Title: SmartAss Highlighter
Author: th3pirat3
Published: 15 Janoary 2015
Last modified: 09 May 2015
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It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.
# SmartAss Highlighter
By [th3pirat3](https://profiles.wordpress.org/th3pirat3/)
[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/smartass-highlighter.zip)
* [Details](https://mg.wordpress.org/plugins/smartass-highlighter/#description)
* [Reviews](https://mg.wordpress.org/plugins/smartass-highlighter/#reviews)
* [Installation](https://mg.wordpress.org/plugins/smartass-highlighter/#installation)
* [Development](https://mg.wordpress.org/plugins/smartass-highlighter/#developers)
[Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/smartass-highlighter/)
## Description
* SmartAss Highlighter is a simple and easy to use code prettifier for wordpress.
* The code between `` and `
` tags is highlighted.
* Almost all languages are supported, no need to mention the code language.
* Customizable for each post, use `[highlighter]` shortcode to enable for particular
post.
* To change theme, modify `highlighter.css` in the plugin directory.
* Button is available for both editor modes, i.e., Visual and Text editor.
* Line Numbers are `ON` by _default_ but can be turned OFF by using modified shortcode`[
highlighter line=0]`
* **IMPORTANT** – This plugin would not be updated very frequently, updates (if
required) may delay
#### Basic Usage
1. Switch to Text Only Mode, Go to “Edit my profile” and then check “Disable the visual
editor when writing”
2. Create new post
3. Put your code in between `` and `
`
4. **MUST** use shortcode **`[highlighter]`** to activate the SmartAss-Highlighter
5. Line numbers are _on_ by _default_, but can be switched off by using **`[highlighter
line=0]`**
6. **Note**: Only the Posts having shortcode `[highlighter]` will be highlighted.
Your previous posts won’t be affected.
7. **Do NOT** use html codes for special characters ( `<` or `>` ), Directly
use `<` or `>`
#### More Information
For more information of this plugin, please visit: [Plugin Homepage](http://justtechthings.com/SmartAss-Highlighter/).
## Screenshots
* [[
* Visual editor screenshot
* [[
* Text only editor screenshot
* [[
* Sample highlighted output with line numbers
* [[
* Sample highlighted output without line numbers
* [[
* Code button
## Installation
1. Download and extract `"SmartAss-Highlighter.zip"` to `"wp-content/plugins/"`
2. Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” menu in WordPress
3. Put your code in between `` and `
` (It provides a code button in the
editor)
4. **MUST** use shortcode **`[highlighter]`** to activate the SmartAss-Highlighter
5. Line numbers are _on_ by _default_, but can be switched off by using **`[highlighter
line=0]`**
## FAQ
Which programming languages are supported?
It supports all programming languages. No need to mention the language of the code
anywhere
I don’t like the style and theme colors of this plugin. How to change the colors?
Edit the file _highlighter.css_ to change the colors. See the documentation of CSS
and class details at [Google Code Prettify](https://code.google.com/p/google-code-prettify/source/browse/trunk/src/prettify.css)
Will this highlighter make my webpage slow?
SmartAss Highlighter uses two files in output- `highlighter.js` and `highlighter.
css`. These two files have total size of 17KB but If you web server supports [compression](http://justtechthings.com/2A1KS)
then the reduced load will be of 7KB. However, If your server does not support compression
or you dont have control over it, please visit [plugin page](http://justtechthings.com/SmartAss-Highlighter/).
What is different about this highlighter?
* It uses a shortcode to trigger, so user can control highlighting from post to
post.
* The extra code/libraries are added in footer, so that you page is loaded first
and highlighting is done later _asynchronously_
* No option menu
## Reviews
There are no reviews for this plugin.
## Contributors & Developers
“SmartAss Highlighter” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.
Contributors
* [ th3pirat3 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/th3pirat3/)
[Translate “SmartAss Highlighter” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/smartass-highlighter)
### Interested in development?
[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smartass-highlighter/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/smartass-highlighter/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/smartass-highlighter/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/smartass-highlighter/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).
## Changelog
#### 1.0
* First release
## Meta
* Version **1.0**
* Last updated **11 taona ago**
* Active installations **10+**
* WordPress version ** 2.7 or higher **
* Tested up to **4.2.39**
* Language
* [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/smartass-highlighter/)
* Tags
* [code highlighter](https://mg.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/code-highlighter/)[highlighter](https://mg.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/highlighter/)
[wordpress code highlight](https://mg.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/wordpress-code-highlight/)
[wp code](https://mg.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/wp-code/)
* [Advanced View](https://mg.wordpress.org/plugins/smartass-highlighter/advanced/)
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## Contributors
* [ th3pirat3 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/th3pirat3/)
## Support
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