Tailwind CSS Unsplash Background

Introduction

TailwindCSS / WindiCSS plugin to easily apply background from unsplash.com into your CSS.

Tailwind CSS:

<!-- Using dynamic images -->
<div class="bg-unsplash-[YMi66afAE3I]" />
<div class="bg-unsplash-[YMi66afAE3I/lg]" />
<div class="bg-unsplash-[YMi66afAE3I/1920]" />

<!-- Using static images --> 
<div class="bg-unsplash-yosemite" />
<div class="bg-unsplash-yosemite-lg" />
<div class="bg-unsplash-yosemite-[1920]" />

Windi CSS:

<!-- Dynamic with TailwindCSS -->
<div class="bg-unsplash-YMi66afAE3I" />
<div class="bg-unsplash-YMi66afAE3I-lg" />
<div class="bg-unsplash-YMi66afAE3I-1920" />

<!-- Image from theme --> 
<div class="bg-unsplash-yosemite" />
<div class="bg-unsplash-yosemite-lg" />
<div class="bg-unsplash-yosemite-1920" />

You can extract the ID like so:

• https://unsplash.com/photos/2GjGnBizWuQ
• https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1645036993886-efdfd96ca97f?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&fit=crop&w=735&q=80

When using the dynamic syntax, make sure you escape dashes:

• ❌ : bg-unsplash-[1517411032315-54ef2cb783bb/64]
• ✔️ : bg-unsplash-[1517411032315\-54ef2cb783bb/64]

Installation

npm install -D tailwindcss-unsplash

yarn add -D tailwindcss-unsplash

pnpm add -D tailwindcss-unsplash

Simple usage

{
  theme: {
    unsplashImages: {
      lyon: 'YMi66afAE3I',
      stars: '4dpAqfTbvKA',
      yosemite: 'zOXUvQ3Xo3s',
      gradient: 'LeG68PrXA6Y',
    },
    unsplashResolutions: {
      default: null, // --- Allows maximum available resolution by default.
      xs: 480,
      sm: 720,
      md: 1280,
      lg: 1920,
      xl: 3840,
      '2xl': 7680,
    },
  },
  plugins: [
    require('tailwindcss-unsplash'),
  ],
}

The plugin generates the following utilities:

.bg-unsplash-[image-key] {
  background-image: url(https://unsplash.com/photos/{image-id}/download;
}

.bg-unsplash-[image-key]-[resolution-key] {
  background-image: url(https://unsplash.com/photos/{image-id}/download?w={resolution};
}