Use plugins to add functionality typically related to bundles in webpack. For example, theBellOnBundlerErrorPlugin will notify you of an error in the bundler build process.

Plugins are included in your module by using the plugins property in the webpack config.

// webpack should be in the node_modules directory, install if not.varwebpack=require("webpack");module.exports={plugins:[newwebpack.ResolverPlugin([newwebpack.ResolverPlugin.DirectoryDescriptionFilePlugin("bower.json",["main"])],["normal","loader"])]};

Plugins that are not built-in may be installed via npm if published there, or by other means if not:

npm install component-webpack-plugin

which can then be used as follows:

varComponentPlugin=require("component-webpack-plugin");module.exports={plugins:[newComponentPlugin()]}

When installing third party plugins via npm it is advised to use this tool:https://www.npmjs.com/package/webpack-load-plugins

It checks for all third party plugins installed in your dependencies and lazyloads them when you need them.

• list of plugins