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What’s the deal with the <code> element in WordPress?

When I put source code in a <code> block in WordPress:

  • It doesn’t preserve indentation.  This is useless for Python code
  • It doesn’t allow newlines in the block without starting a new <code> element.
  • There’s no way to insert a <pre> or <code> block in the visual editor interface

I guess I should look around for a source-code syntax-highlighting plugin for WordPress?  Anyone know of a good one?

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2 Responses to “What’s the deal with the <code> element in WordPress?”

  1. Stephen Mack Says:
    August 26th, 2008 at 9:22 am

    code is an inline element, so that behavior regarding newlines is correct.

    Are you sure you can’t put a pre block in? Just type in <pre> manually in the HTML view of the editor.

    What most people do is wrap the code in pre. See for example:
    http://htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/phrase/code.html

  2. Stephen Mack Says:
    August 26th, 2008 at 9:23 am

    BTW, you need to escape the less-than and greater-than signs around the word code in the post title — this post looks really funny in a feed reader!

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