# aramk/crayon-syntax-highlighter

Syntax Highlighter supporting multiple languages, themes, fonts, highlighting from a URL, local file or post text.

Repository: https://github.com/aramk/crayon-syntax-highlighter
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/crayon-syntax-highlighter
Homepage: https://wordpress.org/plugins/crayon-syntax-highlighter/
Language: PHP
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2023-02-06T11:25:06+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5342, "days_push": 1304, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1094, forks 246 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:33.810002+00:00)

## What it is
A PHP and jQuery syntax highlighter supporting many languages, themes, fonts, and highlighting from URLs, local files, or post text. It is primarily a WordPress plugin but can be used in any PHP environment.

## Use cases
- display code snippets with syntax highlighting in WordPress posts
- highlight code loaded from a URL or local file
- customize language definitions with regular expressions
- mix HTML, CSS, and PHP highlighting in one block
- add a tag editor dialog for inserting code blocks

## When to choose
- you maintain a legacy WordPress site already using it
- you need a self-hosted PHP syntax highlighter with customizable language definitions

## When to avoid
- starting a new project - it was closed on WordPress.org in 2022 due to a security issue
- running modern WordPress versions - it throws PHP errors and breaks content
- you need maintained, secure software

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: abandoned
- function: templating
- domain: web-development, cms, developer-tools
- platform: php
- tags: wordpress-plugin, code-highlighting, jquery, themes, tag-editor, syntax-highlighting, wordpress, web-server

## Member repositories
- aramk/crayon-syntax-highlighter (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:33.810002+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:47:28.534047+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/aramk/crayon-syntax-highlighter (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:33.810002+00:00, sha 7d1a55655678)
  - homepage: https://wordpress.org/plugins/crayon-syntax-highlighter/ (fetched 2026-08-29T12:50:31.987073+00:00, sha 63b6ecface88)
  - site_page: https://wordpress.org/documentation (fetched 2026-08-29T12:50:31.990436+00:00, sha bd7786ab20ae)
  - site_page: https://wordpress.org/about (fetched 2026-08-29T12:50:31.992584+00:00, sha 7beb23faf433)
  - site_page: https://wordpress.org/about/privacy (fetched 2026-08-29T12:50:31.994308+00:00, sha ae4fa61fc31e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.