vuepress · Mister-Hope · Mar 14, 2026
diff --git a/plugins/blog/plugin-blog/src/node/blogPlugin.ts b/plugins/blog/plugin-blog/src/node/blogPlugin.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { addViteSsrNoExternal, getPageExcerpt } from '@vuepress/helper'
+import { getPageExcerpt } from '@vuepress/helper'
 import type { Page, PluginFunction } from 'vuepress/core'
 import { createPage, preparePageChunk, prepareRoutes } from 'vuepress/core'
 import type { CategoriesMap, TypesMap } from '../shared/index.js'
@@ -74,10 +74,6 @@ export const blogPlugin =
         __BLOG_META_SCOPE__: metaScope,
       }),
 
-      extendsBundlerOptions: (bundlerOptions: unknown) => {
-        addViteSsrNoExternal(bundlerOptions, app, '@vuepress/helper')
-      },
-
       extendsPage: (page) => {
         // Generate page excerpt
         if (

diff --git a/plugins/blog/plugin-comment/src/node/commentPlugin.ts b/plugins/blog/plugin-comment/src/node/commentPlugin.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,4 @@
-import {
-  addCustomElement,
-  addViteOptimizeDepsExclude,
-  addViteOptimizeDepsInclude,
-  addViteSsrExternal,
-  addViteSsrNoExternal,
-  getFullLocaleConfig,
-  isModuleAvailable,
-} from '@vuepress/helper'
+import { getFullLocaleConfig, isModuleAvailable } from '@vuepress/helper'
 import type { PluginFunction } from 'vuepress/core'
 import { getAlias, getProviderPackage } from './getProvider.js'
 import { walineLocalesInfo } from './locales.js'
@@ -74,48 +66,6 @@ export const commentPlugin =
         return result
       },
 
-      extendsBundlerOptions: (bundlerOptions: unknown) => {
-        // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/switch-exhaustiveness-check, default-case
-        switch (options.provider) {
-          case 'Artalk': {
-            addViteOptimizeDepsExclude(
-              bundlerOptions,
-              app,
-              'artalk/dist/Artalk.mjs',
-            )
-            addViteSsrExternal(bundlerOptions, app, 'artalk')
-            break
-          }
-
-          case 'Giscus': {
-            addCustomElement(bundlerOptions, app, 'GiscusWidget')
-            addViteSsrExternal(bundlerOptions, app, 'giscus')
-            break
-          }
-
-          case 'Twikoo': {
-            addViteOptimizeDepsInclude(bundlerOptions, app, 'twikoo')
-            addViteSsrExternal(bundlerOptions, app, 'twikoo')
-            break
-          }
-
-          case 'Waline': {
-            addViteOptimizeDepsInclude(bundlerOptions, app, [
-              '@waline/client > autosize',
-              '@waline/client > recaptcha-v3',
-            ])
-            addViteOptimizeDepsExclude(bundlerOptions, app, '@waline/client')
-            addViteSsrExternal(bundlerOptions, app, '@waline/client')
-            break
-          }
-        }
-
-        addViteSsrNoExternal(bundlerOptions, app, [
-          '@vuepress/helper',
-          '@vuepress/plugin-comment',
-        ])
-      },
-
       clientConfigFile: `${CLIENT_FOLDER}config.js`,
     }
   }
diff --git a/plugins/development/plugin-reading-time/src/node/readingTimePlugin.ts b/plugins/development/plugin-reading-time/src/node/readingTimePlugin.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { addViteSsrNoExternal, getFullLocaleConfig } from '@vuepress/helper'
+import { getFullLocaleConfig } from '@vuepress/helper'
 import type { Page, PluginFunction } from 'vuepress/core'
 import type { ReadingTime } from '../shared/index.js'
 import { getReadingTime } from './getReadingTime.js'
@@ -50,9 +50,5 @@ export const readingTimePlugin =
           options.wordPerMinute ?? 300,
         )
       },
-
-      extendsBundlerOptions: (bundlerOptions: unknown) => {
-        addViteSsrNoExternal(bundlerOptions, app, '@vuepress/helper')
-      },
     }
   }
diff --git a/plugins/features/plugin-catalog/src/node/catalogPlugin.ts b/plugins/features/plugin-catalog/src/node/catalogPlugin.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { addViteSsrNoExternal, getFullLocaleConfig } from '@vuepress/helper'
+import { getFullLocaleConfig } from '@vuepress/helper'
 import type { PluginFunction } from 'vuepress/core'
 import { getDirname, path } from 'vuepress/utils'
 import { generateCatalogPage } from './generateCatalogPage.js'
@@ -49,10 +49,6 @@ export const catalogPlugin =
 
