Suggest an editImprove this articleRefine the answer for “Can you write your own plugins in Webpack?”. Your changes go to moderation before they’re published.Approval requiredContentWhat you’re changing🇺🇸EN🇺🇦UAPreviewTitle (EN)Short answer (EN)Yes, you can write your own plugins in Webpack: a **Webpack plugin** is a regular JavaScript class that connects to the build's hook system and can embed itself at any stage of the process. **Key point:** Webpack is deliberately designed so that a developer can extend its behavior through custom plugins using the hook system.Shown above the full answer for quick recall.Answer (EN)ImageYes, you can write your own plugins in Webpack. **A Webpack plugin is a regular JavaScript class** that connects to the build's hook system. A plugin can "embed" itself at any stage of the process: from reading modules to generating the final files. --- ### **How a plugin is structured** A minimal plugin looks like this: ```js class MyPlugin { apply(compiler) { compiler.hooks.done.tap('MyPlugin', (stats) => { console.log('Build complete!'); }); } } module.exports = MyPlugin; ``` **The key method is** `apply(compiler)`. Inside it, the plugin subscribes to events (hooks) that Webpack provides. --- ### **Why create your own plugins** Custom plugins are written when you need to: - automate certain actions during the build - modify assets before output - log, analyze, or change build results - integrate external services - generate new files - clean up/move/rename assets - introduce custom logic that standard plugins do not have --- ### **An important concept** - **loaders → work with individual files** - **plugins → work with the whole build process** --- ### **Summary** Yes, you can. Webpack is deliberately designed so that a developer can extend its behavior, through custom plugins, using the hook system.For the reviewerNote to the moderator (optional)Visible only to the moderator. Helps review go faster.