How to display HTML, CSS, PHP, Javascript and more source codes in WordPress posts

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Display code in WordPress blog posts

Displaying source code in your WordPress posts is extremely simple, you can add a <code> tag around your code and it will be displayed in your blog post.

The problem with the <code> tag in WordPress

As pointed out in Writing Code in Your Posts from the WordPress Codex, a few issues can arise from using this method if you are not careful. Using the <code> tag doesn’t tell WordPress to strip the HTML references from the post.

The Solution to displaying code in WordPress

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The SyntaxHighlighter Evolved allows you to easily embed code in your WordPress blog using simple short code to give a nice looking formatted code in the frontend post display.

Simply using the following shortcode structure, your code snippets can be displayed elegantly in your post.

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You can see a better example SyntaxHighlighter Evolved plugin use on our post –

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What is your favorite method to display code in WordPress posts?

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