hugo/docs/content/functions/highlight.md

---
title: highlight
linktitle: highlight
description: Takes a string of code and language declaration and uses Pygments to return syntax-highlighted HTML with inline-styles.
godocref:
date: 2017-02-01
publishdate: 2017-02-01
lastmod: 2017-02-01
categories: [functions]
menu:
  docs:
    parent: "functions"
keywords: [highlighting,pygments,code blocks,syntax]
signature: ["highlight INPUT LANG OPTIONS"]
workson: []
hugoversion:
relatedfuncs: []
deprecated: false
---

[`highlight` is used in Hugo's built-in `highlight` shortcode][highlight].

See [Installing Hugo][installpygments] for more information on Pygments or [Syntax Highlighting][syntax] for more options on how to add syntax highlighting to your code blocks with Hugo.


[highlight]: /content-management/shortcodes/#highlight
[installpygments]: /getting-started/installing/#installing-pygments-optional
[syntax]: /content-management/syntax-highlighting/
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			`title: highlight`
			`linktitle: highlight`
			`description: Takes a string of code and language declaration and uses Pygments to return syntax-highlighted HTML with inline-styles.`
			`godocref:`
			`date: 2017-02-01`
			`publishdate: 2017-02-01`
			`lastmod: 2017-02-01`
			`categories: [functions]`
			`menu:`
			`docs:`
			`parent: "functions"`
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			`hugoversion:`
			`relatedfuncs: []`
			`deprecated: false`
			`---`

			[`highlight` is used in Hugo's built-in `highlight` shortcode][highlight].

			`See [Installing Hugo][installpygments] for more information on Pygments or [Syntax Highlighting][syntax] for more options on how to add syntax highlighting to your code blocks with Hugo.`


			`[highlight]: /content-management/shortcodes/#highlight`
			`[installpygments]: /getting-started/installing/#installing-pygments-optional`
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