HTML Minification: Remove Whitespace and Comments
Minify HTML for production: collapse whitespace, strip comments, inline critical CSS, and measure the size savings against parse time trade-offs.
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HTML Minification Guide: Remove Whitespace, Comments, and Inline Scripts HTML minification reduces file size by removing content that has no effect on rendering. Done correctly, it's lossless — the browser renders the same page. Done incorrectly, it can break layouts, affect JavaScript behavior, or mangle CSS. This guide covers what can safely be removed, how to configure html-minifier-terser for production use, and how to integrate minification into your build pipeline. What Minification Actually Removes Understanding what gets removed is the prerequisite for configuring minification correctly. Safe to Remove in All Cases HTML comments: comments have no effect on rendering and are typically removed. Exception: IE conditional comments () affect Outlook email rendering and should be…
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