Esben Peterson, he's the original developer of Prettier for VS Code, as can be seen in the commit history.

Answer from Nick is tired on Stack Overflow
🌐
GitHub
github.com › prettier › prettier-vscode › issues › 3631
esbenp.prettier-vscode formats more than needed by normal prettier · Issue #3631 · prettier/prettier-vscode
December 26, 2024 - Summary esbenp.prettier-vscode reformats code that when running npx prettier --write filename it will format this : export class Test { private test(params: any) { console.log(); } private test2() { this.test({ parameter1: 1, parameter2:...
Author   sebbi08
🌐
GitHub
github.com › prettier › prettier-vscode
GitHub - prettier/prettier-vscode: Visual Studio Code extension for Prettier · GitHub
{ "editor.defaultFormatter": "esbenp.prettier-vscode", "[javascript]": { "editor.defaultFormatter": "esbenp.prettier-vscode" } } Note: VS Code does not support combined language syntax for editor.defaultFormatter.
Starred by 5.5K users
Forked by 509 users
Languages   TypeScript 78.3% | JavaScript 20.3% | PHP 0.6% | Dockerfile 0.3% | HTML 0.3% | SCSS 0.1%
🌐
GitHub
github.com › prettier › prettier-vscode › releases
Releases · prettier/prettier-vscode
Visual Studio Code extension for Prettier. Contribute to prettier/prettier-vscode development by creating an account on GitHub.
Author   prettier
🌐
GitHub
github.com › prettier › prettier-vscode › issues › 3438
`esbenp.prettier-vscode` isn't consistent with `prettier` in `package.json` · Issue #3438 · prettier/prettier-vscode
June 19, 2024 - esbenp.prettier-vscode doesn't format *.config.ts and test/ui/**.spec.ts files, but the prettier in package.json expects them to be.
Author   hamirmahal
🌐
GitHub
github.com › prettier › prettier-vscode › issues › 2047
Prettier does not work as default formatter in VS Code 1.57.1 on Windows. · Issue #2047 · prettier/prettier-vscode
June 29, 2021 - { "editor.formatOnPaste": true, "editor.formatOnSave": true, "editor.defaultFormatter": "esbenp.prettier-vscode" } Manually formatting doesn't work either. Running prettier in the command line does correctly format the file. Short summary of what is going on or to provide context.
Author   KerimG
🌐
GitHub
github.com › prettier › prettier-vscode › issues › 94
Format files with ts extension · Issue #94 · prettier/prettier-vscode
October 30, 2015 - Running prettier on a ts file from the command line works, but the "Format Document" command in VSCode for ts file does not work, it uses the default formatter rather than prettier.
Author   newtack
🌐
Hacker News
news.ycombinator.com › item
I made a VS Code plugin for Prettier https://github.com/esbenp/prettier-vscode I... | Hacker News
January 11, 2017 - https://github.com/esbenp/prettier-vscode · It is my first VS code extension so have no idea if it is correct way. Feedback is welcome
Find elsewhere
🌐
GitHub
github.com › prettier › prettier-vscode › issues › 111
TypeScript support · Issue #111 · prettier/prettier-vscode
Since Prettier 1.4.0 was released today with TypeScript support it would be awesome if prettier-vscode would support that too ... Did you forget to add typescript to the list of parser options? https://github.com/esbenp/prettier-vscode/blob/99bde3c862efe93c82bc7a5ac6c468fdd10c92ae/package.json#L92
🌐
GitHub
github.com › prettier › prettier-vscode › issues › 3104
prettier 3.0 and prettier-vscode v10.1.0 won't load plugins · Issue #3104 · prettier/prettier-vscode
August 1, 2023 - ["ERROR" - 18:34:42] Error handling text editor change ["ERROR" - 18:34:42] Error resolve node module 'prettier-plugin-organize-imports' Error: Error resolve node module 'prettier-plugin-organize-imports' at n (/Users/lewisflude/.vscode/extensions/esbenp.prettier-vscode-10.1.0/dist/extensi...
Author   lewisflude
🌐
GitHub
github.com › prettier › prettier-vscode › issues › 51
can't get this to work · Issue #51 · prettier/prettier-vscode
