Code fences with syntax highlighting

Those backticks didn’t quite show up as planned. Each line should be three back-ticks.

Hey Dru89,

You can achieve this in the following way:

– Install the following plugins:
https://www.ads-software.com/extend/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/
https://www.ads-software.com/extend/plugins/wp-markdown-syntaxhighlighter/

– Disable the built-in syntax highlighter in WP-Markdown
(Settings -> Writing -> Enable Prettify syntax highlighter: Off )

Now you can prefix your code with the language on the first line, like this:
#!ruby
(your code here)

Not working for me. If I save a draft the following happens:

#!ruby
class Foo < Bar
  def hello
    puts "Hello World!"
  end
end

turns into:
# !ruby

class Foo < Bar def hello puts “Hello World!” end end

I have the syntax highlighting evolved plugin, wp markdown, and the plugin that links them up. also turned off the Prettify support in wp_markdown. any ideas? running 3.5.1 of WP at Dreamhost.

I also tried putting the new php markdown extra in there. no luck.

@jkrats

Can you try using the “Code sample” button in the editor instead of backticks?

It looks like this:
{ }

@khromov

Thanks. my bad. I just put the text in the example. Didn’t even think about using that button first.