Plugins

Plugins

webpack has a rich plugin interface. Most of the features within webpack itself use this plugin interface. This makes webpack flexible.

For more third-party plugins, see the list from awesome-webpack.

Name	Description
Name Description `BabelMinifyWebpackPlugin` Minification with babel-minify	Minification with babel-minify
Name Description `BannerPlugin` Add a banner to the top of each generated chunk	Add a banner to the top of each generated chunk
Name Description `CommonsChunkPlugin` Extract common modules shared between chunks	Extract common modules shared between chunks
Name Description `CompressionWebpackPlugin` Prepare compressed versions of assets to serve them with Content-Encoding	Prepare compressed versions of assets to serve them with Content-Encoding
Name Description `ContextReplacementPlugin` Override the inferred context of a `require` expression	Override the inferred context of a `require` expression
Name Description `CopyWebpackPlugin` Copies individual files or entire directories to the build directory	Copies individual files or entire directories to the build directory
Name Description `DefinePlugin` Allow global constants configured at compile time	Allow global constants configured at compile time
Name Description `DllPlugin` Split bundles in order to drastically improve build time	Split bundles in order to drastically improve build time
Name Description `EnvironmentPlugin` Shorthand for using the `DefinePlugin` on `process.env` keys	Shorthand for using the `DefinePlugin` on `process.env` keys
Name Description `ExtractTextWebpackPlugin` Extract text (CSS) from your bundles into a separate file	Extract text (CSS) from your bundles into a separate file
Name Description `HotModuleReplacementPlugin` Enable Hot Module Replacement (HMR)	Enable Hot Module Replacement (HMR)
Name Description `HtmlWebpackPlugin` Easily create HTML files to serve your bundles	Easily create HTML files to serve your bundles
Name Description `I18nWebpackPlugin` Add i18n support to your bundles	Add i18n support to your bundles
Name Description `IgnorePlugin` Exclude certain modules from bundles	Exclude certain modules from bundles
Name Description `LimitChunkCountPlugin` Set min/max limits for chunking to better control chunking	Set min/max limits for chunking to better control chunking
Name Description `MinChunkSizePlugin` Keep chunk size above the specified limit	Keep chunk size above the specified limit
Name Description `MiniCssExtractPlugin` creates a CSS file per JS file which requires CSS	creates a CSS file per JS file which requires CSS
Name Description `NoEmitOnErrorsPlugin` Skip the emitting phase when there are compilation errors	Skip the emitting phase when there are compilation errors
Name Description `NormalModuleReplacementPlugin` Replace resource(s) that matches a regexp	Replace resource(s) that matches a regexp
Name Description `NpmInstallWebpackPlugin` Auto-install missing dependencies during development	Auto-install missing dependencies during development
Name Description `ProgressPlugin` Report compilation progress	Report compilation progress
Name Description `ProvidePlugin` Use modules without having to use import/require	Use modules without having to use import/require
Name Description `SourceMapDevToolPlugin` Enables a more fine grained control of source maps	Enables a more fine grained control of source maps
Name Description `EvalSourceMapDevToolPlugin` Enables a more fine grained control of eval source maps	Enables a more fine grained control of eval source maps
Name Description `TerserPlugin` Uses Terser to minify the JS in your project	Uses Terser to minify the JS in your project
Name Description `ZopfliWebpackPlugin` Prepare compressed versions of assets with node-zopfli	Prepare compressed versions of assets with node-zopfli

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