The only requirement for Minify Maven Plugin to run is to have source files to process.
<project> <!-- ... --> <build> <plugins> <!-- ... --> <plugin> <groupId>com.samaxes.maven</groupId> <artifactId>minify-maven-plugin</artifactId> <version>1.7.6</version> <executions> <execution> <id>default-minify</id> <configuration> <cssSourceFiles> <cssSourceFile>file-1.css</cssSourceFile> <!-- ... --> <cssSourceFile>file-n.css</cssSourceFile> </cssSourceFiles> <jsSourceFiles> <jsSourceFile>file-1.js</jsSourceFile> <!-- ... --> <jsSourceFile>file-n.js</jsSourceFile> </jsSourceFiles> </configuration> <goals> <goal>minify</goal> </goals> </execution> </executions> </plugin> <!-- ... --> </plugins> </build> <!-- ... --> </project>