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By Richard Bondi · VS Code Marketplace · Other

Highlight all occurrences of words or expressions

View on VS Code Marketplace Fresh · Oct 18, 2026

highlight-words has 187,696 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace.

It ranks #1595 of 2,500 tracked VS Code Marketplace listings by installs.

It is rated 4.7 out of 5 from 21 ratings.

PluginStats has 3 daily observations since Oct 16, 2026; the latest is from Oct 18, 2026.

Installs
187,696
Official API · Oct 18, 2026
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90-day growth
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Rank
#1595
Among tracked VS Code Marketplace listings

Rating: 4.71 / 5 from 21 ratings

About highlight-words

highlight-words

This extension is adapted from the sample VS code extension decorator-sample, inspired by atom-quick-highlight.

It creates a decoration for each selected word that appears in all editors.

Usage

• You can add words by chosing Highlight Toggle Current from the command pallet, this will highlight the word at the cursor or the selection. • To stop highlighting, choose Highlight Remove, then the desired word or expression, or all • You may also remove all from the command Highlight Remove All without the prompt for selection • To highlight using regular expression choose Highlight Expression and enter expression(slashes optional, can ignore case with /expression/i(g flag is automatic, i flag accepted, all others ignored). • To highlight with options choose Highlight Selection with Options and choose whole word, ignore case or both when presented • You can set the mode for "Highlight Toggle Current" from the Set Highlight Mode command. The default can be set in the configuration. • Sidebar can show in explorer view and can be toggled on and off with Highlight Toggle Sidebar command. This provides features such as navigating highlighted items, context menu for changing options and removing.

Configuration

The following options can be configured

highlightwords.colors: this is an array of light/dark pairs for respective theme types, you can have as few or as many as you like

highlightwords.box: show highlights as a box around the selections if true, set highlight as background color if false

highlightwords.defaultMode: the initial mode when initialized. 0=default, 1=whole word, 2=ignore case, 3=whole word and ignore case

highlightwords.showSidebar provides a view in the explorer window for searching, changing options and removing highlights

defaults shown below

Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.

Where highlight-words sits in the listing

Each band is one page of 20. Installs on a log scale. Placement is projected from installs, so it can differ from the marketplace's own sort order. Hover a dot to see the listing.

All VS Code Marketplace2,500 listings · 125 pages · page 80, #15 (overall #1595)
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Other761 listings · 39 pages · page 24, #17 (overall #477)
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Charts

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Adoption over time

highlight-words installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 187,696 installs as of Oct 18, 2026.highlight-wordsInstalls on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days187,696installs187.7K187.7K187.7K187.7K187.7K187.7K187.7K187.7K187.7K187.7KJul 20Aug 4Aug 19Sep 3Sep 18Oct 3Oct 18installsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 18, 2026 · 3 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
highlight-words installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 187,696 installs as of Oct 18, 2026.
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7/30/90-day growth

highlight-words installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.highlight-wordsInstalls growth on VS Code Marketplace187,696installs now7-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient history30-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient history90-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient historyGrowth vs. nearest observation to each baseline date · Updated Oct 18, 2026pluginstats.com
highlight-words installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.
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Ranking history

highlight-words VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #1595 (by installs).highlight-wordsVS Code Marketplace ranking · by installs · Last 90 days#1595current rank#1593#1594#1595#1596#1597Jul 20Aug 4Aug 19Sep 3Sep 18Oct 3Oct 18rankOct 16, 2026 – Oct 18, 2026 · 3 observations · Updated Oct 18, 2026pluginstats.com
highlight-words VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #1595 (by installs).
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Ratings over time

highlight-words ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 21 ratings as of Oct 18, 2026.highlight-wordsRatings on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days21ratings18192021222324Jul 20Aug 4Aug 19Sep 3Sep 18Oct 3Oct 18ratingsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 18, 2026 · 3 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
highlight-words ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 21 ratings as of Oct 18, 2026.
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Filled points are observed values; hollow points come from Internet Archive snapshots of the listing page. Dashed segments span periods with no observations — values between points are not interpolated.

Recent observations

Full history (3)
Recent installs observations for highlight-words
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Data source

Install counts, average rating, and rating counts come from the public Visual Studio Marketplace gallery API. Installs are cumulative and exclude updates.

Listing: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=rsbondi.highlight-words. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 18, 2026. See the methodology.