webpack-contrib/extract-text-webpack-plugin

Health v2 · maintenance only

Flags: archived

Adoption not part of the score

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

A deprecated webpack plugin that extracts text (primarily CSS) from a JavaScript bundle into a separate file. It has been superseded by mini-css-extract-plugin for webpack 4 and later.

Use cases

• extract css from webpack bundle into a separate stylesheet file
• avoid inlining styles into the javascript bundle
• load css in parallel with js for faster page loads
• generate css source maps with webpack
• split css into its own cacheable file
• migrate legacy webpack 1-3 builds

When to choose

• maintaining a legacy webpack 1, 2, or 3 project that already uses it
• reading or patching an old build configuration that cannot be upgraded yet

When to avoid

• starting any new project
• using webpack 4 or later - use mini-css-extract-plugin instead
• needing hot module replacement for styles
• needing runtime public path modification

Facets

plugin · maturity abandoned

build-tool developer-tools web-development frontend developer-tools cross-platform webpack-plugin css-extraction deprecated bundler-plugin nodejs

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