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Less PHP Compiler

by Ari Stathopoulos · Uncategorized

Includes the less.php preprocessor so that it may be used by other plugins or themes.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
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45 Health · D
Maintenance 3
Rating quality 76
Support 70

Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,379 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-15%
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Trailing 30-day total · the growth curve wp.org stopped showing

Directory rank

Popularity rank over time · lower is better

Downloads per 1k installs · 30d

Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base

Estimated active installs

wp.org reports only “3K+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
3K–4K ≈3.9K

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install trend · reconstructed from 1380 daily snapshots

Details

Version
2.0.1
Last updated
8.6y ago
Added
2014-01-30
Requires WP
3.7
Tested up to
4.1.42
Requires PHP

Growth timeline

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

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

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Less PHP Compiler: 3K+ active installs, 4.5★ (4 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-14. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/lessphp