LoaderOptionsPlugin

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The LoaderOptionsPlugin is unlike other plugins. It exists to help people move from webpack 1 to webpack 2. With webpack 2 the schema for a webpack.config.js became stricter; no longer open for extension by other loaders / plugins. With webpack 2 the intention is that you pass options directly to loaders / plugins. i.e. options are not global / shared.

However, until a loader has been updated to depend upon options being passed directly to them, the LoaderOptionsPlugin exists to bridge the gap. You can configure global / shared loader options with this plugin and all loaders will receive these options.

In the future this plugin may be removed.

new webpack.LoaderOptionsPlugin(options)

• options.debug (boolean): Whether loaders should be in debug mode or not. debug will be removed as of webpack 3.
• options.minimize (boolean): Where loaders can be switched to minimize mode.

• options.options (object): A configuration object that can be used to configure older loaders - this will take the same schema a webpack.config.js

• options.options.context (string): The context that can be used to configure older loaders

• other options as in a webpack.config.js....

Examples

new webpack.LoaderOptionsPlugin({
  minimize: true,
  debug: false,
  options: {
    context: __dirname
  }
})