An Eleventy plugin to extract and inline critical CSS from your HTML templates
The eleventy-critical-css plugin is a powerful tool designed to optimize your Eleventy projects by extracting and inlining critical CSS directly from your HTML templates. This functionality is essential for enhancing the loading speed of your website, as it prioritizes above-the-fold content, ensuring that users have a better experience while interacting with your pages. With it, developers can easily integrate critical CSS without a complex setup, promoting efficiency and improving performance on various devices.
Integration of this plugin is straightforward, requiring just a couple of simple steps to add it to your project. With robust configuration options and a well-structured implementation, it’s an excellent choice for web developers looking to enhance the performance of websites built with Eleventy.
Easy Installation: Quickly integrate the plugin into your Eleventy project with just two steps, making setup a breeze.
Critical CSS Extraction: Utilizes the Critical library by Addy Osmani to extract important CSS from HTML templates, focusing on improving rendering times.
Customizable Configuration: Offers flexibility by allowing users to pass options directly to the Critical library via the plugin’s configuration settings.
Default Options: Comes pre-configured with sensible default options, ensuring that you get optimal performance out of the box.
Memory Management: Respects Node.js’s maximum listener limits, helping to prevent potential memory leaks in your application while maintaining performance.
Performance Focused: Specifically designed to target above-the-fold content, this plugin enhances user experience by speeding up initial load times.
Compatibility: Seamlessly integrates with your existing Eleventy setup, allowing for an efficient workflow without adding unnecessary complexity.
