Sticky Copy Button for Code Blocks

Апісанне

Sticky Copy Button for Code Blocks automatically adds a floating copy button to each <pre><code> block on your website.
It provides convenient front-end copying for developers, readers, and tutorial users.

Features

This plugin is light, fast, and highly customizable:

  • Adjustable button position (up/down and left/right)
  • Customizable labels (“Copy” / “Copied”)
  • Adjustable font size
  • Background color, text color, or transparent mode
  • Max-height option for large code blocks (with scroll support)
  • Optional line numbers (simple native implementation)
  • Custom CSS that is safely sanitized

No dependencies such as Prism or Highlight.js are required.

Detailed Settings Guide

The following explains every option in the plugin settings page.

1. Button Position

Adjust vertical position (top offset in px)
Moves the button up or down relative to the top of the code block.
Use positive or negative values to fine-tune vertical alignment.

Adjust horizontal position (right offset in px)
Moves the button left or right by adjusting how far it sits from the right edge of the code block.
Use positive or negative values to fine-tune horizontal alignment.

These values help fine-tune button alignment to avoid overlapping with theme elements.

2. Button Text and Behavior

Copy button label
The label shown normally (default: “Copy”).

Label after copying (2 seconds)
Once the text is copied, the button temporarily displays this label.
Default: “Copied”.

3. Button Size

Button size (8–36 px)
Controls the font size of the button.
Padding is automatically adjusted based on this value.

4. Button Colors

Button text color
Hex color of button text.

Button background color
Hex background color.
When copying, the plugin automatically swaps the text and background colors for visual feedback.
However, if the background is transparent, only the text color is swapped.

Always transparent background
If enabled:
– The button background always becomes transparent.
– Only text + border remain visible

5. Code Block Max Height

Code block max height (px)
Sets a maximum height (minimum: 100px).
Content taller than this becomes scrollable.

Enable
Must be checked for the value to apply.

This prevents long code blocks from stretching your page layout.

6. Display Line Numbers

Display Line Numbers (Enable)
Shows simple line numbers next to each line.
Notes:
– Line height is unified for consistency.
– Theme-specific code styling is preserved.
– Line wrapping is forcibly disabled.

This is a built-in lightweight alternative to syntax-highlighter libraries.

7. Custom Styles (CSS)

You can add any custom CSS to adjust:

  • Button design
  • Wrapper layout
  • Code spacing
  • Line number appearance

Usable Selectors (CSS) :

  • .copy-code-btn The copy button
  • .copy-code-btn.copied The button after Copying
  • .code-block-wrapper Wrapper of the code block (position: relative)
  • .code-block-wrapper pre Inner code text area (the <pre> element)
  • .line-numbers The container holding the line numbers

  • Example:
     .copy-code-btn {
         font-family: "Comic Sans MS", cursive;
         font-weight: 700;
         border: none;
     }
    Note: Do not include any comments.

Screenshots

  • Plugin settings screen
  • Button display in an actual blog post
  • Line numbers displayed on a code block.

Ўсталёўка

  1. Upload via WordPress Dashboard:

    – In your WordPress dashboard, go to ‘Plugins’ ‘Add New’.
    – Search for “stick-copy-button-codeblock” and click ‘Install Now’.
    – Click ‘Activate’ once the installation is complete.
    – (Optional) Go to ‘Settings’ ‘Stick Copy Button’ to configure options.

  2. Manual Installation via FTP:

    – Download the plugin’s zip file and extract it.
    – Connect to your server via FTP and navigate to the “wp-content/plugins/” directory.
    – Upload the extracted “stick-copy-button-codeblock” folder to this directory.
    – Go to ‘Plugins’ in your WordPress dashboard and activate the plugin.
    – (Optional) Go to ‘Settings’ ‘Stick Copy Button’ to configure options.

Часта задаваныя пытанні

Which code blocks does this plugin support?

It supports only code blocks marked up in the pre > code format.

Водгукі

На гэты плагін няма водгукаў.

Удзельнікі і распрацоўшчыкі

“Sticky Copy Button for Code Blocks” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Удзельнікі

Журнал змяненняў

1.4.0

  • Added an option to display line numbers.
  • Minor bug fixes.
  • Updated readme.txt.

1.3.0

  • Changed the method for limiting code block height from line count to pixel-based sizing.
  • Minor bug fixes.

1.2.0

  • Added support for limiting code block height by line count.
  • Added a Custom CSS option, allowing users to apply their own CSS to style the copy button or code blocks.

1.1.0

  • Changed button size settings from a size selector to a numeric input field.
  • Minor improvements and cleanup.

1.0.1

  • Minor bug fixes

1.0.0

  • Initial release
  • Optimized and fixed code for official distribution.
  • Added internationalization support.