-highlighted code to your site without having to modify the code at all. As seen on WordPress.com.

SyntaxHighlighter Evolved ranks #1,367 among WordPress.org plugins with 20,000+ active installations, is #171 of 4,954 in the Utilities & Tools category, a 4.3/5 rating from 86 reviews, and was last updated Mar 4, 2025. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.7.8 (Current: 7.1.1)

v3.7.2 Current Version v3.7.2

Updated 1 year ago Last Update on 04 Mar, 2025

Refreshed 14 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#171 of 4,954 in Utilities & Tools Top 5% by installs Downloads +41.3% this week No update in over a year

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Rank

#1,367

+1 this week

Active Installs

20K+

-10.8%

KW Avg Position

56.5

0.2 worse

Downloads

1.1M

+51 today

Support Resolved

100%

— No change

Rating

86%

Review 4.3 out of 5

4.3 (86 reviews)

Next Milestone 30K

Total Progress 23.6%

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Reviews & Ratings

4.3

86 reviews

Overall 86%

65 (76%)

5 (6%)

3 (3%)

4 (5%)

9 (10%)

Support Threads Overview

Resolved

Unresolved

Total Threads

Resolved

Unresolved

100%

Resolution Rate

Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

9 known vulnerabilities on record · 1 in the last 24 months · checked 1 week ago

Mar 27, 2025

SyntaxHighlighter Evolved [syntaxhighlighter] < 3.7.2 (closed)

CVE-2025-30903 · Fixed in v3.7.2
Oct 23, 2019

SyntaxHighlighter Evolved [syntaxhighlighter] < 3.5.1 (closed)

Fixed in v3.5.1
Oct 21, 2019

SyntaxHighlighter Evolved [syntaxhighlighter] < 3.5.1 (closed)

Fixed in v3.5.1
Apr 10, 2016

SyntaxHighlighter Evolved [syntaxhighlighter] < 3.1.10 (closed)

Fixed in v3.1.10
May 15, 2015

SyntaxHighlighter Evolved [syntaxhighlighter] < 3.1.6 (closed)

Fixed in v3.1.6
Aug 1, 2014

SyntaxHighlighter Evolved [syntaxhighlighter] < 3.1.10 (closed)

Fixed in v3.1.10
SyntaxHighlighter Evolved [syntaxhighlighter] < 3.1.10 (closed)

Fixed in v3.1.10
SyntaxHighlighter Evolved [syntaxhighlighter] < 3.5.1 (closed)

Fixed in v3.5.1
SyntaxHighlighter Evolved [syntaxhighlighter] < 3.1.6 (closed)

Fixed in v3.1.6

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Plugin Details

Version: 3.7.2
Last Updated: Mar 04, 2025
Requires WP: 5.7+
Tested Up To: 6.7.8
PHP Version: 7.0 or higher
Author: Alex Mills

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4.3
Reviews: 86
Support Threads: 1
Resolved: 100%

Keywords

code php source sourcecode syntax highlighting

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TL;DR

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This plugin is for WordPress site owners and bloggers who want to publish code snippets on their site, including those using the WordPress 5.0 block editor. It solves the problem of syntax-highlighted code losing its formatting or requiring manual edits when posted, using the SyntaxHighlighter JavaScript package by Alex Gorbatchev.