       onInitialized: () => generateCatalogPage(app, options),
 
-      extendsBundlerOptions: (bundlerOptions: unknown) => {
-        addViteSsrNoExternal(bundlerOptions, app, '@vuepress/helper')
-      },
-
       ...(component
         ? {}
         : { clientConfigFile: path.join(__dirname, '../client/config.js') }),

diff --git a/plugins/features/plugin-copy-code/src/node/copyCodePlugin.ts b/plugins/features/plugin-copy-code/src/node/copyCodePlugin.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,4 @@
-import {
-  addViteSsrNoExternal,
-  getFullLocaleConfig,
-  isArray,
-  isString,
-} from '@vuepress/helper'
+import { getFullLocaleConfig, isArray, isString } from '@vuepress/helper'
 import type { PluginFunction } from 'vuepress/core'
 import { getDirname, path } from 'vuepress/utils'
 import { copyCodeLocaleInfo } from './locales.js'
@@ -62,10 +57,6 @@ export const copyCodePlugin =
         __CC_SHOW_IN_MOBILE__: options.showInMobile ?? false,
       }),
 
-      extendsBundlerOptions: (bundlerOptions: unknown) => {
-        addViteSsrNoExternal(bundlerOptions, app, '@vuepress/helper')
-      },
-
       clientConfigFile: path.resolve(__dirname, '../client/config.js'),
     }
   }
diff --git a/plugins/features/plugin-copyright/src/node/copyrightPlugin.ts b/plugins/features/plugin-copyright/src/node/copyrightPlugin.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
-import {
-  Logger,
-  addViteSsrNoExternal,
-  getFullLocaleConfig,
-} from '@vuepress/helper'
+import { Logger, getFullLocaleConfig } from '@vuepress/helper'
 import type { Page, PluginFunction } from 'vuepress/core'
 import { getDirname, path } from 'vuepress/utils'
 import type {
@@ -102,10 +98,6 @@ export const copyrightPlugin =
         }
       },
 
-      extendsBundlerOptions: (bundlerOptions: unknown) => {
-        addViteSsrNoExternal(bundlerOptions, app, '@vuepress/helper')
-      },
-
       clientConfigFile: path.resolve(__dirname, '../client/config.js'),
     }
   }
diff --git a/plugins/features/plugin-icon/src/node/iconPlugin.ts b/plugins/features/plugin-icon/src/node/iconPlugin.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { extractInfo, icon, stringifyAttrs } from '@mdit/plugin-icon'
-import { addCustomElement, addViteSsrNoExternal } from '@vuepress/helper'
 import type { Plugin } from 'vuepress/core'
 
 import { getAssetsType } from './getAssetsType.js'
@@ -33,13 +32,6 @@ export const iconPlugin = (options: IconPluginOptions = {}): Plugin => {
   return {
     name: PLUGIN_NAME,
 
-    extendsBundlerOptions: (bundlerOptions, app) => {
-      addViteSsrNoExternal(bundlerOptions, app, '@vuepress/helper')
-
-      if (iconType === 'iconify')
-        addCustomElement(bundlerOptions, app, 'iconify-icon')
-    },
-
     extendsMarkdown: (md) => {
       if (options.markdown ?? true) {
         md.use(icon, {

diff --git a/plugins/features/plugin-medium-zoom/package.json b/plugins/features/plugin-medium-zoom/package.json
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@
     "clean": "rimraf ./dist"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@vuepress/helper": "workspace:*",
     "medium-zoom": "^1.1.0",
     "vue": "catalog:"
   },

diff --git a/plugins/features/plugin-photo-swipe/src/node/photoSwipePlugin.ts b/plugins/features/plugin-photo-swipe/src/node/photoSwipePlugin.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,4 @@
-import {
-  addViteOptimizeDepsExclude,
-  addViteSsrNoExternal,
-  entries,
-  fromEntries,
-  getFullLocaleConfig,
-} from '@vuepress/helper'
+import { entries, fromEntries, getFullLocaleConfig } from '@vuepress/helper'
 import type { PluginFunction } from 'vuepress/core'
 import { getDirname, path } from 'vuepress/utils'
 import { photoSwipeLocaleInfo } from './locales.js'
@@ -68,11 +62,6 @@ export const photoSwipePlugin =
         ),
       }),
 
-      extendsBundlerOptions: (bundlerOptions: unknown) => {
-        addViteOptimizeDepsExclude(bundlerOptions, app, 'photoswipe')
-        addViteSsrNoExternal(bundlerOptions, app, '@vuepress/helper')
-      },
-
       clientConfigFile: path.resolve(__dirname, '../client/config.js'),
     }
   }
diff --git a/plugins/markdown/plugin-markdown-chart/src/client/components/Mermaid.ts b/plugins/markdown/plugin-markdown-chart/src/client/components/Mermaid.ts
@@ -59,9 +59,7 @@ export default defineComponent({
     const renderMermaid = async (): Promise<void> => {
       if (__VUEPRESS_SSR__) return
 
-      const { default: mermaid } = await import(
-        /* webpackChunkName: "mermaid" */ 'mermaid/dist/mermaid.esm.min.mjs'
-      )
+      const { default: mermaid } = await import('mermaid')
 
       mermaid.initialize({
         theme: isDarkMode.value ? 'dark' : 'default',

diff --git a/plugins/markdown/plugin-markdown-chart/src/node/markdownChartPlugin.ts b/plugins/markdown/plugin-markdown-chart/src/node/markdownChartPlugin.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,4 @@
-import {
-  addViteOptimizeDepsExclude,
-  addViteOptimizeDepsInclude,
-  addViteSsrExternal,
-  addViteSsrNoExternal,
-  deepAssign,
-  isArray,
-} from '@vuepress/helper'
+import { deepAssign, isArray } from '@vuepress/helper'
 import type { Plugin } from 'vuepress/core'
 import {
   chartjs,
@@ -118,54 +111,6 @@ export const markdownChartPlugin =
         if (status.mermaid) md.use(mermaid)
       },
 
-      extendsBundlerOptions: (bundlerOptions: unknown) => {
-        addViteSsrNoExternal(bundlerOptions, app, [
-          '@vuepress/helper',
-          'fflate',
-        ])
-
-        if (status.chartjs) {
-          addViteOptimizeDepsExclude(
-            bundlerOptions,
-            app,
-            'chart.js/auto/auto.mjs',
-          )
-          addViteSsrExternal(bundlerOptions, app, 'chart.js')
-        }
-
-        if (status.echarts) {
-          addViteOptimizeDepsExclude(bundlerOptions, app, 'echarts')
-          addViteSsrExternal(bundlerOptions, app, 'echarts')
-        }
-
-        if (status.flowchart) {
-          addViteOptimizeDepsExclude(bundlerOptions, app, 'flowchart.ts')
-          addViteSsrExternal(bundlerOptions, app, 'flowchart.ts')
-        }
-
-        if (status.markmap) {
-          addViteOptimizeDepsInclude(bundlerOptions, app, [
-            'markmap-lib',
-            'markmap-toolbar',
-            'markmap-view',
-          ])
-          addViteSsrExternal(bundlerOptions, app, [
-            'markmap-lib',
-            'markmap-toolbar',
-            'markmap-view',
-          ])
-        }
-
-        if (status.mermaid) {
-          addViteOptimizeDepsExclude(
-            bundlerOptions,
-            app,
-            'mermaid/dist/mermaid.esm.min.mjs',
-          )
-          addViteSsrExternal(bundlerOptions, app, 'mermaid')
-        }
-      },
-
       clientConfigFile: () => prepareConfigFile(app, status),
     }
   }
diff --git a/plugins/markdown/plugin-markdown-file-tree/package.json b/plugins/markdown/plugin-markdown-file-tree/package.json
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@types/markdown-it": "^14.1.2",
-    "@vuepress/helper": "workspace:*",
     "@vueuse/core": "catalog:",
     "vue": "catalog:"
   },

