optimize-css-assets-webpack-plugin

What is optimize-css-assets-webpack-plugin?

The optimize-css-assets-webpack-plugin is a plugin for webpack that applies a chosen CSS optimizer/minifier on the CSS assets created by the CSS extraction plugin (like MiniCssExtractPlugin), optimizing and minimizing CSS files to ensure better load times and performance on the web.

What are optimize-css-assets-webpack-plugin's main functionalities?

CSS Optimization

This feature allows you to optimize and minimize CSS assets. The code sample shows how to include the OptimizeCSSAssetsPlugin in the webpack configuration to optimize CSS files.

const OptimizeCSSAssetsPlugin = require('optimize-css-assets-webpack-plugin');
const TerserJSPlugin = require('terser-webpack-plugin');

module.exports = {
  optimization: {
    minimizer: [
      new TerserJSPlugin({}),
      new OptimizeCSSAssetsPlugin({})
    ]
  }
};

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README

Optimize CSS Assets Webpack Plugin

A Webpack plugin to optimize \ minimize CSS assets.