Title: Syntax Highlighter Compress
Author: agmorpheus
Published: April 24, 2010
Last modified: November 28, 2011
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# Syntax Highlighter Compress
By [agmorpheus](https://profiles.wordpress.org/agmorpheus/)
[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/syntax-highlighter-compress.zip)
* [Details](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/syntax-highlighter-compress/#description)
* [Reviews](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/syntax-highlighter-compress/#reviews)
* [Installation](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/syntax-highlighter-compress/#installation)
* [Development](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/syntax-highlighter-compress/#developers)
[Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/syntax-highlighter-compress/)
## Description
Syntax Highlighter ComPress is a simple WordPress plugin, that is based on the latest
[Alex Gorbatchev’s SyntaxHighlighter Script](http://alexgorbatchev.com/wiki/SyntaxHighlighter).
Code and source text of different mark-up or programming languages can be highlighted
in WordPress.
There are other WordPress plugin based on the SyntaxHighlighter Script but these
cause long page loading times and they are difficult to handle. The advantage of
Syntax Highlighter ComPress is that only necessary brush files will be loaded dynamically.
Another advantage is that your code can easily pasted into your posts, no need to
replace all ‘`<`‘ with ‘`<`‘.
Supported mark-up or programming are: AppleScript, ActionScript3, Bash/shell, Coldfusion,
C#, C++, CSS, Delphi, Diff, Erlang, Groovy, JavaScript, Java, JavaFX, Perl, PHP,
Plain Text, Python, Ruby, Scala, SQL, Visual Basic and XML.
The plugin is localized in English, German and Romanian.
## Screenshots
[⌊Examples (for a live demo, see the plugin's homepage)⌉⌊Examples (for a live demo,
see the plugin's homepage)⌉[
Examples (for a live demo, see the plugin’s homepage)
[⌊TinyMCE Button and Popup for easy code pasting⌉⌊TinyMCE Button and Popup for easy
code pasting⌉[
TinyMCE Button and Popup for easy code pasting
[⌊Settings menu⌉⌊Settings menu⌉[
Settings menu
## Installation
This plugin requires WordPress 2.6 or later.
1. Unzip and upload the files to your ‘wp-content/plugins/’ directory.
2. Activate the plugin by logging into your WordPress administration panel, going
to ‘Plugins’, then clicking the ‘Activate’ button for ‘Syntax Highlighter Compress’.
3. Done, enjoy it.
#### Usage
Usage with the TinyMCE button:
1. Create a new post or page in WordPress or open an existing post/page.
2. Place the cursor into the main textarea where you want to insert the code.
3. Click on the new TinyMCE button, you can find after the activation of the plugin.
4. Paste your code into the textarea of the popup and choose which syntax/brush (PHP,
JavaScript, …) you want to use.
5. Click on the ‘Insert’ button. That’s all.
Usage without TinyMCE button:
1. Take your code and replace all ‘`<`‘ with ‘`<`‘ (Seach & Replace).
2. Then enclose your code with the pre Tag like this:
3. ```
[Your Code Here]
```
4. For the ‘[code-alias]’ segment you have to choose the right syntax/brush alias.
For all the available brush aliases check out [Alex Gorbatchev’s Webpage](http://alexgorbatchev.com/wiki/SyntaxHighlighter:Brushes).
PHP code should look like this:
5. ```
<?php
$input = array("Neo", "Morpheus", "Trinity", "Cypher", "Tank");
$rand_keys = array_rand($input, 2);
echo $input[$rand_keys[0]] . "\n";
?>
```
6. Paste final code into the main textarea of WordPress. Be sure, that you do this
in the HTML view.`
## FAQ
Which browsers are supported?
The most common browsers are supported.
Which version of wordPress do I need?
You need WordPress 2.6 or later.
## Reviews
### [Doesn’t work on 4.8 due to deprecated calls to TinyMCE API](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/doesnt-work-on-4-8-due-to-deprecated-calls-to-tinymce-api/)
[orlov0562](https://profiles.wordpress.org/orlov0562/) June 14, 2017
One of the oldest plugin that I’m using. Unfortunately after latest updates doesn’t
work due to has deprecated calls to TinyMCE API. Any case thank you for 5 good years
of stable work
[ Read all 6 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/syntax-highlighter-compress/reviews/)
## Contributors & Developers
“Syntax Highlighter Compress” is open source software. The following people have
contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
* [ agmorpheus ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/agmorpheus/)
[Translate “Syntax Highlighter Compress” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/syntax-highlighter-compress)
### Interested in development?
[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/syntax-highlighter-compress/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/syntax-highlighter-compress/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/syntax-highlighter-compress/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/syntax-highlighter-compress/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).
## Changelog
#### 3.0.83.3
* Added Romanian translation (THX to Alexander Ovsov – [Web Geek Sciense](http://webhostinggeeks.com/science/))
#### 3.0.83.2
* Fixed problem with the tab-size input field
* Fixed some bugs in the autoload script
* Cleaner settings menu code
#### 3.0.83.1
* Upgraded Syntax Highlighter script (version 3.0.83)
* New Dynamic brush loading: only necessary brush files get loaded
* Added settings menu where you can change the theme and other options
#### 2.1.364.1
* First release, nothing changed so far
## Meta
* Version **3.0.83.3**
* Last updated **15 वर्षाः ago**
* Active installations **90+**
* WordPress version ** 2.6 or higher **
* Tested up to **3.2.1**
* Language
* [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/syntax-highlighter-compress/)
* Tags
* [code](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/code/)[Highlight](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/highlight/)
[highlighter](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/highlighter/)[syntax](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/syntax/)
[SyntaxHighlighter](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/syntaxhighlighter/)
* [Advanced View](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/syntax-highlighter-compress/advanced/)
## Ratings
4.8 out of 5 stars.
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## Contributors
* [ agmorpheus ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/agmorpheus/)
## Support
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