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WP-LESS · Version history

WP-LESS changelog and version history

Latest version
1.9.8
May 14, 2025 (1 year ago)
Releases
15
since 2009
In the last year
0
Tested up to
WordPress 5.8.19

Releases each year

  • 20092 releases
  • 20103 releases
  • 20111 release
  • 20122 releases
  • 20212 releases
  • 20242 releases
  • 20253 releases

20253 releases

  1. WP-LESS 1.9.8Latest

  2. WP-LESS 1.9.7

  3. WP-LESS 1.9.6

20242 releases

  1. WP-LESS 1.9.5

  2. WP-LESS 1.9.4

20212 releases

  1. WP-LESS 1.9.3

  2. WP-LESS 1.9.2

20122 releases

  1. WP-LESS 1.4.2

    • feature: if WP_DEBUG is set to true, compilation is done on every page
    • feature: rebuild now takes care of LESS PHP variable
    • feature: added support of custom LESS functions
    • lessphp: updated to version 0.3.1

  2. WP-LESS 1.4.1

    • bug: CSS url() are now properly resolved relative to the theme URL

20111 release

  1. WP-LESS 1.4

    • action: wp-less_compiler_parse_pre now takes 3 arguments: class instance, text and variable arguments
    • action: wp-less_stylesheet_save_pre now takes 2 arguments: class instance and variable arguments
    • helper: added less_add_variable to ease manipulations from theme, if needed (the file needs to be included manually)
    • stylesheet: getBuffer() and setBuffer will be removed in 1.5 version
    • lessphp: removed the custom patch for buffer manipulation, due to built-in variable management
    • lessphp: updated to version 0.3.0

20103 releases

  1. WP-LESS 1.3.1

    • renamed wp-less_compiler_parse action to wp-less_compiler_parse_pre to avoid name conflicts
    • renamed wp-less_compiler_construct action to wp-less_compiler_construct_pre to avoid name conflicts
    • lessphp: patched the lib to let manipulating the buffer, and replace strings (do it at your own risks)

  2. WP-LESS 1.3

    • moved stylesheet processing from wp_print_styles to wp action
    • added new compiler actions and filters (same name each): wp-less_compiler_construct and wp-less_compiler_parse
    • added WPLessCompiler::getBuffer() and WPLessCompiler::setBuffer() method, to enables hooking on LESS content, before being compiled into CSS
    • removed WPLessStyleseet::getTargetContent method
    • upgraded plugin-toolkit
    • usage of $WPLessPlugin->dispatch instead of $WPLessPlugin->registerHooks to match the new plugin-toolkit signature
    • no more configuration collision if usage of multiple plugins using plugin-toolkit
    • lessphp: updated to eac64a9d5a3bc3186a11c7130968388819f4c403 commit

  3. WP-LESS 1.2

    • added 2 new filters working on freshly transformed CSS
    • added a HTML helper to LESSify directly from templates, without queuying with wp_enqueue_stylesheet (can’t really recommend this usage)
    • added timestamp calculation so as you can be HTTP cache-control compliant
    • documented plugin hooks and filters
    • hooked a filter to update relative paths to deal uri and cached file location
    • lessphp: updated to version 0.2.0

20092 releases

  1. WP-LESS 1.1

    • added bootstrap-for-theme.php to let themers bundle the plugin in their own themes
    • added WPLessPlugin::registerHooks methods to ease hooks activation
    • theme bootstrap will only load if the plugin is not alread activated
    • WPLessPlugin::processStylesheets() and WPLessPlugin::processStylesheet() now accepts an additional parameter to force the rebuild
    • lessphp: updated to version 0.1.6
    • plugin-toolkit: updated to version 1.1

  2. WP-LESS 1.0

    • implemented API to let you control the plugin the way you want
    • just in time compilation with static file caching
    • lessphp: bundled to version 0.1.6
    • plugin-toolkit: bundled experimental plugin development

Questions about WP-LESS’s releases

What is the latest version of WP-LESS?

1.9.8, released on May 14, 2025 (1 year ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 5.8.19.

How often is WP-LESS updated?

It had no release in the last year; the latest came out 1 year ago. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from August 2009.

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Release dates come from the day each version’s folder was made in WP-LESS’s WordPress.org SVN repository; the notes from its readme’s changelog, as its authors wrote it.