SVGO Multipass Optimization: Plugin Choices & Trade‑offs
Learn how to use SVGO’s multipass mode for deeper SVG compression, which plugins deliver the most benefit, and how to test for visual artifacts before deployment.
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svgoShipping SVGs Without Breaking Them: A Sensible SVGO Baseline
SVGO's default preset strips viewBox and can break responsive icons. Here's a minimal, defensible config with multipass, plus how to verify the output before shipping.
Preventing ID Collisions and Broken Gradients in SVGO Optimization
Learn how to configure SVGO to prevent broken gradients and ID collisions when inlining SVGs into HTML, using prefixIds and preset-default overrides.
Optimizing Adobe Illustrator SVG Exports for Production Web Use
Stop shipping bloated SVGs. Learn how to configure Adobe Illustrator's export settings to reduce file size, maintain scalability, and ensure CSS compatibility.
illustratorWhen SVGO's Defaults Aren't Enough: Writing a Custom Plugin to Strip Editor Metadata
SVGO's default preset won't strip editor-specific junk like Inkscape's namespaced attributes. A small custom plugin — using the v3 visitor API — turns SVGO into an SVG hygiene enforcer, not just a minifier.
nodejsAvoiding SVG ID Collisions When Inlining Multiple Icons With SVGO
When you inline many SVGs into one HTML page, duplicate element IDs silently break gradients, clip paths, and masks. This post shows how to enable SVGO’s prefixIds plugin to namespace IDs per file, with a concrete config and verification steps.
Architecture note: SVGO’s removeViewBox plugin and plugin pipeline design
Architecture note describing the requirements, design, trust boundaries, operational checks, failure modes, and evolution conditions for SVGO’s removeViewBox plugin.
Fixing Responsive Scaling Issues Caused by SVGO viewBox Removal
Learn how to diagnose and fix responsive scaling issues in SVGs caused by SVGO's removeViewBox plugin, including configuration fixes and verification steps.
Tuning SVGO’s Multipass Optimization for Deeper SVG Cleanup
Enable SVGO’s multipass mode, fine‑tune plugins, and verify that deeper SVG cleanup keeps visual fidelity while shrinking file size by at least 10%.