
Shortcode Parameters
These are the parameters you can pass to the shortcode and what they do. For the booleans (i.e. on/off), pass true
/1
or false
/0
.
lang
orlanguage
— The language syntax to highlight with. You can alternately just use that as the tag, such ascode
. Click here for a list of valid tags (under “aliases”).
autolinks
— Toggle automatic URL linking.classname
— Add an additional CSS class to the code box.collapse
— Toggle collapsing the code box by default, requiring a click to expand it. Good for large code posts.firstline
— An interger specifying what number the first line should be (for the line numbering).gutter
— Toggle the left-side line numbering.highlight
— A comma-separated list of line numbers to highlight. You can also specify a range. Example:2,5-10,12
htmlscript
— Toggle highlighting any extra HTML/XML. Good for when you’re mixing HTML/XML with another language, such as having PHP inside an HTML web page. The above preview has it enabled for example. This only works with certain languages.light
— Toggle light mode which disables the gutter and toolbar all at once.padlinenumbers
— Controls line number padding. Valid values arefalse
(no padding),true
(automatic padding), or an integer (forced padding).title
(v3 only) — Sets some text to show up before the code. Very useful when combined with thecollapse
parameter.toolbar
— Toggle the toolbar (buttons in v2, the about question mark in v3)wraplines
(v2 only) — Toggle line wrapping.
Some example shortcodes:
- [php]your code here[/php]
code here
- [
your code here
]
code here
- [
code here
]
code here
- [sourcecode language="plain"]code here[/sourcecode]
code here