Less PHP Compiler 2.0.1
Does Less & scss PHP Compilers work with WordPress 7.0.2 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .
Summary
Errors
| 10 | PHP warnings |
| 1 | PHP deprecation warnings |
| No JavaScript exceptions | |
| All test pages loaded successfully | |
| No resource errors |
Performance
Memory usage: -4.9 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.
Page speed impact:
insignificant.
The plugin didn't make the site noticeably slower.
Environment
| WordPress version | 7.0.2 |
|---|---|
| PHP version | 8.1.12 |
| MySQL version | 10.6.10 |
| PHP memory limit | 512M |
Plugin Info
| Last updated | |
|---|---|
| Active installs | 10,000+ |
| WordPress.org page | https://wordpress.org/plugins/lessphp/ |
| Badges |
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Pages 2
Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress
| URL | /wp-admin/plugins.php?plugin_status=all&paged=1&s |
|---|---|
| Requested URL | /wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=lessphp%2Fless-plugin.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=8c93e52a9c |
| Aspect | after-activation |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Load time | 0.956 s |
| Memory usage | 3.88 MiB |
| JS errors | None |
| Resource errors | None |
Test site – Just another WordPress site
| URL | / |
|---|---|
| Aspect | front-page |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Load time | 0.202 s |
| Memory usage | 4.23 MiB |
| JS errors | None |
| Resource errors | None |
Benchmark
| URL | Load time | Memory usage | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inactive | Active | Change | Inactive | Active | Change | |
| /wp-admin/index.php | 0.617 s | 0.559 s | -0.058 s | 3.92 MiB | 3.93 MiB | + 1.1 KiB |
| /wp-admin/edit.php | 0.521 s | 0.480 s | -0.041 s | 3.98 MiB | 3.98 MiB | + 1.1 KiB |
| /wp-admin/post-new.php | 1.992 s | 1.778 s | -0.214 s | 6.56 MiB | 6.56 MiB | + 5.53 KiB |
| /wp-admin/upload.php | 0.728 s | 0.702 s | -0.026 s | 3.89 MiB | 3.87 MiB | - 16.3 KiB |
| /wp-admin/options-writing.php | 0.541 s | 0.475 s | -0.066 s | 3.86 MiB | 3.85 MiB | - 12.31 KiB |
| /wp-admin/media-new.php | 0.561 s | 0.540 s | -0.021 s | 3.85 MiB | 3.85 MiB | - 4.12 KiB |
| /wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category | 0.502 s | 0.475 s | -0.027 s | 3.86 MiB | 3.87 MiB | + 1.05 KiB |
| /wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page | 1.764 s | 1.670 s | -0.094 s | 6.55 MiB | 6.55 MiB | + 1.05 KiB |
| /wp-admin/options-discussion.php | 0.566 s | 0.575 s | +0.009 s | 3.86 MiB | 3.85 MiB | - 15.81 KiB |
| /wp-admin/edit-comments.php | 0.519 s | 0.504 s | -0.015 s | 3.88 MiB | 3.87 MiB | - 16.31 KiB |
| / | 0.300 s | 0.192 s | -0.108 s | 4.23 MiB | 4.23 MiB | + 1.14 KiB |
| Average | 0.783 s | 0.723 s | -0.060 s | 4.4 MiB | 4.4 MiB | - 4.9 KiB |
Code Statistics
Note: Third-party libraries and minified JS/CSS files are excluded from these statistics where possible, so the numbers you see here may be lower than those reported by other tools.
| Language | % | Lines of code | Comment lines | Files | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHP | 100.0% | 15,915 | 4,022 | 6 | |
| Total | 15,915 | 4,022 | 6 | ||
PHP Code Analysis | More results »
| Lines of code | 15,955 |
|---|---|
| Total complexity | 4,755 |
| Median class complexity | 14.0 |
| Median method complexity | 2.0 |
| Most complex class | scssc |
| Most complex function | scss_parser::parseChunk() |
| Classes | 121 |
|---|---|
| Methods | 1,262 |
| Functions | 0 |
Additions
Things that the plugin adds to the site. This section is not intended to be comprehensive. The test tool only looks for a few specific types of added content.
No new entries found.
PHP Error Log 11 lines
[18-Jul-2026 19:41:15 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Optional parameter $value declared before required parameter $rules is implicitly treated as a required parameter in /wp-content/plugins/lessphp/less-php/less.php on line 5530
[18-Jul-2026 19:41:15 UTC] PHP Warning: "continue" targeting switch is equivalent to "break". Did you mean to use "continue 2"? in /wp-content/plugins/lessphp/less-php/less.php on line 9716
[18-Jul-2026 19:41:15 UTC] PHP Warning: "continue" targeting switch is equivalent to "break". Did you mean to use "continue 2"? in /wp-content/plugins/lessphp/less-php/less.php on line 9724
[18-Jul-2026 19:41:15 UTC] PHP Warning: "continue" targeting switch is equivalent to "break". Did you mean to use "continue 2"? in /wp-content/plugins/lessphp/less-php/less.php on line 9729
[18-Jul-2026 19:41:15 UTC] PHP Warning: "continue" targeting switch is equivalent to "break". Did you mean to use "continue 2"? in /wp-content/plugins/lessphp/less-php/less.php on line 9735
[18-Jul-2026 19:41:15 UTC] PHP Warning: "continue" targeting switch is equivalent to "break". Did you mean to use "continue 2"? in /wp-content/plugins/lessphp/less-php/less.php on line 9745
[18-Jul-2026 19:41:15 UTC] PHP Warning: "continue" targeting switch is equivalent to "break". Did you mean to use "continue 2"? in /wp-content/plugins/lessphp/less-php/less.php on line 9748
[18-Jul-2026 19:41:15 UTC] PHP Warning: "continue" targeting switch is equivalent to "break". Did you mean to use "continue 2"? in /wp-content/plugins/lessphp/less-php/less.php on line 9768
[18-Jul-2026 19:41:15 UTC] PHP Warning: "continue" targeting switch is equivalent to "break". Did you mean to use "continue 2"? in /wp-content/plugins/lessphp/less-php/less.php on line 9773
[18-Jul-2026 19:41:15 UTC] PHP Warning: "continue" targeting switch is equivalent to "break". Did you mean to use "continue 2"? in /wp-content/plugins/lessphp/less-php/less.php on line 9794
[18-Jul-2026 19:41:15 UTC] PHP Warning: "continue" targeting switch is equivalent to "break". Did you mean to use "continue 2"? in /wp-content/plugins/lessphp/less-php/less.php on line 9801
See also: All tests for this plugin