Title: Contact Form 7 Syntax Highlighting Author: Joris van Montfort Published: 24 Martsa 2016 Last modified: 19 May 2020 --- Search plugins This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/cf7-ace-syntax-highlighting.svg) # Contact Form 7 Syntax Highlighting By [Joris van Montfort](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jorisvanmontfort/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/cf7-ace-syntax-highlighting.zip) * [Details](https://mg.wordpress.org/plugins/cf7-ace-syntax-highlighting/#description) * [Reviews](https://mg.wordpress.org/plugins/cf7-ace-syntax-highlighting/#reviews) * [Installation](https://mg.wordpress.org/plugins/cf7-ace-syntax-highlighting/#installation) * [Development](https://mg.wordpress.org/plugins/cf7-ace-syntax-highlighting/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/cf7-ace-syntax-highlighting/) ## Description Are you using HTML code in your Contact Form 7 forms and email bodies? Ace syntax highlighting enhanches the Contact Form 7 backend and makes it easy to code HTML for complex forms. ## Screenshots * [[ * Editing a form with sytax highlighted ace editor. ## Installation The plugin assumes you’re already using Contact Form 7, if not install it first before you proceed. 1. Install the plugin from the Plugins menu and then activate it. 2. When using Contact Form 7, you will now have syntax highlighting in all form and email edit textarea’s. #### Manual Instructions 1. Upload the plugin folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6e309d5bbf8dd7bd955be71c92a18de497ac95ab5a23988687b70be367a8cef8? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[nice](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-must-have-504/)󠁿 [Amr Ali](https://profiles.wordpress.org/amr3li/) 16 Novambra 2023 Thank you ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f23b960c0b734a04faa970992ac3dfed04420ba8b1da50f3d617fc91133084cf? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Exactly what I needed!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exactly-what-i-needed-729/)󠁿 [bmcconach](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bmcconach/) 01 Oktobra 2020 With all of the amazing syntax highlighting features that are in a great deal of plugins, it always underwhelmed me when I got to my CF7 editor and was greeted with a plain text editor. I figured there was no hope for it until I decided to Google- foo my way to a solution; that solution is the plugin you’re looking at. Stop searching, this is all you’ll need! Many, many kudos to the developer! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/95897dfc980cde1cf7d0044df2209f89be6a94ef3ed3de1946417c3cb0b56e93? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Excellent](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excellent-9086/)󠁿 [Patrice](https://profiles.wordpress.org/patricevigier/) 11 May 2020 It is a good plugin, it does what it says and help us to read our code. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6d0df11e2b9d23f7200fc6ec65592f4c96cbd6f17e6da10890cf38954448fcf5? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Perfect!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/perfect-4076/)󠁿 [xsonic](https://profiles.wordpress.org/xsonic/) 23 May 2017 Simply works. Thanks a lot! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/66a7159e9e38597bc70bc1b230d2a1eae5e8b4a430bdfa1024338fb16438303d? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Works like a charm](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-like-a-charm-905/)󠁿 [jensnilsson](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jensnilsson/) 14 Desambra 2016 Works as expected. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f9e095b560d4da8ba3a133bdfc581e48aa55a48eb46c772096e06b684827d3aa? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Awesome plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/awesome-plugin-1922/)󠁿 [Anonymous User 10708267](https://profiles.wordpress.org/anonymized-10708267/) 03 Septambra 2016 I like this plugin a lot! Thanks! [ Read all 6 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/cf7-ace-syntax-highlighting/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Contact Form 7 Syntax Highlighting” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Joris van Montfort ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jorisvanmontfort/) [Translate “Contact Form 7 Syntax Highlighting” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/cf7-ace-syntax-highlighting) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cf7-ace-syntax-highlighting/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/cf7-ace-syntax-highlighting/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/cf7-ace-syntax-highlighting/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/cf7-ace-syntax-highlighting/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 0.2.4 Changed font size to 13px to match the default body font size of the WordPress admin. Print margin line is removed from the editor. #### 0.2.3 Changed name to: Contact Form 7 Syntax Highlighting #### 0.2.2 Minor changes to the plugin code and description. #### 0.2.1 Name change, to comply with WordPress naming policy. #### 0.2 Added suppport for the tag generator buttons. Should have been in initial release. #### 0.1 Initial release #### Stable 0.2.3 ## Meta * Version **0.2.4** * Last updated **6 taona ago** * Active installations **1 000+** * WordPress version ** 4.0.1 or higher ** * Tested up to **5.4.19** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/cf7-ace-syntax-highlighting/) * Tags * [contact form 7](https://mg.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/contact-form-7/)[contact form 7 form editor](https://mg.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/contact-form-7-form-editor/) [contact form 7 html editor](https://mg.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/contact-form-7-html-editor/) [form textarea](https://mg.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/form-textarea/)[html-editor](https://mg.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/html-editor/) * [Advanced View](https://mg.wordpress.org/plugins/cf7-ace-syntax-highlighting/advanced/) ## Ratings Kintana 5 amin'ny 5. * [ 6 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/cf7-ace-syntax-highlighting/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/cf7-ace-syntax-highlighting/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/cf7-ace-syntax-highlighting/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/cf7-ace-syntax-highlighting/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/cf7-ace-syntax-highlighting/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/cf7-ace-syntax-highlighting/reviews/#new-post) [Hijery ny domberina rehetra](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/cf7-ace-syntax-highlighting/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Joris van Montfort ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jorisvanmontfort/) ## Support Got something to say? 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