# Webpack (opens new window)
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You can use either the Webpack plugin directly in your webpack configuration or use the PostCSS plugin when you are using the Webpack postCSS loader.
# Installation
npm i purgecss-webpack-plugin -D
# Usage
# With mini-css-extract-plugin
const path = require('path')
const glob = require('glob')
const MiniCssExtractPlugin = require('mini-css-extract-plugin')
const PurgecssPlugin = require('purgecss-webpack-plugin')
const PATHS = {
src: path.join(__dirname, 'src')
}
module.exports = {
entry: './src/index.js',
output: {
filename: 'bundle.js',
path: path.join(__dirname, 'dist')
},
optimization: {
splitChunks: {
cacheGroups: {
styles: {
name: 'styles',
test: /\.css$/,
chunks: 'all',
enforce: true
}
}
}
},
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.css$/,
use: [
MiniCssExtractPlugin.loader,
"css-loader"
]
}
]
},
plugins: [
new MiniCssExtractPlugin({
filename: "[name].css",
}),
new PurgecssPlugin({
paths: glob.sync(`${PATHS.src}/**/*`, { nodir: true }),
}),
]
}
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# Multiple paths
If you need multiple paths use the npm package glob-all
instead of glob
, then you can use this syntax:
new PurgecssPlugin({
paths: glob.sync([
// ...
])
}),
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to filter out directories see the glob-all documentation here (opens new window).
# Options
The options available in purgecss Configuration (opens new window) are also available in the webpack plugin, with the exception of the css
and content
options.
# paths
With the webpack plugin, you can specify the content that should be analyzed by purgecss by providing an array of filenames. These can be html, pug, blade, ... files. You can also use a module like glob
or glob-all
to easily get a list of files.
You likely need to pass
{ noDir: true }
as an option toglob.sync()
asglob.sync
is matching a dir which the plugin can't operate on.
const PurgecssPlugin = require('purgecss-webpack-plugin')
const glob = require('glob')
const PATHS = {
src: path.join(__dirname, 'src')
}
// In the webpack configuration
new PurgecssPlugin({
paths: glob.sync(`${PATHS.src}/**/*`, { nodir: true })
})
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If you want to regenerate the list of paths on every compilation (e.g. when using --watch
), then you can also pass a function to the paths
option as in the following example:
new PurgecssPlugin({
paths: () => glob.sync(`${PATHS.src}/**/*`, { nodir: true })
})
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# only
You can specify entrypoints to the purgecss-webpack-plugin with the option only
:
new PurgecssPlugin({
paths: glob.sync(`${PATHS.src}/**/*`, { nodir: true }),
only: ['bundle', 'vendor']
})
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# safelist
Similar as for the paths
option, you also can define a function for this option:
function collectSafelist() {
return {
standard: ['safelisted', /^safelisted-/],
deep: [/^safelisted-deep-/],
greedy: [/^safelisted-greedy/]
}
}
// In the webpack configuration
new PurgeCSSPlugin({
safelist: collectSafelist
})
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# rejected
When this option is set to true
all removed selectors are added to the Stats Data (opens new window) as purged
.