diff --git a/packages/wxt/src/core/builders/vite/plugins/devHtmlPrerender.ts b/packages/wxt/src/core/builders/vite/plugins/devHtmlPrerender.ts
index 5cf3c85ae..4cadfb9ff 100644
--- a/packages/wxt/src/core/builders/vite/plugins/devHtmlPrerender.ts
+++ b/packages/wxt/src/core/builders/vite/plugins/devHtmlPrerender.ts
@@ -150,6 +150,10 @@ export function pointToDevServer(
   attr: string,
 ) {
   document.querySelectorAll(querySelector).forEach((element) => {
+    if (element.hasAttribute('vite-ignore') || element.hasAttribute('wxt-ignore')) {
+      element.removeAttribute('wxt-ignore');
+      return;
+    }
     const src = element.getAttribute(attr);
     if (!src || isUrl(src)) return;
 
diff --git a/packages/wxt/src/core/zip.ts b/packages/wxt/src/core/zip.ts
index 092d5c27d..76139ffb0 100644
--- a/packages/wxt/src/core/zip.ts
+++ b/packages/wxt/src/core/zip.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ export async function zip(config?: InlineConfig): Promise<string[]> {
     safeFilename(
       (await getPackageJson())?.name || path.basename(process.cwd()),
     );
+  const packageVersion = (await getPackageJson())?.version;
   const applyTemplate = (template: string): string =>
     template
       .replaceAll('{{name}}', projectName)
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ export async function zip(config?: InlineConfig): Promise<string[]> {
         '{{version}}',
         output.manifest.version_name ?? output.manifest.version,
       )
+      .replaceAll('{{packageVersion}}', packageVersion)
       .replaceAll('{{mode}}', wxt.config.mode)
       .replaceAll('{{manifestVersion}}', `mv${wxt.config.manifestVersion}`);