[Bug]: Webpack: TypeError: PurgeCSSPlugin is not a constructor

Describe the bug

After upgrading to 5.0.0, my webpack build failed with TypeError: PurgeCSSPlugin is not a constructor.

To Reproduce

Use webpack plugin with current instructions:

const PurgeCSSPlugin = require('purgecss-webpack-plugin')

then somewhere new PurgeCSSPlugin(...)

Expected Behavior

Webpack build succeeds.

Environment

v. 5.0.0

Add any other context about the problem here

I fixed my problem by simply changing

const PurgeCSSPlugin = require('purgecss-webpack-plugin');

to

const { PurgeCSSPlugin } = require('purgecss-webpack-plugin');

I don’t know if this change was intended with the 5.0.0 update. If yes, it would be a quick fix in the webpack plugin instructions 😃

Code of Conduct

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[paper-florent]

it looks like it should be

const { PurgeCSSPlugin } 			= require("purgecss-webpack-plugin");

[paper-florent]

FYI for anyone having problems with this please note that the casing has to match exactly. You need to change the import to:

const { PurgeCSSPlugin } = require('purgecss-webpack-plugin');

and the call after this to

new PurgeCSSPlugin({ ...

Note the capitalisation of CSS.

Check my comment just before @Dave3of5 😃