# How to insert a code block

A code block shows code in a monospace font with syntax highlighting. You can insert one from the `/` menu, the toolbar, or by typing.

**Before you start:** you need the editor or owner role on the document.

## Insert a code block

Use any of these:

![The toolbar with the Code block button highlighted](https://workover.io/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwp.wpdocsync.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F09%2Fthe-toolbar-with-the-code-block-button-highlighted-scaled.png)

- Type `/code` and select **Code block**.
- Select **Code block** in the toolbar.
- Type ````` at the start of an empty line, then a space.
- Press `⌘⌥C` (**Ctrl+Alt+C** on Windows and Linux).

Then type or paste your code inside the block.

## Set the language

There is no language picker. To set a language, type it straight after the backticks when you create the block, for example ````js` or ````python`, then a space. Without a language, Workover detects one automatically for highlighting.

Fenced code pasted as Markdown, such as a block starting with ````js`, also keeps its language. See [Pasting Markdown](/docs/markdown-paste/).

## Inline code

For code inside a sentence, wrap it in single backticks, such as ``npm install``, or select the text and press `⌘E`.

## From Google Docs

Text set in a monospace font in Google Docs, and Google Docs code blocks, become code automatically when you paste them into Workover. See [Importing from Google Docs](/docs/google-docs-import/).

If code still does not come through as a code block, you can mark it with tags in the Google Doc before you bring it into Workover. Put `[code]` alone on the line before the code and `[/code]` alone on the line after it.

![Google Doc with the code and /code tags on their own lines around a line of code](https://workover.io/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwp.wpdocsync.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F09%2Fimage-18-1024x284-1.png)

The tags stay visible as plain text in the Workover editor. They are turned into a WordPress code block only when you push the document, and only when each tag is on its own line.

## Related

- [Keyboard shortcuts and slash commands](/docs/keyboard-shortcuts-and-slash-commands/)
- [Pasting Markdown](/docs/markdown-paste/)
- [Importing from Google Docs](/docs/google-docs-import/)
- [How to push a document to WordPress](/docs/pushing-to-wordpress/)