Less PHP Compiler

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1. ★★★★★ beatR

   11.4y ago

   Works great! and contrary to some comments i saw that this less compiler is somewhat slow, it compiles the whole bootstrap chain within a couple seconds. with caching functionality built in, this a non-issue.

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2. ★★★★★ eplanet

   12.4y ago

   Not enough options, if a value is empty, it leaves properties with empty values, example: font-style: ;

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3. ★★★★★ Dōvy Paukstys

   12.5y ago

   Works as it should. A great plugin by great devs. 😉

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4. ★★★★★ Ari Stathopoulos

   12.6y ago

   Doesn’t do anything on its own, but is required by my theme. 🙂

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 2.0.1 PHP 5.2 support: Replaced __DIR__ with dirname(__FILE__) 2.0.1
2. — Version 2.0.0 Bugfixes 2.0.0
3. — Version 1.9.0 Included a new Pre_Processors_Compiler class (pending documentation) 1.9.0
4. — Version 1.8.0 Included the Sass Compiler Updated the Less compiler class 1.8.0
5. — Version 1.7.0 Compilation compatible with LESS 1.7 Fix sourcemap generation when parser caching used Additional less.inc.php functionality Assetic compatibility Fix order of classes in combined file 1.7.0
6. — Version 1.6.3 Added fixes and updates from less.js 1.6.3 Performance enhancements Improved Windows compatibility Additional lessc.inc.php functionality for users transitioning from leafo/lessphp 1.6.3

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2025-08-02 4K+ → 3K+ down after 1 days in tier
2. 2025-08-01 3K+ → 4K+ up after 1 days in tier
3. 2025-07-31 4K+ → 3K+ down after 377 days in tier
4. 2024-07-19 5K+ → 4K+ down after 308 days in tier
5. 2023-09-15 6K+ → 5K+ down after 223 days in tier
6. 2023-02-04 7K+ → 6K+ down

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• WP Compiler 900+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag D
• L Lenix scss compiler 800+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag D
• L Lessify WordPress 300+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag A
• S Seemore 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D
• Easy Custom Code (LESS/CSS/JS) – Live Editing 100+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag A
• Theme SCSS Compiler 100+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag B

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Less PHP Compiler: 3K+ active installs, 4.5★ (4 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/lessphp