91
Enlighter – Customizable Syntax Highlighter
Beautiful code snippets that just need a default language setting.
HealthyGrowing
91/100
Users love the rich features and support but want a default language setting.
Active installs
~15,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
4.8★
65 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+175%
Growing fast
32 → 88 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing fast · +175% in the last year
32/day a year ago→88/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayEnlighter is widely praised for its ease of use, rich feature set and strong support, but users note missing default language settings and occasional compatibility issues.
What people like
- +Easy to use with an intuitive interface
- +Rich feature set covering many languages and snippet organization×3
- +Compatible with a wide range of editors and themes (e.g., WPBakery, Ennova theme up to PHP 7.4)×2
- +Responsive and helpful support from the author×3
- +Lightweight and does not alter code on deactivation
- +Supports the latest BBPress version
Common complaints
- −No option to set a default language, requiring manual selection each time
- −Cannot limit the number of displayed lines in a code block
- −Occasional bugs reported by users
- −Theme conflicts, especially with some BBPress-related styling
- −Not compatible with UX Builder and Flatsome themes
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.74★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.80★
- 6%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 100% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-09-182025-02-092026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 65 total
Latest reviews · 66 analyzed
- 2023-09-09★★★★★Exceptional Syntax Highlighter Plugin – A Must-Have for Coderstecharohaaisolution1-shot
- 2023-01-29★★★★★Enlighter — The Best Syntax Highlighting PluginAbu Zar Mishwani
- 2022-09-12★★★★★GoodAnonymous User 13836360
- 2021-05-20★★★★★THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I AM LOOKING FORfredpan
- 2021-05-12★★★★★Excellent but could us a default language settinggwrowe
- 2021-05-10★★★★★excellent highlighter, works with bbpressMarcus (aka @msykes)
- 2020-10-23★★★★★Performant and easy plugin!xukyo
- 2020-10-22★★★★★Switched from Crayon and very happy so farfoxbeefly
- 2020-10-20★★★★★Good so farliberoscarcelli.net
- 2020-06-11★★★★★awesome plugin, it works out of the box.Alessandro
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
86
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
78
Prior 7-day baseline
68
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
89
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+10.3%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
100%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
5.74
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
89%
5★ share in analyzed sample
6%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.71 → 4.74★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered