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webpack-plugin-install-deps weekly downloads statistics

By ericclemmons (5 listings) · npm · Webpack plugins

Webpack loader to automatically npm install & save dependencies.

View on npm Fresh · Oct 17, 2026

webpack-plugin-install-deps has 43 recorded weekly downloads on npm, a decrease of 42.7% over the past 30 days.

It ranks #1752 of 2,256 tracked npm listings by weekly downloads.

Over 90 days, weekly downloads changed by -75.4%.

PluginStats has 121 daily observations since Jun 19, 2026; the latest is from Oct 17, 2026.

Weekly downloads
43
Official API · Oct 17, 2026
7-day growth
-63.2%
-74 weekly downloads
30-day growth
-42.7%
-32 weekly downloads
90-day growth
-75.4%
-132 weekly downloads
Rank
#1752
Among tracked npm listings

About webpack-plugin-install-deps

** This is a pr for webpack 4 support that I'm cloning sot that I can use it in my project, since it hasn't been pulled after 2 months. Also, changed the name from npm-install-webpack-plugin, because it supports yarn too **

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webpack-plugin-install-deps

Speed up development by automatically installing & saving dependencies with Webpack.

It sucks to Ctrl-C your build script & server just to install a dependency you didn't know you needed until now.

Instead, use require or import how you normally would and npm install will happen automatically to install & save missing dependencies while you work!

Install

Usage

In your webpack.config.js:

This is equivalent to:

You can provide a Function to the dev to make it dynamic:

Demo

Features

• [x] Works with both Webpack ^v1.12.0 and ^2.1.0-beta.0. • [x] Auto-installs .babelrc plugins & presets. • [x] Supports both ES5 & ES6 Modules. (e.g. require, import) • [x] Supports Namespaced packages. (e.g. @cycle/dom) • [x] Supports Dot-delimited packages. (e.g. lodash.capitalize) • [x] Supports CSS imports. (e.g. @import "~bootstrap") • [x] Supports Webpack loaders. (e.g. babel-loader, file-loader, etc.) • [x] Supports inline Webpack loaders. (e.g. require("bundle?lazy!./App") • [x] Auto-installs missing peerDependencies. (e.g. @cycle/core will automatically install rx@*) • [x] Supports Webpack's resolve.alias & resolve.root configuration. (e.g. require("react") can alias to react-lite)

Maintainers

Eric Clemmons Jonny Buchanan

Description from the npm listing.

  • webpack
  • webpack-plugin
  • npm
  • install

Where webpack-plugin-install-deps sits in the listing

Each band is one page of 20. Weekly downloads on a log scale. Placement is projected from weekly downloads, so it can differ from the marketplace's own sort order. Hover a dot to see the listing.

All npm2,256 listings · 113 pages · page 88, #13 (overall #1753)
All npm: every listing in weekly downloads order
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Webpack plugins247 listings · 13 pages · page 7, #10 (overall #130)
Webpack plugins: every listing in weekly downloads order
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Charts

Images: 30d · 1y · all time · 1600×900 dark

Adoption over time

webpack-plugin-install-deps weekly downloads on npm, last 90 days: 43 weekly downloads as of Oct 17, 2026, -75.4% over 90 days.webpack-plugin-install-depsWeekly downloads on npm · Last 90 days43downloads / week-75.4% over 90 days050100150200250Jul 19Aug 3Aug 18Sep 2Sep 17Oct 2Oct 17downloads / weekobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsJul 21, 2026 – Oct 17, 2026 · 89 observations · Updated Oc…pluginstats.com
webpack-plugin-install-deps weekly downloads on npm, last 90 days: 43 weekly downloads as of Oct 17, 2026, -75.4% over 90 days.
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7/30/90-day growth

webpack-plugin-install-deps weekly downloads growth on npm: -63.2% over 7 days, -42.7% over 30 days, -75.4% over 90 days.webpack-plugin-install-depsWeekly downloads growth on npm43downloads / week now7-day growth-74 weekly downloads-63.2%30-day growth-32 weekly downloads-42.7%90-day growth-132 weekly downloads-75.4%Growth vs. nearest observation to each baseline date · Updated Oct 17, 2026pluginstats.com
webpack-plugin-install-deps weekly downloads growth on npm: -63.2% over 7 days, -42.7% over 30 days, -75.4% over 90 days.
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Ranking history

webpack-plugin-install-deps npm ranking history: currently #1752 (by weekly downloads).webpack-plugin-install-depsnpm ranking · by weekly downloads · Last 90 days#1752current rank#1744#1746#1748#1750#1752#1754Jul 21Aug 5Aug 20Sep 4Sep 19Oct 4Oct 19rankOct 18, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026 · 2 observations · Updated Oct 17, 2026pluginstats.com
webpack-plugin-install-deps npm ranking history: currently #1752 (by weekly downloads).
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Filled points are observed values; hollow points come from Internet Archive snapshots of the listing page. Dashed segments span periods with no observations — values between points are not interpolated.

Recent observations

Full history (121)
Recent weekly downloads observations for webpack-plugin-install-deps
Date (UTC)Weekly downloadsChange vs. previous
43-4
47-1
48-45
93-17
1100
110-5
115-2
117+3
114+20
94+27
67-15
82-17
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Data source

Weekly downloads (trailing 7 complete days) come from the official npm downloads API. Downloads include CI and mirrors and are not equivalent to installs or users. npm publishes no ratings.

Listing: https://www.npmjs.com/package/webpack-plugin-install-deps. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 19, 2026. See the methodology.