by thom4 4.6 (19 reviews)

WP-LESS

Name: WP-LESS
Rating: 4.6 (19 reviews)
Author: thom4

Implementation of LESS (Leaner CSS) in order to make themes development easier.

WP-LESS ranks #1,907 among WordPress.org plugins with 10,000+ active installations, is #250 of 8,554 in the Customization category, a 4.6/5 rating from 19 reviews, and was last updated May 14, 2025. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 5.8 (Current: 7.1.1)

v1.9.8 Current Version v1.9.8

Updated 1 year ago Last Update on 14 May, 2025

Refreshed 10 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#250 of 8,554 in Customization Top 5% by installs No update in over a year

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Rank

#1,907

+3 this week

Active Installs

10K+

-28.7%

KW Avg Position

25.7

0.3 better

Downloads

235.5K

+31 today

Support Resolved

— No change

Rating

92%

Review 4.6 out of 5

4.6 (19 reviews)

Next Milestone 20K

Total Progress 39.3%

10K+ 20K+

487

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8,000,000

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Growth +0.0%

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Reviews & Ratings

4.6

19 reviews

Overall 92%

16 (84%)

1 (5%)

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1 (5%)

Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

1 known vulnerability on record · 1 in the last 24 months · checked 1 week ago

Apr 1, 2025

WP-LESS [wp-less] < 1.9.7 (closed)

CVE-2025-31550 · Fixed in v1.9.7

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.9.8
Last Updated: May 14, 2025
Requires WP: 3.2+
Tested Up To: 5.8
PHP Version: N/A
Author: thom4

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6
Reviews: 19
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

lesscss lessphp styles stylesheet toolkit

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress theme and plugin developers who want to write styles in LESS instead of plain CSS. It handles compiling LESS to CSS, caching, and delivery automatically so developers can focus on writing the styles themselves.