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Code Click to Copy

by treeflips

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Description

Simple plugin that automatically copies content in <pre> and <code> tags to clipboard (when clicked). Other plugins out there do the same but create a little [COPY] button that you have to aim for. Mine doesn’t require any aiming, just click anywhere on the code block and it copies the whole thing. Customizable hover tooltip lets you know it’s copied.

For sites sharing code-commands, this plugin will save users time from having to highlight and copy-paste bits of text back and forth. It’s especially helpful for large globs of code that scroll off-screen, or when copying on your mobile phone. I’ve added more features to make it more helpful.

Features:
* Easy aim – click anywhere on text block to copy entire text, no need to aim for tiny text or clipboard icon.
* Tooltip text customization – change tooltip text.
* Tooltip color options – customize tooltip background and text colors.
* Tooltip hover custom CSS – completely restyle the tooltip hover.
* Tooltip function custom CSS – apply tooltip function to other CSS classes. Allowing copy function on any content block, not only code blocks.

  1. Install easily from your dashboard Add Plugins page or manually download the plugin and upload the extracted archived to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
Does this plugin work with newest WP version and also older versions?

Yes, this plugin works perfect with the latest version of WordPress! It also works with older versions as well but you should always run the latest WordPress and PHP version for best security and performance. This plugin is used in my critical sites so you can be assured it works perfect.

Will this plugin slow down my site?

No. It’s coded extremely lightweight. The plugin CSS and JS is only 1.7KB total, and inlined in your site footer. No extra CSS or JS files are loaded. It does only the essential function and nothing more. No heavy PHP processing or database queries. I’m an absolute speed fanatic.

Do you plan to add more features?

Not unless someone wanted to pay for my development time and costs. This was intended as a free community plugin.

How do I style the copy block?

You can customize the tooltip through the admin settings at Settings > Code Click to Copy. You can change:
* Tooltip background and text colors
* Custom tooltip text messages
* Apply copy function to other CSS classes
* Custom tooltip CSS class for advanced styling

For advanced CSS customization, you can style the “codeCopyTooltip” CSS class or your custom class.

Any known incompatibility issues?

One user reported it didn’t work on his DIVI site through DIVI’s own “code” block mechanism.

Great Plugin

By joba28 on August 1, 2025

Works great! Support is awesome.

Simple, lightweight and nice!

By davidyu0903 on July 23, 2025

Awesome "click&copy for code" plugin! It's simple, lightweight, and easy to use. Once installed, it automatically applies to all code blocks with no need for any configuration or article modification.

Absolutely pure genius!

By Maria (maenmiu) on April 22, 2025

I absolutely love this plugin! It affects the code block directly so you don't have to struggle at all to make any code on your website copyable.

Hovering the code block will give a basic "copy to clipboard tooltip" - would love to see it cusomisable for further editions.

if you click anywhere within the code block it will copy it and the tooltip will say it's copied!

I absolutely love this small plugin!

Edit to add: it works with the latest version of wp

Doesn't work with tag, and lots of bugs

By Hoang Nam (gnam389) on April 7, 2023

Doesn't work with <PRE> tag, and lots of bugs

Awesome! Great for UX

By Nate (goseongguy) on August 19, 2022

You the man. So light and simple. My only change was to add a pseudo element to display a copy to clipboard icon in the corner of the code blocks, because otherwise people have no idea its copyable until they hover. Using pointer-events:none on the icon allows it to not interfere with the click functionality. Maybe something like that could be an option or even just a filer hook for people to optionally enable. Anyway, cheers!

Exactly what I was looking for

By bklassenabb on June 15, 2022

This plugin works great with Code Syntax Block. The only thing I would change is still allowing text to be selected.

What was forgotten in Code Syntax Block

By b4t0u on November 26, 2021

This is what I missed with Code Syntax Block, now I can provide an easy click-paste tool for users, thanks a lot for this plugin !

The lightweight and useful

By Syed Saadullah (syedwpjohnny) on August 21, 2021

This is what I was looking for I wish there should be 10 star rating option.....

Great lightweight plugin

By Colin McDermott (woodsandhillsplc) on July 4, 2021

Does what it says. Thanks, really good plugin. Cheers

Perfect!

By tomeronen on July 4, 2021

Thank you so much for simple and well written plugin!

1.0.0

  • Major version release – no longer beta
  • Added comprehensive customization options
  • Tooltip background and text color customization
  • Custom tooltip text messages
  • Custom CSS class support for tooltip styling
  • Custom CSS class support for applying copy function to other elements
  • Modern clipboard API with fallback support
  • Improved positioning and styling
  • Admin settings page for easy customization
  • Tested with WordPress 6.8

0.1.5

  • Tested with WordPress 6.8. Updated version number to reflect compatibility with latest WordPress version.

0.1.4

  • It was tested in WP 6.4.2. Program code was cleaned professionally.

0.1.3

  • Multi language is supported. Please make language .po and .mo files in /languages folder. Chinese language file is provided as an example.

0.1.2

Updated description.

0.1.1

  • Fix parsin error on readme.txt file.

0.1.0

  • Initial Release
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