Syntax highlight

is a feature of text editor called Syntax highlighter which uses display text with programming code snippet.

Syntax highlighter is one of the most useful wordpress plugins for programmers who want to display code snippet in his/her article well formatted and pretty with different color scheme and size. It highlights syntax of various programming languages such as PHP, HTML, JavaScript, Ruby, C and C++. Some of syntax highlighter plugins are developed in JavaScript which reduces load of web server. If you are using wordpress then there are lots of plugins in plugin directory that makes it easy and quick. Here is list of some best highlighter plugins I found in plugin directory

Crayon syntax highlighter is probably one of the best syntax highlighters of wordpress plugins. It supports multiple languages, highlighting from URL or texts. It offers you fully customizable languages and comes with default themes that you can easily customize for your website. The best thing about this plugin is it also allows you to manage language files easily. Crayon syntax highlighter supports around all popular language.

It is one of my favorite plugins of wordpress. Some of niche feature that I really like are,

• Mixed syntax highlighting
• Mini tags
• Live preview setting
• File extension detection

Download this plugin from wordpress plugin directory.

WP syntax comes with wide range of popular programming languages. One of the best feature of it is, it runs an early pre-filter that avoids conflicts with other plugins.

You can download Click here to download this pretty plugin.

Another coolest plugins that supports shortcode attributes and most of popular languages. Pretty customizable color schemes available and easy to c. It completely developed in javascript that reduces server load.

Click here to download this pretty plugin.
I am using Crayon syntax highlighter right now  in my blog but i would like to suggest all the above awesome plugins as they are one of the best highlighters. If you find out other best syntax highlighters then email me so I would update article helping to others.