Title: AH Code Highlighter
Author: Andreas Hecht
Published: <strong>January 13, 2017</strong>
Last modified: August 27, 2018

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# AH Code Highlighter

 By [Andreas Hecht](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ahecht/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/ah-prism-syntax-highlighter.2.0.5.zip)

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

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

## Description

Really simple to use and extrem lightweigt Code Highlighting with 8 different code
highlighting themes. You can highlight your code with or without line numbers. It
is based on Lea Verou’s [Prism.js](http://prismjs.com/). Prism is used on several
big websites like the Smashing Magazine, A list Apart, CSS Tricks, SitePoint and
Drupal, because it is fast, simple and lightweight.

AH Code Highlighter supports PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Apache, HTTP, Sess, Lass,
Markdown, Nginx, MySql, Xml, Mathml, JSON, Git, C, C# und C++ and more…

### Demo

You can find a demo of the plugin on the plugin homepage: [Plugin Homepage](https://andreas-hecht.com/prism-syntax-highlighter/)

#### Basic Usage

Install and activate the plugin. Select your favorite Highlight Theme on the Options
page (Settings => AH Code Highlighter). When you write a new post, click on the 
Code button, choose the code language and insert your code. Click OK and you’re 
done.

## Screenshots

[⌊The Settings Page⌉⌊The Settings Page⌉[

The Settings Page

[⌊The Code Button⌉⌊The Code Button⌉[

The Code Button

[⌊The Code Generator.⌉⌊The Code Generator.⌉[

The Code Generator.

[⌊The Default Highlighting Theme⌉⌊The Default Highlighting Theme⌉[

The Default Highlighting Theme

[⌊The Okaidia Highlighting Theme⌉⌊The Okaidia Highlighting Theme⌉[

The Okaidia Highlighting Theme

[⌊The Coy Highlighting Theme⌉⌊The Coy Highlighting Theme⌉[

The Coy Highlighting Theme

[⌊The Twilight Highlighting Theme⌉⌊The Twilight Highlighting Theme⌉[

The Twilight Highlighting Theme

[⌊The Solarized Lite Highlighting Theme⌉⌊The Solarized Lite Highlighting Theme⌉[

The Solarized Lite Highlighting Theme

[⌊The Dark Highlighting Theme⌉⌊The Dark Highlighting Theme⌉[

The Dark Highlighting Theme

[⌊The Funky Highlighting Theme⌉⌊The Funky Highlighting Theme⌉[

The Funky Highlighting Theme

[⌊The Tomorrow Night Theme⌉⌊The Tomorrow Night Theme⌉[

The Tomorrow Night Theme

## Installation

 1. Upload the plugin files to the `/wp-content/plugins/ah-prism-syntax-highlighter/`
    directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress
 3. Ready to use!

## FAQ

None at this time.

  Installation Instructions

 1. Upload the plugin files to the `/wp-content/plugins/ah-prism-syntax-highlighter/`
    directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress
 3. Ready to use!

## Reviews

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Perfect Plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/perfect-plugin-578/)󠁿

 [arthurliu123](https://profiles.wordpress.org/arthurliu123/) September 3, 2018

This is a perfect plugin, I can highlight the code without the raw editor. There
is a petition, is it possible to add bash support? Thank you.

 [ Read all 1 review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ah-prism-syntax-highlighter/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

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

Contributors

 *   [ Andreas Hecht ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ahecht/)

[Translate “AH Code Highlighter” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/ah-prism-syntax-highlighter)

### Interested in development?

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

## Changelog

#### 2.0.5

 * Add Tomorrow Night theme
 * Add new plugins and programming languages

#### 2.0.4

 * Bugfix

#### 2.0.3

 * Add two highlighting themes
 * Rename the Plugin

#### 2.0.2

 * Add Review Link

#### 2.0.1

 * Bugfix and backward compatibility

#### 2.0.0

 * Completely rewritten

#### 1.0.5

 * Some little fixes

## Meta

 *  Version **2.0.5**
 *  Last updated: **8 years ago**
 *  Active installations: **60+**
 *  WordPress Version: ** 4.5 or higher **
 *  Tested up to: **5.0.0**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ah-prism-syntax-highlighter/)
 * Tags:
 * [code](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/code/)[code highlighter](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/code-highlighter/)
   [code highlighting](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/code-highlighting/)
   [prism](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/prism/)[syntax highlighter](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/syntax-highlighter/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/ah-prism-syntax-highlighter/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 out of 5 stars.

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## Contributors

 *   [ Andreas Hecht ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ahecht/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ah-prism-syntax-highlighter/)

## Donate

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