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Is HTML Editor Syntax Highlighter still maintained?

Its last release was 30 months ago. No release in over two years.

Maintenance
ABANDONED
no release in over two years — last release 2024-03-16.
Active installs
50k
as the directory reports it, in buckets — a floor rather than a count.
Rating
4.4★
from 110 ratings. no support threads to resolve.

This measures maintenance, not quality. A small, finished plugin that genuinely needed no changes in three years grades ABANDONED here and may still be the right choice. What the grade tells you is whether anyone is there if something breaks.

By Peter Mukhortov, tested up to WordPress 6.5.0. Listing on wordpress.org.

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Selected mechanically, not editorially: shipped within 12 months, 1,000+ installs, and 3.5 stars or better where 10+ people rated it. Ranked by install count. Nobody paid to be on this list and there is nothing to pay for.

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