diff --git a/plugins/markdown/plugin-revealjs/src/node/revealJsPlugin.ts b/plugins/markdown/plugin-revealjs/src/node/revealJsPlugin.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-import {
-  addViteOptimizeDepsExclude,
-  addViteSsrExternal,
-} from '@vuepress/helper'
 import type { Plugin } from 'vuepress/core'
 import type { RevealJsPluginOptions } from './options.js'
 import {
@@ -48,16 +44,6 @@ export const revealJsPlugin = ({
 }: RevealJsPluginOptions = {}): Plugin => ({
   name: PLUGIN_NAME,
 
-  extendsBundlerOptions: (bundlerOptions, app) => {
-    addViteOptimizeDepsExclude(bundlerOptions, app, [
-      'reveal.js',
-      'reveal.js/plugin/markdown',
-      ...plugins.map((plugin) => `reveal.js/plugin/${plugin}`),
-    ])
-
-    addViteSsrExternal(bundlerOptions, app, 'reveal.js')
-  },
-
   extendsMarkdown: (md) => {
     md.use(revealJs)
   },

diff --git a/plugins/pwa/plugin-pwa/src/node/pwaPlugin.ts b/plugins/pwa/plugin-pwa/src/node/pwaPlugin.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
-import {
-  addViteOptimizeDepsExclude,
-  addViteSsrNoExternal,
-  customizeDevServer,
-} from '@vuepress/helper'
+import { customizeDevServer } from '@vuepress/helper'
 import type { PluginFunction } from 'vuepress/core'
 import { generateManifest } from './generateManifest.js'
 import { generateServiceWorker } from './generateServiceWorker.js'
@@ -60,12 +56,6 @@ export const pwaPlugin =
       name: PLUGIN_NAME,
 
       extendsBundlerOptions: (bundlerOptions: unknown) => {
-        addViteOptimizeDepsExclude(bundlerOptions, app, [
-          'mitt',
-          'register-service-worker',
-        ])
-        addViteSsrNoExternal(bundlerOptions, app, '@vuepress/helper')
-
         customizeDevServer(bundlerOptions, app, {
           path: '/manifest.webmanifest',
           response: async (_, response) => {

diff --git a/plugins/search/plugin-docsearch/src/client/components/DocSearch.ts b/plugins/search/plugin-docsearch/src/client/components/DocSearch.ts
@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@ export const DocSearch = defineComponent({
     const initialize = async (): Promise<void> => {
       if (__VUEPRESS_SSR__) return
 
-      const { default: docsearch } = await import('@docsearch/js')
+      const { default: docsearch } = await import(
+        /* webpackChunkName: "docsearch" */ '@docsearch/js'
+      )
       // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-deprecated
       const { indexName, indices, searchParameters, ...rest } = options.value
 

diff --git a/plugins/search/plugin-meilisearch/src/client/components/MeiliSearch.ts b/plugins/search/plugin-meilisearch/src/client/components/MeiliSearch.ts
@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@ export const MeiliSearch = defineComponent({
     const initialize = async (): Promise<void> => {
       if (__VUEPRESS_SSR__) return
 
-      const { docsearch } = await import('meilisearch-docsearch')
+      const { docsearch } = await import(
+        /* webpackChunkName: "meilisearch" */ 'meilisearch-docsearch'
+      )
       const { searchParams } = meilisearchOptions.value
       let rawFilter: (string[] | string)[] = []
 

diff --git a/plugins/search/plugin-meilisearch/src/node/meilisearchPlugin.ts b/plugins/search/plugin-meilisearch/src/node/meilisearchPlugin.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import {
   Logger,
-  addViteSsrExternal,
   entries,
   fromEntries,
   getFullLocaleConfig,
@@ -51,10 +50,6 @@ export const meilisearchPlugin =
         __ML_SEARCH_OPTIONS__: options,
       },
 
-      extendsBundlerOptions: (bundlerOptions) => {
-        addViteSsrExternal(bundlerOptions, app, 'meilisearch-docsearch')
-      },
-
       clientConfigFile: path.resolve(__dirname, '../client/config.js'),
     }
   }