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By Umoxfo · VS Code Marketplace · Linters

Adds W3C validation support to Visual Studio Code.

View on VS Code Marketplace Fresh · Oct 19, 2026

W3C Validation has 137,054 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace, ranking #1958 of 2,501 tracked listings.

Installs
137,054
Official API · Oct 19, 2026
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Rank
#1958
Among tracked VS Code Marketplace listings

Rating: 4.10 / 5 from 10 ratings

About W3C Validation

VS Code W3C Validation extention

The extension to enable W3C validation support by the Nu Html Checker library.

Getting Started

This extention works using Java applications. You must have Java 8 or later on your local environment. If you don't have them installed, download and install a latest Java Development Kit (latest Java 8 is the minimum requirement).

After installing (or installed) the JDK, you would need to configure the Java execution path for your environment. Please restart the VS Code in order to load reliably the changed environment variables.

Then open your HTML document(s).

Setting the JDK

The path to the JDK requires to be set in the environment.

Set the JAVA_HOME environment variable:

For Windows:

  1. Select Control Panel and then System. 1. Click Advanced and then Environment Variables. 1. Click New in the section System Variables 1. Enter the Variable name as JAVA_HOME and the Variable value as the installation path for the Java (e.g. C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-13). 1. Click OK 1. Find the PATH environment variable in the System Variables section and select it, click Edit. 1. Append ;%JAVA_HOME%\bin for the PATH variable 1. Click OK and also click OK

Disclaimer

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Adoption over time

W3C Validation installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 137,054 installs as of Oct 19, 2026.W3C ValidationInstalls on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days137,054installs137K137K137K137K137K137K137.1K137.1K137.1KJul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 19Oct 4Oct 19installsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026 · 4 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
W3C Validation installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 137,054 installs as of Oct 19, 2026.

7/30/90-day growth

W3C Validation installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.W3C ValidationInstalls growth on VS Code Marketplace137,054installs now7-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient history30-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient history90-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient historyGrowth vs. nearest observation to each baseline date · Updated Oct 19, 2026pluginstats.com
W3C Validation installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.

Ranking history

W3C Validation VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #1958 (by installs).W3C ValidationVS Code Marketplace ranking · by installs · Last 90 days#1958current rank#1955#1956#1957#1958#1959#1960Jul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 19Oct 4Oct 19rankOct 16, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026 · 4 observations · Updated Oct 19, 2026pluginstats.com
W3C Validation VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #1958 (by installs).

Ratings over time

W3C Validation ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 10 ratings as of Oct 19, 2026.W3C ValidationRatings on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days10ratings99.51010.511Jul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 19Oct 4Oct 19ratingsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026 · 4 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
W3C Validation ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 10 ratings as of Oct 19, 2026.

Listing placement

All VS Code Marketplace2,501 listings · 126 pages · 1,252 shown · page 98, #18 (overall #1,958)
All VS Code Marketplace: every listing in installs order

Listing placement

Linters252 listings · 13 pages · page 11, #7 (overall #207)
Linters: every listing in installs order

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.

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

Recent observations

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Recent installs observations for W3C Validation
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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=Umoxfo.vscode-w3cvalidation. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 19, 2026. See the methodology.