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Best WordPress Plugins for Highlight

15 plugins compared · Updated August 2026 · Highlight

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Choosing a WordPress plugin for highlight comes down to a few things: whether it is still actively maintained, whether real users rate it well, and whether it does the specific job you need without dragging the rest of the site down.

We ranked 15 plugins using our WPScore, which weighs the user rating (adjusted for how many people actually rated it), how many sites run it, how recently it was updated, and which WordPress version it is tested against. 15 of them have enough public data to be scored; the rest are listed below the ranked block, clearly marked, rather than being given a number we cannot justify.

How this list is funded. Some links here earn us a commission if you buy. It costs you nothing extra, and it does not move anything up the list — the order comes from the WPScore, which is calculated from public ratings, install counts and update history. See the method.

At a glance

  1. 1. Highlight Search Terms Best overall 85/100
  2. 2. Highlighting Code Block 83/100
  3. 3. Timeline Module for Divi 82/100
  4. 4. Custom Highlight Color 80/100
  5. 5. Highlight and Share 79/100
  6. 6. Colored Admin Post List 79/100
  7. 7. String locator 71/100
  8. 8. Supercharger AI 69/100
  9. 9. Meine Infoseite: Block Highlighter 65/100
  10. 10. Mark Posts 64/100
  11. 11. Mark New Posts 63/100
  12. 12. Code Prettify 51/100
  13. 13. FAT Cooming Soon 51/100
  14. 14. WP SyntaxHighlighter 48/100
  15. 15. Highlight Author Comments 48/100
1 Highlight Search Terms
Best overall Free by Rolf Allard van Hagen

Highlight Search Terms

Very lightweight (vanilla) Javascript that wraps search terms in an HTML5 mark tag within WordPress search results.

5★
from 40 ratings
7k+
active installs
Updated
Jul 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
85

WPScore

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4 Custom Highlight Color
Free by Nick Halsey

Custom Highlight Color

Many devices and browsers provide less-than-ideal colors when selecting text on sites. Users may select text for a variety of reasons, including as a …

5★
from 5 ratings
900+
active installs
Updated
Jul 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
80

WPScore

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5 Highlight and Share
Free by BerryPress

Highlight and Share

A lightweight social sharing plugin for showing social networks when users highlight text, share images, headlines, or use Click to Share.

4.9★
from 29 ratings
700+
active installs
Updated
Mar 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
79

WPScore

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6 Colored Admin Post List
Free by rockschtar

Colored Admin Post List

Color-code your admin post list by post status. Instantly spot drafts, pending reviews, scheduled, private, and published posts at a glance.

5★
from 3 ratings
500+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
79

WPScore

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8 Supercharger AI
Free by codesupplyco

Supercharger AI

AI summaries, highlights, quotes, recommendations and smart navigation that help visitors discover more and stay longer.

200+
active installs
Updated
Jun 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
69

WPScore

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10 Mark Posts
Free by flymke

Mark Posts

Mark and highlight posts, pages and posts of custom post types within the posts overview.

4.8★
from 10 ratings
1k+
active installs
Updated
Feb 2025
Tested to
WP 6.7.7
64

WPScore

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12 Code Prettify
Free by volca

Code Prettify

100% automatic code highlighting using the Prettify library. No shortcodes, no classnames, fully automatic and pure awesome.

5★
from 18 ratings
1k+
active installs
Updated
Oct 2022
Tested to
WP 6.0.14
51

WPScore

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13 FAT Cooming Soon
Free by roninwp

FAT Cooming Soon

FAT Coming Soon is WordPress plugin help you easy create coming soon or maintain page with power full panel, you can change all colors, font sizes and …

100+
active installs
Updated
Feb 2025
Tested to
WP 6.7.7
51

WPScore

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