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ed-itsolutions/wp\_enqueue\_less
================================

Enqueue Less stylesheets in your WordPress code.

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wp\_enqueue\_less
=================

[](#wp_enqueue_less)

wp\_enqueue\_less provides a function to enqueue less stylesheets in WordPress.

Install
-------

[](#install)

### Composer

[](#composer)

Composer is the best way to install wp\_enqueue\_less, so you get updates in the future easily.

```
composer require ed-itsolutions/wp_enqueue_less

```

and then in your `functions.php` or `plugin.php`

```
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');
```

### Manually

[](#manually)

Download a copy of wp\_enqueue\_less.php and require it in your theme/plugin.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

In your normal `wp_enqueue_scripts` action simply call `wp_enqueue_less`

`wp_enqueue_less` takes 3 arguments.

- *key* - The key name to use for this stylesheet.
- *filePath* - The on-disk path to the .less file.
- *variables* - A key->value array of variables to be passed to the less compiler.

```
add_action('wp_enqueue_scripts', function(){
  wp_enqueue_style('theme-stylesheet', get_stylesheet_uri());

  wp_enqueue_less('theme-main', get_template_directory() . '/less/main.less', array(
    'main-color' => '#99bbff' // becomes @main-color in your less stylesheet.
  ));
});
```

Thats it!

wp\_enqueue\_less will:

- Compile this less file and write the output to `/wp-content/uploads/less/key-hash.css` (this can be changed with the filter `wp_enqueue_less_css_dir`).
- Record the current hashes of all the less files used and the variables into the database.
- On the next call if none of the hashes have changed it will skip parsing.
- On a daily basis it will clean out its directory of everything but the current hash version of the stylesheet.

### Filters

[](#filters)

FilterDefaultPurposewp\_enqueue\_less\_css\_url`wp_upload_dir()['baseurl'] . '/less'`The URL of the directory the compiled css is served from.wp\_enqueue\_less\_css\_dir`wp_upload_dir()['basedir'] . '/less'`The on-disk directory to serve compiled css from.wp\_enqueue\_less\_compress`true`Should wp\_enqueue\_less compress the outputted css

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance27

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity14

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity57

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~161 days

Recently: every ~241 days

Total

7

Last Release

1905d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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