Blade
Brings Laravel's great template engine, Blade, to Wordpress. Just install and start using blade in your theme.
4(7 reviews)
·200 active installs·Updated 10 years agoAs of April 2026, Blade is a WordPress Blade plugin with 200 active installations and a 4/5 rating from 7 reviews. It has been downloaded 7.3K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Last updated 10 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Blade Engine.
4/57 reviews
200active installs
7.3K+total downloads
13 yearssince 2013
Overview
Blade is the template engine for Laravel, a very popular php framework, developed by Taylor Otwell. This plugin brings the same template engine to wordpress.
Using a template engine will result in much cleaner template files and quicker development. Normal php can still be used in the template files.
The plugin also adds a wordpress specific snippet to blade. Check out the examples for more info.
echo/print
{{$foo}}
Turns into…
if()
@if(has_post_thumbnail())
{{the_post_thumbnail() }}
@else
<img src="{{bloginfo( 'template_url' )}}/images/thumbnail-default.jpg" />
@endif
Turns into…
<img src="/images/thumbnail-default.jpg” />
the loop
@wpposts
<a href="{{the_permalink()}}">{{the_title()}}</a><br>
@wpempty…Ratings & Reviews
47 reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.0.0+ requiredTested up to 3.9.40 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Top Alternatives to Blade
Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
0.3.7
- Added support for BuddyPress
Contributors
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