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Configuration

PurgeCSS has a list of options that allow you to customize its behavior. Customization can improve the performance and efficiency of PurgeCSS. You can create a configuration file with the following options.

Configuration file

The configuration file is a simple JavaScript file. By default, the JavaScript API will look for purgecss.config.js.
module.exports = {
content: ['index.html'],
css: ['style.css']
}
You can then use PurgeCSS with the file:
const purgecss = new Purgecss()
// or use the path to the file as the only parameter
const purgecss = new Purgecss('./purgecss.config.js')

Options

{
content: Array<string | RawContent>,
css: Array<string | RawContent>,
extractors?: Array<ExtractorsObj>,
whitelist?: Array<string>,
whitelistPatterns?: Array<RegExp>,
whitelistPatternsChildren?: Array<RegExp>,
keyframes?: boolean,
fontFace?: boolean,
rejected?: boolean
}
  • content
You can specify content that should be analyzed by PurgeCSS with an array of filenames or globs. The files can be HTML, Pug, Blade, etc.
new Purgecss({
content: ['index.html', '**/*.js', '**/*.html', '**/*.vue'],
css: ['css/app.css']
})
PurgeCSS also works with raw content. To do this, you need to pass an object with the raw property instead of a filename. To work properly with custom extractors you need to pass the extension property along with the raw content.
new Purgecss({
content: [
{
raw: '<html><body><div class="app"></div></body></html>',
extension: 'html'
},
'**/*.js', '**/*.html', '**/*.vue'],
css: [{
raw: 'body { margin: 0 }'
},
'css/app.css']
})
  • extractors
PurgeCSS can be adapted to suit your needs. If you notice a lot of unused CSS is not being removed, you might want to use a custom extractor.
new Purgecss({
content: ['index.html', '**/*.js', '**/*.html', '**/*.vue'],
css: ['css/app.css'],
extractors: [
{
extractor: class {
static extract(content) {
return content.match(/a-Z/) || []
}
},
extensions: ['html', 'blade']
}
]
})
More information about extractors here.
  • whitelist
You can whitelist selectors to stop PurgeCSS from removing them from your CSS. This can be accomplished with the options whitelist and whitelistPatterns.
const purgecss = new Purgecss({
content: [], // content
css: [], // css
whitelist: ['random', 'yep', 'button']
})
In the example, the selectors .random, #yep, button will be left in the final CSS.
  • whitelistPatterns
You can whitelist selectors based on a regular expression with whitelistPatterns.
const purgecss = new Purgecss({
content: [], // content
css: [], // css
whitelistPatterns: [/red$/]
})
In the example, selectors ending with red such as .bg-red will be left in the final CSS.
  • whitelistPatternsChildren
You can whitelist selectors based on a regular expression with whitelistPatternsChildren. Contrary to whitelistPatterns, it will also whitelist children of the selectors.
const purgecss = new Purgecss({
content: [], // content
css: [], // css
whitelistPatternsChildren: [/red$/]
})
In the example, selectors such as red p or .bg-red .child-of-bg will be left in the final CSS.
  • keyframes (default: false)
If you are using a CSS animation library such as animate.css, you can remove unused keyframes by setting the keyframes option to true.
new Purgecss({
content: ['index.html', '**/*.js', '**/*.html', '**/*.vue'],
css: ['css/app.css'],
keyframes: true
})
  • fontFace (default: false)
If there are any unused @font-face rules in your css, you can remove them by setting the fontFace option to true
new Purgecss({
content: ['index.html', '**/*.js', '**/*.html', '**/*.vue'],
css: ['css/app.css'],
fontFace: true
})
  • rejected (default: false)
It can sometimes be more practical to scan through the removed list to see if there's anything obviously wrong. If you want to do it, use the rejected option.
new Purgecss({
content: ['index.html', '**/*.js', '**/*.html', '**/*.vue'],
css: ['css/app.css'],
rejected: true
})
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