Gulp 4 sample gulpfile.js. For a full explanation, have a look at https://www.webstoemp.com/blog/switching-to-gulp4/

webstoemp-gulpfile.js

"use strict";

// Load plugins
const autoprefixer = require("autoprefixer");
const browsersync = require("browser-sync").create();
const cp = require("child_process");
const cssnano = require("cssnano");
const del = require("del");
const eslint = require("gulp-eslint");
const gulp = require("gulp");
const imagemin = require("gulp-imagemin");
const newer = require("gulp-newer");
const plumber = require("gulp-plumber");
const postcss = require("gulp-postcss");
const rename = require("gulp-rename");
const sass = require("gulp-sass");
const webpack = require("webpack");
const webpackconfig = require("./webpack.config.js");
const webpackstream = require("webpack-stream");

// BrowserSync
function browserSync(done) {
  browsersync.init({
    server: {
      baseDir: "./_site/"
    },
    port: 3000
  });
  done();
}

// BrowserSync Reload
function browserSyncReload(done) {
  browsersync.reload();
  done();
}

// Clean assets
function clean() {
  return del(["./_site/assets/"]);
}

// Optimize Images
function images() {
  return gulp
    .src("./assets/img/**/*")
    .pipe(newer("./_site/assets/img"))
    .pipe(
      imagemin([
        imagemin.gifsicle({ interlaced: true }),
        imagemin.jpegtran({ progressive: true }),
        imagemin.optipng({ optimizationLevel: 5 }),
        imagemin.svgo({
          plugins: [
            {
              removeViewBox: false,
              collapseGroups: true
            }
          ]
        })
      ])
    )
    .pipe(gulp.dest("./_site/assets/img"));
}

// CSS task
function css() {
  return gulp
    .src("./assets/scss/**/*.scss")
    .pipe(plumber())
    .pipe(sass({ outputStyle: "expanded" }))
    .pipe(gulp.dest("./_site/assets/css/"))
    .pipe(rename({ suffix: ".min" }))
    .pipe(postcss([autoprefixer(), cssnano()]))
    .pipe(gulp.dest("./_site/assets/css/"))
    .pipe(browsersync.stream());
}

// Lint scripts
function scriptsLint() {
  return gulp
    .src(["./assets/js/**/*", "./gulpfile.js"])
    .pipe(plumber())
    .pipe(eslint())
    .pipe(eslint.format())
    .pipe(eslint.failAfterError());
}

// Transpile, concatenate and minify scripts
function scripts() {
  return (
    gulp
      .src(["./assets/js/**/*"])
      .pipe(plumber())
      .pipe(webpackstream(webpackconfig, webpack))
      // folder only, filename is specified in webpack config
      .pipe(gulp.dest("./_site/assets/js/"))
      .pipe(browsersync.stream())
  );
}

// Jekyll
function jekyll() {
  return cp.spawn("bundle", ["exec", "jekyll", "build"], { stdio: "inherit" });
}

// Watch files
function watchFiles() {
  gulp.watch("./assets/scss/**/*", css);
  gulp.watch("./assets/js/**/*", gulp.series(scriptsLint, scripts));
  gulp.watch(
    [
      "./_includes/**/*",
      "./_layouts/**/*",
      "./_pages/**/*",
      "./_posts/**/*",
      "./_projects/**/*"
    ],
    gulp.series(jekyll, browserSyncReload)
  );
  gulp.watch("./assets/img/**/*", images);
}

// define complex tasks
const js = gulp.series(scriptsLint, scripts);
const build = gulp.series(clean, gulp.parallel(css, images, jekyll, js));
const watch = gulp.parallel(watchFiles, browserSync);

// export tasks
exports.images = images;
exports.css = css;
exports.js = js;
exports.jekyll = jekyll;
exports.clean = clean;
exports.build = build;
exports.watch = watch;
exports.default = build;

Great article, thanks for putting it all into a single place and written in a easy-to-navigate manner.

Hi Mr. Jérôme Coupé

This gulpfile.js template is what Im looking for. I have been struggling to install gulp in my existing react 16.9 project.

Can I see your package.json?

@kennblvnp Thanks for the kind words. All required packages are listed at the top of the gulpfile. Both the old version of my site (where this came from originally) and the new one are publicly available on Github so that might help too. V1 is on the v1-backup branch.
https://github.com/jeromecoupe/webstoemp/blob/v1-backup/gulpfile.js

thank you so mush!
It's help a lot!

Thank you so much for this! I spent so long trying to figure out Gulp 4 after Gulp 3.9 but this made it so much clearer.

Am new to gulp, but am just curious, where do you import or use the exported functions. Thanks for sharing

@myquery The short answer is that you don't import when using a singe file. CommonJS exports are just Gulp4's way to expose tasks to the CLI to make them public. Non exported tasks are considered private (used only as subtasks) https://gulpjs.com/docs/en/getting-started/creating-tasks#exporting

That being said, you can require / alias them in your main file if your main file is becoming too big / complex. You can have a look at the code of my own site for an example https://github.com/jeromecoupe/webstoemp/blob/master/gulpfile.js

Thank you, this is a perfect reference point.

Thanks, but I have a suggestion that it would really help if you can add sample folder structure and text file with commands so it can we started by anyone.

Thanks a lot for this, tremendous help when going from v.3.9.1 to v4.x of gulp!

It finally worked, thanks a lot!

Thanks a lot. Helped me to upgrade to v4 of gulp

Thank you a lot for sharing! This helped me so much.

I'm getting the error:
imagemin.jpegtran is not a function

Any idea?

@evasoek yes. imagemin stopped using jpegtran a while ago in favour of mozjpeg.

This is an old Gist and you might want to look at the doc of the various plugins used.

// Optimize Images
function images() {
  return gulp
    .src("./assets/img/**/*")
    .pipe(newer("./_site/assets/img"))
    .pipe(
      imagemin([
        imagemin.gifsicle({ interlaced: true }),
        // the line below is the one that you likely have to change
        imagemin.mozjpeg({ quality: 75, progressive: true }),
        imagemin.optipng({ optimizationLevel: 5 }),
        imagemin.svgo({
          plugins: [
            {
              removeViewBox: false,
              collapseGroups: true
            }
          ]
        })
      ])
    )
    .pipe(gulp.dest("./_site/assets/img"));
}

Despite that, basic principles for Gulp 4 have stayed the same so this is still quite relevant. I ams till using Gulp (in combination with Webpack fr JS) on my personal site, which is available on Github if you are interested.

@evasoek yes. imagemin stopped using jpegtran a while ago in favour of mozjpeg.

This is an old Gist and you might want to look at the doc of the various plugins used.

// Optimize Images
function images() {
  return gulp
    .src("./assets/img/**/*")
    .pipe(newer("./_site/assets/img"))
    .pipe(
      imagemin([
        imagemin.gifsicle({ interlaced: true }),
        // the line below is the one that you likely have to change
        imagemin.mozjpeg({ quality: 75, progressive: true }),
        imagemin.optipng({ optimizationLevel: 5 }),
        imagemin.svgo({
          plugins: [
            {
              removeViewBox: false,
              collapseGroups: true
            }
          ]
        })
      ])
    )
    .pipe(gulp.dest("./_site/assets/img"));
}

Despite that, basic principles for Gulp 4 have stayed the same so this is still quite relevant. I ams till using Gulp (in combination with Webpack fr JS) on my personal site, which is available on Github if you are interested.

Yes I figured, thanks! I got it to work eventually, so it's fine. 😊

thanks.