August 10, 2014 - Installed with VSCode 1.9.1 on Ubuntu, reloaded, CTRL-SHIFT-P brings up VSCode's command palette, it doesn't format the code. Typing "prettier" in the command palette doesn't bring up anything. VSCode's Problems and Output panes don't sh...
Author   pekeler
🌐
GitHub
github.com › prettier › prettier-vscode › issues › 3112
esbenp.prettier-vscode take to long time saving a file · Issue #3112 · prettier/prettier-vscode
July 9, 2023 - Type: Bug Visual studio code take to long time sanving a file with esbenp.prettier-vscode extension. Extension version: 10.1.0 VS Code version: Code 1.81.0 (6445d93c81ebe42c4cbd7a60712e0b17d9463e97, 2023-08-02T12:36:11.334Z) OS version: ...
Author   angelocorreia27
🌐
GitHub
github.com › prettier › prettier-vscode › issues › 3912
Extension not working in Cursor · Issue #3912 · prettier/prettier-vscode
December 2, 2025 - Install Prettier extension (esbenp.prettier-vscode@12.1.0) from Extensions marketplace
Author   Kareem-AEz
🌐
DEV Community
dev.to › receter › how-to-install-prettier-in-your-codebase-and-vscode-4c19
How to Install Prettier in Your Codebase and VSCode - DEV Community
August 14, 2024 - Next you can setup a Prettier plugin for your IDE. I use Visual Studio Code, but there are also plugins for many other editors. For VSCode, install this extension: esbenp.prettier-vscode
🌐
GitHub
github.com › prettier › prettier-vscode › issues › 64
Instructions to change settings for Prettier · Issue #64 · prettier/prettier-vscode
November 26, 2015 - In the README Settings section, it mentions different settings such as singleQuote, printWidth etc. that can be changed for Prettier. How/where do I set these settings?
Author   varungupta85
🌐
MangoHost
mangohost.net › mangohost blog › format code with prettier in visual studio code
Format Code with Prettier in Visual Studio Code
August 3, 2025 - # GitHub Actions example name: Code Quality on: [push, pull_request] jobs: prettier: runs-on: ubuntu-latest steps: - uses: actions/checkout@v3 - uses: actions/setup-node@v3 with: node-version: '18' - run: npm ci - run: npm run format:check ... Prettier follows a specific configuration hierarchy. Debug with this command: ... { "editor.formatOnSave": true, "editor.defaultFormatter": "esbenp.prettier-vscode", "[javascript]": { "editor.formatOnSave": true } }
🌐
GitHub
github.com › prettier › prettier-vscode › issues › 3908
No longer respects editor.defaultFormatter and editor.formatOnSave · Issue #3908 · prettier/prettier-vscode
January 17, 2026 - ["INFO" - 11:27:25 PM] Extension Name: esbenp.prettier-vscode. ["INFO" - 11:27:25 PM] Extension Version: 12.1.0.
Author   jusmccar
🌐
Reddit
reddit.com › r/vscode › why my vs code pettier not working ?
r/vscode on Reddit: Why my VS code pettier not working ?
March 13, 2021 -

I have been searching google for several hours.

Many user have similar problem with me. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52586965/why-does-prettier-does-not-format-code-in-vs-code/64273353#64273353

But none of the solution works for me.

https://imgur.com/2ssn1Vt

I have prettier installed. And I have tried the following

1.Command + Shift + p

2.type format document with

3.select Configure Default Formatter...

https://imgur.com/xw5oYvS

Then I cant select Prettier as default.

I only give me Python(default) as the only option.

I have a setting.json inside my root. Is it related?

https://imgur.com/KbEdsOV

🌐
GitHub
github.com › prettier › prettier-vscode › issues › 3431
Prettier VSCode Not Consistent With CLI · Issue #3431 · prettier/prettier-vscode
June 17, 2024 - Is there a way to update the version of prettier used within the VSCode extension or force it to use the same globally installed version? Reading the FAQ on the extension page it seems it should be using 3.0.0 as the extension is past version 10. ... ["INFO" - 3:21:29 PM] Extension Name: esbenp.prettier-vscode.
Author   hamirmahal